"My heart is unequivocally broken," says Noa Kirel's ex, Tomer Hacohen, who adds: "But at the same time I'm better because I went through this difficulty and grew from it. You have to be a little crazy to say after a month that everything is fine, but it's fine that things have their own time."
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We met the model and actor on the set of the fashion brand Twentyfourseven – he has been their spokesmodel for the past two years – on a special photo shoot day … not necessarily because of the collection, but because of the fact that all the media lined up to interview Hacohen following his breakup with Israeli pop star Noa Kirel. She herself was already interviewed some time ago on the topic, maintaining composure and even vagueness about it, but the 24-year-old actor speaks from the heart and does not try to hide his feelings.
"I think there is something liberating in it somewhere, that your thoughts are already words. The number of people who asked me how I feel... now look at the answer."
You say "I feel good, everything is fine"?
"No, that's not the answer. You have to be a little crazy to say that after a month everything is fine."
Did you come prepared? Are there answers that you know what you will say in advance? Because the questions are pretty repetitive...
"The questions are pretty repetitive but in the end I answer with my heart. It's stressful, I know they want to get the juice and dirt out, but I have no juice and dirt to give, and my heart is clean. I neutralized the fear."
So a month ago it was announced that you and Noa had broken up, and a little earlier it was announced that there was a crisis. At the same time there were birthday celebrations and everything seemed normal. What was it?
"It's called good friends, who love a lot and have a crisis and they go through it with a lot of love. It's not that one day you wake up in the morning and don't love anymore, you really love. Even during the birthday, the crisis was with us for a period, but you wake up in the morning and look at the person you love And we reach a decision even if it hurts."
So what exactly is the difficulty? If there is such love?
"I think the difficulties were always there and the challenge was to succeed in winning and to understand how to strengthen each other into this thing. In quotation marks - we failed in the task. We reached a dead end where it is difficult to continue and understand how to provide for each other's needs."
Were you surprised by the announcements? Caught you off guard?
"After two years in the industry, you are not surprised by anything. When you enter a minefield, you are not surprised that something explodes."
In the month before the breakup there was the Eurovision and you were there with her and it seemed like you were the perfect partner, and still the breakup was a surprise.
"True, and I also had a perfect partner, even though there is no perfect - I'm not perfect either, otherwise we would have stayed together, but I think we both value each other very much as human beings and each one has their basic needs and that's where the mine was. You can give a person as much love as he needs, but he may also need other things that are not related to love. Love is a lot but it doesn't conquer everything."
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Noa Kirel and Tomer Hacohen in better days at her 22nd birthday party
(Photo: Amir Meiri)
The partnership with Noa put you in the headlines a lot. Did it make you feel part of the entertainment world?
"I've always been a bit of an outsider, this gave me a serious boost, even though Twentyforseven trusted me even before all the noise. I will continue to do my things and bring my values."
What are your plans going forward? Planning to enjoy being single?
"Nah, give me a moment to nurse my heart, nurse the brokenness. I finished an exam period that finally got out of my head, I have plans for the summer that are related to work and auditions that were frozen during the exam period. I need to reset the system, move house, sort out next year... . The easiest thing is to travel and run away to some place, give me a moment to prepare the ground."