Hollywood actor Chris Evans is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. The actor is currently at the center of controversy due to his bombshell signing. The actor said he did not sign any bomb or weapon after social media users claimed he was clicked signing an Israeli bomb in a photo. In now-deleted Instagram stories, Chris Evans cleared the air about the viral photo.
The “Captain America” star took to his Instagram Story on Thursday to clarify that the photo is not recent and was taken eight years ago when he went to meet members of the U.S. armed forces. “There is a lot of misinformation about this photo,” Evans wrote in the caption of the photo, which shows him using a acute instrument to sign a bullet-shaped object in the hands of a smiling U.S. Air Force officer.
“A few clarifications: This photo was taken during the USO tour in 2016. I went with a group of actors, athletes and musicians to show our appreciation for our service members. The item you were asked to sign was not a bomb or a missile or a weapon of any kind. It is an inert facility used only for training or demonstration purposes,” he added. The 42-year-old actor also shared a screenshot of a fact check, which also revealed that the facility in question was “for demonstration and training purposes only.”
According to a PTI report, after the photo resurfaced, social media users accused Evans of promoting violence, assuming that he had signed one of the weapons that were used to attack civilians during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Chris Evans played Captain America in several Marvel movies. He was last seen in Pain Hustlers. Directed by David Yates, the film stars Emily Blunt, Hillary Harley, Aubrey Dollar, Alexis Baca and Catherine O’Hara, among others. Pain Hustlers tells the story of a woman who struggles to raise her daughter and, out of desperation, takes up a job. She starts working at a failing pharmaceutical startup, but she doesn’t expect the perilous racketeering scheme she suddenly finds herself involved in. The film is available on Netflix.
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