Posted on 07/30/2014 6:20:38 AM PDT by elhombrelibre
Hollywood tough guy Steven Seagal has had his blues gig cancelled at a festival in Estonia following an uproar in this formerly-Soviet ruled Baltic state over the star's pro-Russia views, the authorities said Tuesday.
Seagal is reported to back Russian President Vladimir Putin's March annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula and regards him as a personal friend.
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Seagull is already not very well liked in the martial arts world. Not too long ago over cocktails I asked one very famous and classy old school martial artist (to go unnamed) what he thought of Seagull ... he said .. “he’s an a$$hole”. Judo Gene Lebell has already shown Seagull what he thinks of him too.
Still not sure if the feud between these two is real or just a publicity stunt;
https://celebrity.yahoo.com/video/why-did-steven-seagal-threaten-143000044.html
His rivalry with Jean Claude Van Damme goes back quite a few years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THsEWTClnjc
I’ve never heard him play, but I subscribe to a couple of guitar mags (yes, paper!!!) and a couple of years ago he was profiled.
He thinks himself quite the player.
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