A Ukrainian influencer said Tuesday that she’s been banned from the Cannes Film Festival after a gory protest last weekend. Ilona Chernobai, a Ukrainian fitness instructor and model, was removed from the red carpet of the French festival Sunday after covering herself in fake blood in a show of support for her home country in its war with Russia. As she climbed the steps of the Palais des Festivals, she pulled bags of prop blood from beneath her skirt and poured them onto her body. Ukrainian model and fitness instructor Ilona Chernobai is detained by security Sunday after she covered herself in fake blood at the Cannes Film Festival. CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty ImagesSecurity moved quickly to take away the woman, who was violating a protest ban the city of Cannes, France, announced earlier this month.

Source: Huffington Post May 24, 2023 04:39 UTC