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Sir Ian McKellen denies being in Ukraine after fans get confused by photo
Ian McKellen isn’t in Ukraine.The man himself has cleared up some confusion after a photo circulated on social media making everyone think he’d flown in to join Angelina Jolie in Lviv, Ukraine, but it turns out that’s not the case.Sir Ian dismissed the speculation and confirmed he’s not been over to the country amid the Russian invasion.He tweeted: ‘Despite reports and supposed photographs circulating online, I have not visited Lviv or elsewhere in Ukraine.’The rumours started after Maksym Bespalov shared a snap of himself with the Lord of the Rings legend, and tagged the location as Ukraine – but there was more to it than meets the eye.After the picture went everywhere on social media, Maksym explained the photo was actually taken in London in November 2021, and was shared on Facebook at the time.He has since replied to Sir Ian on Twitter and said: ‘It was my joke on FB, sorry. I also wrote about Bruce Lee, but medias published only a news about you.
