Gerard Depardieu now pitching Azeri cuisine for Baku tourism
Photo Caption: Depardieu waits for more food.
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A cynic may say that Depardieu will shill for anyone willing to give him meals and some cash. A non-cynic would suggest that Baku's tourism heads look at Google News before signing up a spokesman recently famous for peeing on a plane and abandoning his homeland for tax reasons.
Having recently acquired a Russian passport and an apartment in Grozny, French actor Gerard Depardieu is now the star of a new commercial promoting Azeri cuisine.
In the spot for Azerbaijan's tourism authorities now running on Euronews, the French actor sings the praises of Azeri cuisine.
The plotline revolves around Depardieu sampling a wide array of Azeri dishes presented to him as a scriptwriter r
