Katrin Zytomierska (born 17 September 1977) is a

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ger, columnist,

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, and businesswoman. She was born to a Polish-Catholic mother and a Polish-Jewish father. She is the founder and president of KZ Clean Eating and the

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company Pure PR. . In late 2008, she hosted (together with Peter Jihde) the

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program ''Idol: Eftersnack'', a weekly sister program to ''

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'' that featured interviews with the contestants and the jury. Zytomierska was heavily criticized in the Swedish media for making negative comments towards the contestants, such as calling one of them "too gay" and another one "gross" for performing barefoot. It was speculated that she would be forced to leave the program before the season ended; however, after an emergency meeting between

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and TV400, it was decided that she would be given a second chance. In 2008, she also hosted the program ''Sunday Supreme'' on

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, and appeared in the television show ''Du är vad du äter'' (the Swedish version of ''

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'') to cure her unhealthy drinking habits. Zytomierska hosted ''Idol: Eftersnack'' once again in 2009, but was replaced in 2010. During 2009 and 2010, she appeared frequently on the morning radio show ''VAKNA! med The Voice'' (which airs on

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, but is also televised on Kanal 5). Her controversial attacks on Swedish celebrities on the show made headlines in the Swedish media. In September 2010, just before the

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, the news site Résumé reported that Zytomierska was being paid to promote the

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on her blog. She was married to Alex Schulman, who also worked with Pure PR, for one year until they separated in 2008. During her marriage with Schulman, her name was Katrin Schulman. Zytomierska was in a relationship with photographer

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from 2009 to 2015, and they had two sons together: Ringo (born in 2010) and Rambo (born in 2013). She had a third son, Falke Rey Z (born in 2017), with Alexander Klingstedt, her partner from 2015 to 2018.

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''Fuck you right back''
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