Gunnar is a grower.... --- A New Bio of Zelenskiy Shows a Performer at His Best—and Worst https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-22/zelenskiy-book-shows-ukra... As The Showman opens, Volodymyr Zelenskiy is still a celebrity comedian and upstart presidential candidate. “On the night we first met, backstage at his show in spring 2019, Zelenskiy looked more scared than I would see him for a while,” writes author and Time correspondent Simon Shuster.