She is the widow of Oliver Ivanović, a prominent Kosovo Serb politician who was killed by unknown assailants in 2018.
[2] She has spoken several times about his assassination, remarking on one occasion that she would not make a public statement on the identity of his killers unless she was absolutely certain.
Popović has downplayed the significance of the video, describing it as short-term criticism in the context of a political campaign.
She had previously said in a 2019 interview that Progressive Party member Marko Đurić, for many years the director of Serbia's Office for Kosovo and Metohija, did more to assist her husband during his incarceration than anyone else.
[9] In October 2020, Popović accused opposition politicians of using the murder of Oliver Ivanović to score political points.