As you’re likely aware by now, Julian Assange was arrested in London on Thursday morning, seven years after he found asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy. Pamela Anderson, a frequent visitor of the WikiLeaks founder, quickly launched a foul-mouthed rant on Twitter to blast the U.K., Brexit, Ecuador, the U.S., and so on. The Justice Department has revealed Assange’s indictment, which levels a federal charge of conspiracy related to breaking into a classified U.S. government computer via Chelsea Manning. If convicted (and there’s not much chance he won’t be), he could face five years in prison.
Assange knew his time had come. Here’s NBC News footage of him being dragged out of the embassy by police while he shouted, “The U.K. must resist!”
It’s stunning footage, especially when one considers how long Assange bunked up inside that building. For over a year, Eduador’s wavered between granting Assange citizenship and trying to boot him, even cutting off his internet access after he was googling himself, whining about results, and generally placing Ecuador’s international relations at risk. Assange is now at the Westminster Magistrates Court, yet what everyone seems to want to talk about is his “recluse beard.” It’s pretty amazing.
And by amazing, I mean the worst version of a Santa Claus beard imaginable. As one Twitter user but it, “Assange managed to be the first man to look worse with a beard.”
https://twitter.com/rodimusprime/status/1116342786893254656
Twitter, of course, has plenty of comparisons, ranging from Saint Nick to post-retirement David Letterman to Moses to Rasputin.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested today but forget about his arrest for me minute and look at his appearance dude has aged X2 like what has he been eating in the Ecuadorian Embassy for 7years? Dude looks like Moses for crying out loud pic.twitter.com/VTiFdns84W
— Godwin Ogabo (@vandal_savageX) April 11, 2019
That moment when a close friend says “yeh so you look like Julian Assange” and you immediately trim your beard and go to drugstore and spend hours deciding which Just For Men color is your “natural color.”
— jimmy williams (@Jimmyspolitics) April 11, 2019
There was an old man with a beard
Who said it is just as I feared,
My embassy haven
When young and clean-shaven
Has gone, and the cops have appeared.#Assange #Wikileakshttps://t.co/D1dyrMdxWK— Mick Twister (@twitmericks) April 11, 2019
https://twitter.com/925mlbfan/status/1116293136161001472
https://twitter.com/Donnydumbdumb/status/1116292994985074688
https://twitter.com/turner_angel/status/1116342818111401984
Uncle Albert trending because of Julian Assange's beard is pure 2011 Twitter. A welcome return for it. pic.twitter.com/OtQcHcvIbH
— Jamie Fewery (@jamiefewery) April 11, 2019
It’s truly the end of an era for “Mad Wizard Assange” in London.
https://twitter.com/KatCalvinLA/status/1116333361750999040