Four-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Woody Allen offered rare praise for President Donald Trump during a new interview with Bill Maher, calling him “a very good actor” and “a pleasure to work with.” The comments came during Maher’s Club Random podcast, where the 89-year-old director discussed cancel culture, politics, and his decades-long film career.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry sharply condemned American filmmaker Woody Allen on Monday for participating virtually in the Moscow International Film Week, a film festival held in Russia. Allen’s video appearance drew strong rebuke from Kyiv, which labeled it “a disgrace and an insult” to Ukrainians suffering under Russia’s ongoing invasion.