'I was in shock. I found out about it in front of everyone in her interview': Yuli Waizman talks about the relationship of her mother, Michal HaKtanah, and Yehuda Buhbut
She took a long break to understand 'who is against whom in the house', and now Yuli Waizman talks about everything. In an interview with mako, she recalls the moment she discovered, along with the whole country, her mother's new relationship with the actor 19 years her junior and explains how she managed to bridge the gaps: 'I realized that this is my mother's love'.
If you had gone back in time with us a few months, you probably wouldn't have believed that this is what Yuli Waizman would answer regarding the relationship of her mother, Michal HaKtanah (43), and Yehuda Buhbut (24). It all started in November 2025, when the children's star and the young actor began a relationship (with a 19-year gap between them) behind the scenes of a play they were starring in. The family drama was not long in coming: a month later, in December, Michal sat down for a stormy interview alongside her eldest daughter Yuli, who refused to digest the news and even begged in tears in front of the cameras: 'Declare here that there is no relationship!'.
If that wasn't enough, we revealed here on mako in an exclusive publication the consultation conversation that Buhbut held with his friends in a cafe in Netanya, where he admitted that Yuli was unable to get close to him or see him. But time, it seems, does its thing. After a conciliatory Q&A session on Instagram and Michal's explanations that things have calmed down and gained perspective, and that Yehuda actually loves the schnitzels that Yuli makes, we caught Yuli Waizman yesterday (Tuesday) at a Bath and Body event.
You haven't been interviewed for a long time, what happened?
I took a little break for myself, a little to reset, to understand where I am, who is against whom in the house, on a personal level and on a professional level.
Have you already gotten used to Yehuda's presence in the house?
Totally, we got used to it, he is already part of us. Although it took some time. They really let me take everything easy, and I found out about it in front of everyone, in front of you of course.
What do you mean in front of everyone?
I found out about it in her interview. The most authentic, the lightest and the most real there is, my heart was on the table. I was in shock, like any girl my age who would find out about a new relationship of her parents. So yes, I was in shock, but in the end I had to accept it, and I accepted it with a smile and a hug, and today he is really part of our group.
And what was the hardest thing in this whole story?
I think the hardest thing was just to accept that there is a new person in the house, but then I realized that this is my mother's love, and for my mother to be perfect - then it is important to us.
How did you talk to your mother and siblings after you found out about it?
In the end, I am the eldest sister, I have to be a 'jadait' (tough/determined), to show them that I am strong, that I am with them and that I am protecting them. So this is the role of my life, and that is what was most important for me to do - to protect them and defend them, and I had to accept it.
Were you angry at your parents that you found out about things this way?
I grew up into this world. I knew it not by choice either. In the end, I chose this world already on my own, but not by choice I came into this world, I got into a situation, as they say. I accepted it and understood that this is life, and that I can find out things sometimes on the net, and not accept them. You have to be mature and understand that this is life.
You are just before enlistment.
I am starting a new chapter in life, in another month I am supposed to enlist. It's new, I am the first to enlist in the house, and it's really stressful. I don't know where yet, I don't know what is still happening and what will be, but like everyone else, I will enter the BAKUM (induction center), and the parents will take pictures and hug.
What is your big dream?
I don't think I ever opened this up, but my family knows how many years I would go behind the scenes with my mother to festivals she would do. So Festigal is unequivocally my dream, and I, with God's help, will fulfill it. Just as I work at jobs all day and run around in between, I know that I will succeed in this too, just as I succeeded in doing other things. So with God's help, to perform at the Festigal. I know how to sing, I know how to dance, I am working on it, and amen.
