Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky, 41, is best known in Ukraine as a comedian. He has zero political experience — unless you count playing the president of Ukraine on a popular television sitcom. And yet, he is widely expected to win Friday’s vote in a landslide.
Zelensky’s journey from the small screen to political office has been remarkably swift, but it isn’t unprecedented. In recent years, a number of comedic actors have followed a similar trajectory, often with only limited experience in the field.Jimmy Morales has been president of Guatemala since January 2016. But not long before that, he was better known as a comic actor.
The comedian-turned-politician was widely expected run for the Icelandic presidency in 2016, but he told reporters that the position was not quite right for him yet. “We are nothing like them,” Grillo told The Washington Post in 2012. “We are moderate, beautiful people, and we are the only thing left standing between Italy and the real extremists.”
Why not we elected a joke!!!
Why not? We elected a joke!!!
Canada has been there. Spoiler Alert: it turns out shitty
I’ll take a comedian after our experience with a drama teacher.