Action star Steven Seagal looks worse for wear in latest Russian propaganda appearance

Action star turned Vladimir Putin pup Steven Seagal appears to have packed on a few pounds since his bromance with the despotic Russian president pulled him from Hollywood, according to images from a new documentary.

Seagal, 72, sported a distinctly ballooning stomach in a recently released Russian propaganda film – “In The Name of Justice” – which featured the former star visiting war-torn Ukraine and talking about how Ukies brought the conflict upon themselves, according to the Daily Mail.

The photos are some of the latest of Seagal, who gained Russian citizenship in 2016 and has been offloading his huge portfolio of American real estate ever since.

Seagal – who has referred to Vladimir Putin as both a “brother” and one of the “greatest living world leaders” – has been scarce on social media in recent years, but when he has appeared, he has almost always worn smock-like mandarin coats there hiding his frame.

The appearance in the Russian documentary provided a bare-bones image of Seagal bursting out of his shirt and pants as he visited captured Ukrainian troops — who the documentary claimed committed “crimes against civilians,” the Daily Mail reported.

A person who once worked with Seagal told the outlet that he had gained “at least 50 pounds” and would have gone “monkey-t” over his appearance in the doctor.

“Seagal usually tightly controlled the narrative when filming, insisting on certain camera angles and nothing that highlighted his weight gain,” the source said.

The actor, who starred in 1980s and ’90s action films like “Above the Law,” “Under Siege” and “On Deadly Ground,” was raised in America, but his grandparents were Russian immigrants.

Since receiving Russian citizenship, he has referred to himself as “1 million percent Russian” and was awarded the Order of Friendship by Putin himself for a “great contribution to the development of international culture and humanitarian cooperation.”

Seagal has previously participated in overt 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 a special envoy to the United States by Russia in 2018.

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