French Movie Star Depardieu Ditches his Nationality to Become Russian?

Ahh Gerard Depardieu, the crazy french actor that is known for taking nude strolls on the beach, attacking paparazzi, and being an outright crazy mo fo; is in the limelight again.

The French movie icon has now officially renounced his French citizenship for one of greener pastures (or we can say ice fields) Russia! He fled his native France recently in protest against the new governments plans to hike up taxes on the rich. Upon ditching his birth country, Putin, a personal friend of Depardieu offered the high-profile actor Russian citizenship.

Depardieu, bailed on his citizenship in an open letter to his country that was published in the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche, stating that “Sadly, I no longer belong here,” he wrote, “but I will continue to love the French public, with whom I have shared so many emotions. I’m leaving because you believe that success, creativity, talent — what makes people individual — must be punished.”

We Said This: As economies are struggling all over the world, we’re pretty sure others will follow suit.