Fronczewski had an affair with an actress 10 years his junior. “Through my own fault I could have lost everything”

In 1974, he married Eve. The fruit of this was a daughter, Katarzyna, and a few years later the family was enlarged by another child, Magdalena. The idyll did not last too long. Overwhelmed by the amount of duties, the actor sought escape from his problems in the arms of another woman.

The fascination with the younger actress turned into a romance. Infidelity almost ruined his marriage

After the birth of his youngest daughter, he began working on the set of the cult series. Professionally intense time was intertwined with the enormity of family duties, so the spouses did not have a moment for each other. It was then that the actor met 24-year-old Joanna Pacuła. A colleague, 10 years his junior, immediately turned his head. The initial fascination quickly turned into a passionate feeling.

I was working a lot back then. I was working properly. From dawn to late at night. Turnstile. Treadmill. Plus a house with two small children, so no sleep. At one point, I wanted to run away from it all. Get out of! Wherever. And that’s what happened after seven years of marriage

— a romance in his book Ja, Fronczewski. However, he quickly realized that this was a mistake that could cost him his family. Unable to lie to his wife, he made a sincere confession. When he confessed to betrayal, Eve was shocked. As the artist admitted years later, “it was a shock for her”, because until then she had boundless trust in her husband. The marriage hung by a thread.

He left his mistress to save his family. Today, they have been married for almost 50 years

Ewa could not forgive Fronczewski for a long time for betrayal and kept him at a distance. She did not know what to do, after all she had two small children with the actor, requiring constant care and love. However, she did not want to cross out the years spent together. Fronczewski decided to do everything to save his family. He ended his relationship with his mistress and reduced his professional commitments to be able to devote more time to his daughters. Joanna Pacuła experienced this separation very much, because she had great hopes in this romance. She emigrated from the country, although her career was in full swing at the time. – Work gave me satisfaction, but life was not a bed of roses – she said bitterly in an interview for “Echo Dnia”.

Over time, the relationship of Piotr and Ewa began to return to its former tracks. The spouses averted the crisis and put the betrayal into oblivion. There was a warm feeling between them. “I could have lost everything through my own fault. I don’t think I would be the same person without Eve. I am happy that that story from years ago did not strip our relationship of the most valuable things – said the actor. In 2024, Piotr and Ewa Fronczewski will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.