Britney Spears: World Taekwondo revokes Putin’s honorary black belt & Joe Rogan’s Fake Report about Steven Seagal joining Russian Special Forces near Kyiv

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First thing first,

World Taekwondo revokes Putin’s honorary black belt over Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin had his honorary black belt in taekwondo revoked by the sport’s international governing body on Tuesday, over his country’s invasion of Ukraine.”

World Taekwondo, which governs international federations for the sport, was the latest to condemn Putin, saying Tuesday that Moscow’s actions went against the sport’s vision: “Peace is more precious than triumph.”

“In this regard, World Taekwondo has decided to withdraw the honorary 9th dan black belt conferred to Mr Vladimir Putin in November 2013,” the Seoul-based body said in an official statement.

It added that official taekwondo events would not be organized in Russia or Belarus.

No Big Deal because

Putin does not actually do taekwondo,

but is instead accomplished in judo, another martial art, and has long served as an honorary president to the International Judo Federation.

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Joe Rogan Posts — and Deletes — Fake Report About Steven Seagal Joining Russian Special Forces Near Kyiv

Media literacy is clearly not Joe Rogan’s strong suit. The podcast host recently took to Instagram to share a fake CNN report stating that actor Steven Seagal has joined Russian special forces stationed near Kyiv, Ukraine, noting the absurdity of “this fucked up movie we’re living through.” He later took it down, for obvious reasons.

“I deleted my earlier post about Steven Seagal being in Ukraine because it was parody, which isn’t surprising, but honestly it wouldn’t be surprising if it was true either,” he wrote in a follow-up post. “He was banned from Ukraine in 2017 because he was labeled as a national security threat. I, like all of you, hope the tragic situation is resolved there quickly.”

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The deleted photo of Seagal decked out in army gear that could have been purchased at a Dick’s Sporting Goods comes from a 2017 film called Cartels. When asked for comment about the fight between Russia and Ukraine, Seagal told Rolling Stone: “My prayers are that both countries will come to a positive, peaceful resolution where we can live & thrive together in peace.”