Ukraine’s new first lady, Olena Zelenska, cracks jokes for a living. Until a week ago, she was a professional scriptwriter on her husband’s comedy show. Now it’s time to become, well, not only serious but “passionate about democracy,” she said in an interview with The Daily Beast.
The Daily Beast: Ukraine’s funny new first lady is dead serious, just like her husband
Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy kisses his wife Olena after the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kyiv on April 21, 2019.
