At SAG, Celebrities Take a Break from Woke to Focus on Ukraine

Hollywood celebrities are finally supporting the sovereignty of national borders and are praising a former television star who became a president. Of course, the borders are the Ukraine’s and the former television star is Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. It seems we’ll have to do what we can.

On Sunday February 27, 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG), celebrities donned pins in the colors of Ukraine and supported the country during their acceptance speeches.

“There’s so much going on in the world and my heart goes out to Ukraine,” Lady Gaga said before the show began. “I believe that tonight we should all truly sit in gratitude for this.”

“While tonight is a celebration, we are all at the same time holding a place in our hearts for the people of Ukraine and sending our thoughts, prayers, and hopes for impending peace,” Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. offered at the start of the show.

Throughout the ceremony there was continued support of Ukraine morally. (Will Hollywood speak for Taiwan in the event that China invades this country?) Communist China butters Hollywood’s bread nowadays.)

Accepting the award for the best drama ensemble SuccessionBrian Cox, star of Stars in Television, praised Zelensky’s television experience.

The President of Ukraine [Volodymyr Zelensky]He was also a comedian. His comic performances were amazing. We should all respect his comic talents. Amazing to reach the presidency. But the thing that really distressed me is what’s happening in Russia, to my fellow actors and actresses and performers and writers and critics. Under threat of being executed for high treason they are forbidden from speaking about Ukraine. This is terrible. I believe we all should support those individuals.

So glad to hear Hollywood is finally vocally supporting the rights of actors to express themselves without fear of reprisal.

While standing in solidarity with the Ukraine, the Screen Actors Guild still made sure to maintain the sort of annoying optics that remind Americans why they hate Hollywood. Crew and staff were still wearing masks at the ceremony, while celebs went without. Celebrities were originally supposed to wear masks, but SAG changed the rules at the last minute. SAG also imposed vaccine mandates that left one particular star, Yellowstone’s Forrie J. Smith, unable to attend.

Still, for one night, Hollywood stars put aside the usual left-wing conservative-bashing to focus instead on the war abroad. Of course, no star criticized Biden administration incompetence for contributing to the conflict in Ukraine. I doubt that if Trump were president, the actors would have been so gracious.