Action star turned Putin puppy Steven Seagal appears to have packed on a few pounds since his relationship with the despotic Russian president. pulled him from Hollywoodaccording to images from a new documentary.

Seagal, 72, sported a frozen belly in a recently released Russian propaganda film – “In the Name of Justice” – which featured the former star visiting war-torn Ukraine and championing how the Ukies brought about the conflict on them. according to the Daily Mail.

The images are some of the latest of Seagal, who was granted Russian citizenship in 2016 and has since unloaded his vast portfolio of American real estate.

Seagal — who has referred to Vladimir Putin as both his “brother” and one of the “greatest living world leaders” — has rarely been on social media in recent years, but when he does appear, he’s almost always wearing clothes clothes-like tangerines. which hide its frame.

The appearance in the Russian documentary provided an unsolicited image of Seagal emerging from his shirt and trousers as he visited captured Ukrainian troops – who the documentary claimed had committed “crimes against civilians”, the Daily Mail reported.

Someone who once worked with Seagal said he gained “at least 50 pounds” and would have “monkeyed” over his appearance in the doc.

“Seagal, as a rule, had a hard time controlling the narrative when he shot because he insisted on certain camera angles and nothing that emphasized his weight gain,” the source said.

The actor, who had leading roles in the 80s and 90s in action films such as “Above the Law,” “Under Siege” and “On Deadly Ground,” was raised in America, but his grandparents were Russian immigrants.

Since obtaining Russian citizenship, he calls himself “one million percent Russian” and was awarded the Order of Friendship by Putin himself for “a major contribution to the development of international culture and humanitarian cooperation.”

Seagal has also participated in blatant Russian propaganda films about the war in Ukraine, even referring to Ukrainians as “Nazis” in a 2020 clip.

The “Hard to Kill” star was appointed by Russia as a special envoy to the US in 2018.

He was also deemed a national security threat in Ukraine in 2017 and was banned from entering the country.