The Actor Called The Ukrainian President: "My Hero".
Zoolander Star Ben Stiller Meets With President Volodymyr Zelensky
American actor Ben Stiller, best known for his rolls in Zoolander and Tropic Thunder, met with former actor and currently the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, as part of his role as a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Stiller,
who has been an ambassador since 2016, called Zelesnky: “My hero”,
before complimenting the former comedic actor on his handling of the
war in Ukraine.
A
war that has nearly lasted four months, and has killed hundreds of
thousands of people, along with creating tens of millions of refugees
across Europe, Asia, and the United States.
The
Hollywood star stated that: “The war here has taken it's toll on
the people here, people with nothing to eat as Russia hoards
Ukrainian grain.
It's
completely unacceptable and inconceivable that such an event can
happen in the 21st Century, but I guess we all learnt
something new in February”.