Armenia’s first real porn scandal as it were…

Armenian soap-opera actress Angela Sargsyan. Photo from http://www.emedia.am

Armenian actress Anjela Sargsian, best known for her appearances in “Kargin Serial” (Proper Soap Opera) and “Ur e im tghamardy” (Where’s my man) TV series broadcast by Armenia TV, has come under fire recently following the publication of her pornographic photos on Odnoklassniki social network, which were later published on a website until that site went down reaching bandwidth limit.

The photos which I have seen, show the actress having oral sex or posing nude with a rather satisfied and happy face. After their emergency, they unexpectedly became the most discussed topic on the Armenian online news websites, social networks and even some newspapers.

Anjela Sargsyan, 28, is married for 9 years, has a child. Her husband, a Philosophy lecturer at Yerevan State University, is said to have left her after finding out she was cheating on him.

Karen Arayan

Karen Arayan, an artist, claims to be Anjela Sargsyan’s sex partner in the pornographic photos in question.

Anjela Sargsyan claims that Arayan has published the photos on the social networks in revenge for her dumping her. Karen Arayan, however, tells a completely different story, calling Sargsyan “crazy” and depicting her as an immoral and unsatiable bitch and saying he just wanted to “show her true face” to their common friends and it wasn’t meant for wide public.

The whole situation got further complicated after rumors, that Armenia TV had decided to fire the actress. Also, her co-starring actresses from “Ur e im tghamardy” series came out with rather rough statements and went as far as saying they can’t continue to work with her. It also emerged, that Anjela Sargsian is a member of the “Word of Life” church, which is treated as a sect by Armenia’s mainstream Apostolic Church and some grabbed the chance of throwing a stone or two at the religious minority.

Heated debates in Facebook have given birth to groups condemning and supporting Anjela Sargsian.

The whole story was blown up incredibly and Armenia had its first full-scale porn scandal. It also revealed the inability of the Armenian media to cope with stories like this adequately – some gave way too much coverage while others chose to completely censor the issue. So far, this video by ArmComedy is the best piece with all the right attitude that I’ve seen on the Armenian blogosphere and media covering the topic.  Great job, guys!

PS: Just to bring my two cents – I think this whole affair is nobody’s business and I don’t think the actress should be fired over a personal matter. I also think the society overall and Anjela Sargsian’s colleagues were not right with their condemnation, which I attribute mostly to envy… get a grip, dear everyone, or get over it!!!