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On July 20, 2023, the media and social networks reported that the star of the film trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" wants to help the Ukrainian president overcome alcohol and narcotic dependence. After that, the actor’s account was allegedly even blocked. We checked the reliability of such publications.
The 44-second video is a recording of the smartphone screen, on which the story was broadcast from Instagram*-acure Wood. In the Telegram channel of TV presenter Ruslan Ostashko (117,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) reportedWhat in the video the actor says: “Hello, Vladimir. You have serious problems with alcohol and drugs. I hope you take care of yourself. We have people here who can help you. ” In addition, the actor allegedly suggested Zelensky to seek help from one of the clinics of the elite American network "Betty Ford". Vladimir Solovyov in his Telegram channel (178,000 views, post deleted) notedthat pro-Ukrainian users complained about the actor, because of which his account on the social network was blocked. In many publications, Wood's removal of the page commented as follows: "Freedom of speech in American."
Telegram channels were also told about the viral video "Live broadcast"(662,000 views),"Heaven is"(209 000),"Uncle Glory"(177 000),"Putin in Telegram"(177 000), Voblya (144,000), "Serialomaniaman Z"(108 000),"Scott Ritter in Telegram"(102 000),"Skabeeva"(80 000), "Yakov Kedmi"(70 000), "Tucker Carlson"(58,000) and"Coachman"(31 000). Among the media about the alleged circulation of Wood, television channels wrote "Tsargrad-TV","360" And "National television", newspaper "Arguments and facts"As well as online publications"Truth.ru" Life, "Ukraine.ru","Notepad Russia" Tvcenter.ru, "Paragraph" And "Expert". Similar posts are also found in "VKontakte" And Twitter (Moreover, on English language).
If you carefully listen to the video dispersed through the media and social networks, you can make sure that the actor really makes about the same speech that is presented in Russian in the above resources. However, several mounting speakers are noticeable in the video, due to which some sentences do not make sense. Note that Wood never pronounces the surname of the Vladimir mentioned, and also does not say anything about Ukraine. At the same time, the Ukrainian flag and the tag of the official Instagram account of the Ukrainian president are indicated at the very video department. Below we give a complete translation of Wood words indicating the places of the speakers.
Vladimir, hello! This is Elijah. I hope that when you see it, you are happy, healthy and everything is fine with you. [Gluing.] You ... [gluing.] Just like a big dependence on drugs and alcohol, so I just want to make sure that you get help ... [gluing.] Although, of course, we all suffer from this. Therefore, I just hope that you follow yourself, take care of your health and know that ... [gluing.] As soon as you feel that you need help, know that there are people who want to help you. [Gluing.] You need help, and I hope you get this help. All the best, Vladimir. Take care of yourself!
In the upper left corner of the video is the logo of the American online TMZ online thabel, but not on site this publication, neither in his social networks There is no mention of Wood's viral video. On the appeal of the actor to Zelensky and the subsequent blocking of Instagram of the star in general Not written Not a single authoritative English -speaking publication. Moreover, the only recording of Storiz diverged over the network - and this is that the Instagram of Wood, as can be seen in the video, allegedly signed 1.5 million people.
Suppose that publications on the removal of Wood's page and about complaints about him from Ukrainians are true. The actor also has profiles in other social networks, namely Facebook* (1.9 million subscribers) and in Twitter (1 million), however, there are no traces of access to Zelensky. Although it would be expected that Wood would be outraged by blocking one of his pages or justifying before pro -Ukrainian fans, but this was not followed.
In fact, Wood does not have a public account on Instagram, what he is talking about told At the end of March 2023 to the publication The Wall Street Journal. In an interview, the actor explained why he prefers not to attract attention to his family, in particular, he does not reveal the name of his one-year-old daughter and holds Instagram page in private mode. “I wanted to be able to share photos that I would not want to upload the whole world,” Wood told the publication. - The account, open to the public, would greatly change what I share. Not that I shared something that I would not want to lay out, but I am a relatively secretive person. ”
In addition, the actor on February 24, 2022 on his Twitter wrote: "My heart with Ukraine and its people." Since then, Wood has not demonstrated publicly that he changed his position, but the narrative that Zelensky is addictive is mainly supported by pro -Core resources. "Checked" already Disassembled some fake videos, binding Ukrainian president p use narcotic drugs and dispersed in Runet.
The question remains, where did the video brought out for the story of the star then come from. Since “verified” there is no doubt that the video captures the real Elijah Wood, we assume that the creators of the fake video used the Cameo service - actor joined To him three years ago. On this platform celebrity for reward Record Personal videos for their fans. So, the video from Wood can order For $ 340. The customer is only required specifyTo whom the appeal is intended and for what purpose it should be recorded (give advice, congratulate on the anniversary, answer the question, etc.).
Apparently, after receiving a video from the actor, the authors of the fake created an Instagram account Elijah.wood.kingring (Despite the fact that Nickname is hidden over the most part of the video, it can be considered at the end), on the basis of which fake storiz was mounted. According to the social network, this page was opened in July 2023 (and once the name was changed), and among three subscriptions there is a Zelensky account. Avatar and description of the profile shown in the video were copied From Twitter Wood.
Update on July 28, 2023. Our colleagues from the Les Observateurs project France 24 Contacted With the editors of the TMZ tabloid and received the answer: “Obviously, someone posted it on social networks that have not been related to TMZ. We have nothing to do with this video. ” In addition, the French factor talked with Joanne Korolnaya, Wood's manager, and that explained that "Elijah did not have an account on Instagram and that the actor" comment on this video in his Twitter account. " The column did not specify the origin of the video, and at the time of the publication of this update, Wood tweet did not appear with an explanation.
The earliest publication with a fake video was found by keywords in the Telegram channel "DPR 🅉 info 🇷🇺"(38,000 views), where the post was published on July 20, 2023 at 10:37 and deleted at 20:40 Moscow time. In our analysis, this channel due to the spread of misinformation mentioned More than ten times. In addition, the very idea of creating a fake story celebrity discrediting Ukraine is not new: for example, we are already Disassembled Similar publications About the singer Madonna.
*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns social networks Instagram and Facebook, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.
Photo on the cover: a frame from the film “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” / Warner Bros.
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