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The Ukrainian President Won ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ Voiced ‘Paddington’
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Posted on 03/03/2022 7:45:05 PM PST by algore

Zelensky’s Career As An Entertainer and Politician

If you’re wondering why the president would have time for “Dancing With the Stars,” well, it’s because he was an entertainer long before he was the head of Ukraine.

Zelensky was part of a KVN team, which is a comedy competition in eastern Europe. After his time on “Dancing With the Stars,” he went on to star in a film called “Love in the Big City” and its two sequels, plus the films “Office Romance” and “Our Time.”

In a funny twist, Zelensky later played the role of the president of Ukraine on the television series “Servant of the People,” and a producer from the “Paddington” films confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that Zelensky voiced Paddington in the Ukrainian version of the movies.

This was first brought to the public’s attention by one of the stars of “Paddington,” actor Hugh Bonneville, who tweeted, “Until today I had no idea who provided the voice of @paddingtonbear in Ukraine. Speaking for myself, thank you, President Zelensky. #PaddingtonBear.”

Zelensky went into politics in 2018 and took office as the president in May 2019. One of his campaign promises was that he would serve only one term as president, according to Deutsch Welle.

But his popularity is soaring for the way he has handled the Russian invasion, according to Newsweek, so the Ukrainian people may have something to say about that.

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Reality stars made president in a democracy, what could go wrong.

Fortunately I live in a Republic

1 posted on 03/03/2022 7:45:05 PM PST by algore
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I have read he plays a porn piano…. Quite a gifted character.


2 posted on 03/03/2022 7:48:36 PM PST by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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I am not into porn piano.

A long time ago I accidently rented that at blockbuster.

Still traumatized.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XSBLMTTuN5Y&t=55


3 posted on 03/03/2022 8:07:39 PM PST by algore
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Paddington 2 was one of the best movies ever - so although he’s sending out his citizens as cannon fodder, he’s got that going for him.


4 posted on 03/03/2022 8:08:06 PM PST by PGR88
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To: algore

Neither am I.. not sure if his act is more repulsive or people who attended his act.


5 posted on 03/03/2022 8:14:38 PM PST by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: PGR88

Never saw that movie, but somehow it triggered this almost never before seen video about flies in the marmalade

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q9nhmprCERs&t=180


6 posted on 03/03/2022 8:16:57 PM PST by algore
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And now he’s a CIA stooge. What a resume.


7 posted on 03/03/2022 8:18:02 PM PST by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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And we had Reagan, a terrific president.
Harry “Give ‘em hell:” Truman was a haberdasher. The last good Dem prez

Trump was a successful builder, TV star, hotel owner and money man.

Best presidents aren’t professional politicians.


8 posted on 03/03/2022 8:26:51 PM PST by Veto! (Political Correctness offends me)
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To: algore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyTyS151N-g&t=10s This is dancing but not with the stars


9 posted on 03/03/2022 8:39:53 PM PST by Maudeen (Live as if Christ is coming back in the next 10 min. Plan as if He’s not coming for another 100 yrs.)
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To: algore

Nothing about Soros in this article?


10 posted on 03/03/2022 9:31:44 PM PST by Captainpaintball
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Reality stars made president in a democracy, what could go wrong. Fortunately I live in a Republic

And how has that been a benefit?

Look at what we’re dealing with for a president.

11 posted on 03/03/2022 11:08:51 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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