Sacre bleu!
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered 'Green Card' actor Gerard Depardieu a Russian passport.
"If Gerard really wants to have a residency permit in Russia, or a Russian passport, we can consider this issue resolved positively," Putin said in a press conference Thursday.
Depardieu said earlier this week that he was giving up his French passport and becoming a Belgian citizen because of France's new tax rate on the rich. Depardieu has already made a Belgian town just minutes from the French border his legal residence.
"I understand the feelings of Gerard Depardieu, but even though he said... that he considers himself a European, a citizen of the world, I know for a fact, since we have a very friendly, personal relationship, that he considers himself a Frenchman," Putin said.
The French newspaper Le Monde also quoted Depardieu saying "Putin has already sent me a passport."
But a rep for the Russian president told Agence France Press that Putin was "most likely he was joking".
Trending
Who's making headlines in television, music, movies and more from Hollywood to the Heartland.