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Evan Bartlett
Dec 23, 2016
There are probably better ways to spend the holidays than holed up in a Moscow safe house while being tarred as a traitor by your own government, wondering every second at what moment Vladimir Putin is going to sell you out to his new pal Donald Trump.
So we can forgive Edward Snowden for indulging in some fried chicken and a schmaltzy Christmas snap.
The NSA whistleblower uploaded a photo of himself and his girlfriend Lindsay Mills feeding on a bucket of KFC on Thursday night:
In times of hate, love is a revolution. Happy Holidays, internet. https://t.co/7hVAATLQUV— Edward Snowden (@Edward Snowden) 1482437334
Which instantly drew speculation:
Did Edward Snowden just hit us with a KFC plug? https://t.co/bL0n009rWw— Trent (@Trent) 1482437538
Even god-damn Peta got involved:
Hope you consider showing the same love to the chickens scalded alive for that @kfc bucket. https://t.co/qOIB6GgJL7— PETA (@PETA) 1482444820
First allegations that he's working for Putin, now allegations he's working for Colonel Sanders:
Could this incredible story really be true?
what if this was all really a years-long viral marketing campaign for KFC https://t.co/LdBXlwJiG6— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@Ariel Edwards-Levy) 1482439437
Snowden moved to deny the claims:
@rklein90 @kfc Hahaha, no. I've never been paid for any posts. It's just something we do.— Edward Snowden (@Edward Snowden) 1482438046
But who knows what to believe anymore?
@rabidbadger @JZdziarski https://t.co/Zh4Xwht5by— Ветер Истории (@Ветер Истории) 1482447160
Hey, at least he doesn't eat it with a knife and fork...
.@Snowden I think the big winner of 2016 is KFC https://t.co/Cz5l0nGeVg— Oli (@Oli) 1482438502
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