A video alleging that celebrities including Stiller, Sean Penn, and Angelina Jolie received funding from an agency that Musk wants to put “into the woodchipper” is nothing but “lies coming from Russian media,

Ben Stiller has denied social media reports that his humanitarian trip to Ukraine was funded by USAID, dismissing the claims as Russian “lies.” Over the weekend, the US Agency for International Development was targeted for dissolution by Elon Musk, who labeled it as a criminal enterprise on his social media platform X.

The reportedly debunked social media post was shared by billionaire Elon Musk, who owns X, and Donald Trump Jr..

Actor and director Ben Stiller is shutting down a false claim on social media amplified by Elon Musk claiming that Stiller and other actors were paid millions by USAID to make trips to Ukraine.

"These are lies" wrote Ben Stiller about a video posted on X and amplified by Musk alleging USAID spent $4M to send the actor on a highly-publicized visit to Ukraine

Ben Stiller is setting the record straight about his humanitarian trip to Ukraine ... denying he ever received any payment from USAID to visit the war-torn country.

Ben Stiller visited Ukraine in mid-June 2022. He met with Ukrainian refugees and visited recently liberated towns and villages in Kyiv Oblast. He also met with President Zelenskyy. Read also: Musk and Trump Jr.

The American comedian and director, also a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, rejects allegations that USAID funded his humanitarian trip to Ukraine over two and a half years ago, calling them 'lies coming from Russian media.

Ben Stiller recently found himself at the center of a controversy created by social media reports. The reports claimed that Stiller was among the Hollywood celebrities whom USAID (United States Agency for International Development) for their respective trips to Ukraine.