"I am very longing and already waiting for a child," says the singer Rotem Cohen, who married three months ago the choice of his heart, Shai Sagi.
"We both want a child, that's clear. When? I have a small say in the decision. God decides when, how and why.
Whatever will come will come, with God's help.
When it's necessary, I'm not stressed." About his wife, he adds: "Ask me if she's ready for it.
She is completely 'baked'".
Cohen is 42, as the name of his new album.
His wife Shai is not yet 23 years old, which, as expected, also drew unsympathetic reactions: "On Instagram they wrote 'What is this, she looks like his daughter'. It's insulting for a few seconds when you take it out of proportion. There are 19 years between us. Her parents think I'm A charming man. We have a lot to talk about, and I learn a lot from her. It's true, when I watched 'Titanic' she was in kindergarten. Okay, great, so now she'll watch 'Titanic'."
Did you have a relationship crisis?
"Yes, of course, almost a year ago, even before the engagement. We fought over fundamental things, which are ours. It's a relationship that even when it has its ups and downs, I learned that after a fight I don't want to leave. That's why I decided that I want her for life. Because we fought, we argued, And tomorrow is a new day and everything is fine."
"I was disappointed in Eyal Golan"
He says about their high-profile wedding: "I was so excited, I could hardly breathe. No performance in Caesarea, or in front of 55,000 people in Yarakon Park with Enrique Iglesias, could have prepared me for the excitement I experienced there. Until I broke the glass, with the ring on my hand, and that's how the fears were broken And I let go, and I flew from there. I was so upset when the wedding ended. And there were no singers who sang, and I myself did not go up to sing. People expected there to be an Arad festival, and asked why there were no singers. Do you want singers? Go to Zappa."
Eil Golan, photo: Liron Moldovan
Speaking of singers at the wedding, were you disappointed that Eyal Golan didn't come to celebrate with you?
"I would like not to think that he is like that. I don't think he didn't come to hurt me, it probably wasn't urgent for him to respect me. I wrote quite a few songs for him. I'm really not hurt, it's disappointing. I wouldn't behave like that to people I respect."
His new album opens with the song "Suit and Shoes", the moving clip that accompanies it includes a home shot of the marriage proposal in the living room of their home in one of the towers in northern Tel Aviv, alongside documentation from the wedding itself and other romantic moments of the couple.
"Shay agreed that it would be in the music video, although she very much stays away from exposure," he says.
"In any case, my video from the wedding will leak out, so it will come from me, with materials I shot."
The full interview on Friday in the "Shishab" supplement
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