This is an archive article published on February 25, 2022
‘Sorry I Was Not Your Mother’: American actress’ poem to Putin draws flak
Russia-Ukraine conflict: As the video did the rounds on social media, several people were left unimpressed, calling it “unacceptable” and “done in bad taste”.
Netizens called her poem tone deaf and uncalled for in amid major crisis.
An American actor is drawing criticism for her response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. AnnaLynne McCord Thursday posted a video on social media, narrating an original poem, ‘I’m So Sorry That I Was Not Your Mother’, addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
As the video did the rounds on social media, several people were left unimpressed, calling it “unacceptable” and “done in bad taste”. Users, while condemning Putin’s actions, said it was unfair to blame his mother. As is with the internet, many were also left amused.
“If I was your mother, you would have been so loved. Held in the arms of joyous light. Never would this story’s plight.
The world unfurled before our eyes. A pure demise of a nation sitting peaceful under a night sky.
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If I was your mother, the world would have been warm. So much laughter and joy, nothing would harm.
I can’t imagine the stain, the soul-stealing pain that the little boy, you must have seen and believed, and the formulation of thought quickly taught, showed that you lived in a cruel, unjust world.
Is this why you now decide no one will get the best of you? Is this why you do not hide nor shy away from taking back the world?
Was it because so early in life all that strife wracked your little body with fear?”
The video has been views over 13 million views. Watch the full video here:
Commenting about the video, writer and actress Giulia Rozzi said: “If I was your mother I would’ve taught you not to blame women for the behavior of men.”
Others drew comparisons to the tone-deaf “Imagine” video spearheaded by Gal Gadot at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020.
AnnaLynne McCord fantasizing about how she could have saved the world if she’d been Putin’s mother is so gross.
Her performance is self-involved and careless, with people fleeing for their lives while she roleplays hypothetically saving the world BEFORE it went to shit.
Just sing “imagine” next time. It’s easier than whatever this is.
— El suspendo Bloomberg ¡viva Los Villanos! (@elsuspendo) February 24, 2022
In the midst of crisis all the celebrities sees a golden opportunity to do a free PR and always come of some weird shit to say .. if I was your mother I would have taught you to be human and not opportunist under the garb of being human.. u sounded fake for all those minute 🙄🙄 https://t.co/ILv7k5sQjH
“if I was your mother” meaning let’s make this extremely severe situation about me? meaning let’s be mysogynistic and blame his actions on his upbringing as if he’s not fully aware of his decisions? I could talk at length on how horrendous this is but I’m so damn exhausted https://t.co/Y4QX4m3yhr
The “if I was your mother” poem is so bad for so many reasons. Not just tone deaf but it somehow blames a woman, she doesn’t know, for the actions of an egomaniac & trivializes terrifying conflict into a Freudian concern. Just wow, her grandiosity is doing heavy lifting.
Dear Actress? Anna something… if I was your mother I would have taught you some humility and to not be so completely effing tone deaf. https://t.co/ZT8EvfIn6F
While details about Putin’s early childhood are minimal, his official biography states his parents died before he became president. His mother, Maria Ivanovna Putina, was a factory worker, and his father, Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin, was conscripted in the Soviet Navy.
Netizens called her poem tone deaf and uncalled for in amid major crisis. 
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