The graphic nature of the video and also the fact that she was doing all of this with a married man shocked the Croatian nation and damaged her public image due to the fact that she promoted abstinence in many of her public appearances.
However, this incident has actually boosted her career, especially internationally as the news story and sex video quickly went around the world and millions who had never heard of Severina now knew of her.
However, on June 1, 2004 she become the hottest news in the former Yugoslav republic, when pictures of her making hardcore love to an unidentified dark-haired man surfaced on the internet.