AnnaLynne McCord's 'tone-deaf' Putin post over Ukraine slammed

Former 90210 star AnnaLynne McCord has shared a video calling for peace between Russia and Ukraine, but people on social media are blasting it for being "tone-deaf".

The video, which features the actress performing a spoken-word poem, has been likened to Gal Gadot's infamous 'Imagine' video from 2020.

"Dear President Vladimir Putin, I’m so sorry that I was not your mother," AnnaLynne begins the video, which has already been viewed over 11 million times. "If I was a mother, you would have been so loved, held in the arms of joyous light.

"Never would this story’s plight, the world unfurled before our eyes, a pure demise of nation sitting peaceful under the night sky. If I was your mother, the world would have been warm."

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She continued, saying that he must have experienced "soul-stealing pain" as a child.

"If I was your mother, if the world was cold, I’d have died to make you warm... I’d have died to give you life," she said, adding she "cannot believe" she was born "too late" to be his mother.

"I know if I was your mother, that would be a start toward the awareness of what a powerful being of light you could be. I cannot believe I was born too late, in a different place."

The video generated hundreds of comments with one person saying: "Just sing 'Imagine' next time. It's easier than whatever this is."

"SAME tone-deaf energy as this BS from the start of the pandemic," another user said, sharing the 'Imagine' video.

"This is worse than making a petition," someone else wrote.

"What the f*** did I just watch?" another questioned.

"No power on earth can force me to turn on the sound on that Annalynne McCord video," one user joked.

"Never thought I would log into Twitter and see AnnaLynne McCord (of 90210 fame) reciting slam poetry to Putin," another said.

"This will definitely stop him! You are so strong and brave AnnaLynne McCord," someone else sarcastically wrote. "Yeah, this will most likely work," another jokingly agreed.

"Thank you for stopping the war with poetry," yet another added.

Some, however, supported the actress with one user writing, "Ignore the haters, queen. Don't let them stop you from pouring your heart out."

Oscar winner Sean Penn spotted at press briefing in Ukraine

Despite trying to keep a low profile, Sean Penn has been spotted in the front row of a press briefing Kyiv on Thursday where high-ranking officials were discussing the Russian invasion.

Sean is apparently working on a documentary about the escalating tensions in Ukraine since last year and flew into the country earlier this week.

Variety has confirmed the documentary is a Vice Studios production, revealing he first visited the country in November last year.

He was later spotted in a bunker as attacks continued throughout the city.

He has already spoken with the deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk as well as local journalists and members of the Ukrainian military.

The actor is known for visiting disaster zones and has previously been photographed rescuing people in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, where he helped refugees.

When asked what he was doing in the disaster zone in New Orleans, he responded, "Whatever I can do to help."

Putin invades Ukraine

The Russian leader has been condemned by leaders around the world after ordering his troops to invade Ukraine on Thursday.

In the hours that followed, there were explosions reported in Donetsk and Kyiv, the capital.

Ukrainian officials said their forces were battling Russians on multiple fronts, and had lost control of the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant, scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said in a statement on Facebook it had also lost Zmiinyi Island, also known as Snake Island, south of the mainland.

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