MOSCOW, Mar 9 Volodymyr Zelensky has been barred from performing at the Oscars for the second year in a row, Variety writes.
According to media reports, the Ukrainian president hoped to get a virtual platform at this event. He had already performed remotely at the Berlin Film Festival last month.
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» Sources say WME agent Mike Simpson approached the Academy to include (in the program. — Note ed.) of a comedian who became a politician, but was refused,» the newspaper writes.
It is noted that the President of Ukraine was refused amid a decrease in US residents' interest in supporting Kiev.
Last year, Zelensky's request to speak at the Oscars was already rejected. Then, according to sources, the reason was the negative attitude towards this idea on the part of the producer of the event. In particular, he then allegedly stated that Hollywood pays attention to the situation in Ukraine only because the people it affects are white. At the same time, conflicts that concern people with a different skin color are ignored. What exactly caused the refusal this year is still unknown.