Some thought the glamour photo of Anderson on Assange’s knee was fake, but we’re here to tell you it’s legit — and it’s amazing.
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Here's the background: Assange has been holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London since 2012.
He was initially trying to avoid extradition to Sweden in a sexual assault investigation, but authorities there have since dropped their probe.
Yet Assange still won't come out, fearing he'll be arrested, sent to the US, and charged in connection with WikiLeaks's publishing top secret documents.
Oh, also, Ecuador cut off his internet access at the embassy in March after Assange apparently breached an agreement not to interfere in other countries' affairs. 👀
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Anderson has been visiting Assange at the embassy since at least October 2016. Here she is bringing him a vegan sandwich, which he apparently didn't like that much.
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Then in March 2017, she declared her love for him. "He is one of my favorite people — and he might be the most famous, most politicized refugee of our time," she wrote in a blog post. "Famous for being persecuted. Famous for being persecuted is not a position of power but a position of vulnerability."
"It is a romantic struggle — I love him for this," she wrote. "He is the strongest person I know — but, living as he is, is very unhealthy, demeaning and inhumane."
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But Anderson has also been dating French soccer player Adil Rami, and the pair now live in Marseille, where he plays.
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Here she is at one of Rami's games just last month. People were a bit confused about the status of Anderson's relationship with Assange.
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Well, she's just shed a bit more light on things in a big interview with the Hollywood Reporter.
Anderson revealed she was introduced to Assange "years ago" through British designer Vivienne Westwood.
"We talk about everything. We talk about the Bible, we talk about what's happening with my kids, what's happening with his family," she said.
"It's not just about politics, even though I do take a lot of notes and it's so overwhelming, the information he gives me."
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Anderson wouldn't specify the exact nature of their relationship but said she was recently denied a visit with Assange at the embassy.
"The air and light quality [in the embassy] is terrible because he can't keep his windows open and he can't get any sunlight. Even prisoners can go outside, but he can't," she said.
"I'm always bringing him vegan food, but he eats very simply. I talked to him on the phone the day [his internet] was shut off. He sent me an urgent call. And now, nothing."
She said Assange has been "wrongly accused" after "ruffling the feathers of people that are powerful."
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LaChapelle's portrait of Assange shows the WikiLeaks founder wearing the same white shirt and posing in front of the same backdrop as in the pic with Anderson, so we can assume it's from the same sitting.
LaChapelle told Paper that Assange and Anderson were "friends with benefits":
Through this very exotic woman... [whispers] It was Pamela Anderson. They are friends with benefits. I was in London. She's like, "I am with Julian." We went and got all this tequila, and there was so much conversation. He's so fucking fascinating. We're all talking after the shoot and we started drinking. We just got so completely wasted. I had the worst hangover. But we got great photos.
LaChapelle didn't respond to multiple emails from BuzzFeed News. Also, after more than a day of requests, he declined to license us the photo. Sad!
Anyway, gaze upon it and be grateful to be living in this batshit time.
LINK: So Pamela Anderson Is Blogging About Her Love For Julian Assange Now
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