The action star's physical appearance, with his dyed black widow's peak haircut and matching goatee, has sparked Internet memes.
- Sep 28, 2017
AceShowbiz - Steven Seagal made a surprise and bizarre interview on Wednesday, September 27 when he spoke via satellite from Moscow on ITV's "Good Morning Britain". During the segment, the action movie star defended President Donald Trump and blasted NFL players for kneeling when the national anthem was being played in protest of racial injustice.
But it wasn't his comments about the current political situation that drew the most attention on Twitter. It was his physical appearance, with his dyed black widow's peak haircut and matching goatee, black wool jacket buttoned to the top and black-framed oval glasses, that has sparked Internet memes.
People have taken to Twitter to mock his cartoonish look. Some compared him to a Batman and James Bond villain.
"Batman has until midnight to reveal himself or I will bring Gotham to its knees" - Steven Seagal pic.twitter.com/cA0JriOYH3
— Jonathan (@JonRichard) September 27, 2017
In today's news: Steven Seagal moved to Russia to complete his transition into a Bond villain. pic.twitter.com/ybrGiidzq8
— Lou (@Lou_LouD) September 27, 2017
The New York Times reporter Dave Itzkoff said Seagal looked like " 'Grand Theft Auto' characters."
when you run out of guests and have to interview Grand Theft Auto characters pic.twitter.com/aV9BP5tWFQ
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) September 27, 2017
Another said the "Under Siege" actor's turning to be more like his animated self on "South Park".
DUDE Steven Seagal is actually becoming his South Park caricature lmao #StevenSeagal pic.twitter.com/keFDmOhdVS
— Mike (@McMandolf) September 27, 2017
"Steven Seagal can't decide who he's angrier at - kneeling NFL players or the wizard who cursed him to gradually turn into an owl," one tweeted.
Steven Seagal can’t decide who he’s angrier at - kneeling NFL players or the wizard who cursed him to gradually turn into an owl pic.twitter.com/NJTph28JOe
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) September 27, 2017
TV writer and producer Eric Stangel wrote, "There’s like an 87|percent| chance this is a John Travolta character."
There’s like an 87|percent| chance this is a John Travolta character pic.twitter.com/A5RC9tMZR4
— Eric Stangel (@EricStangel) September 27, 2017
The 65-year-old actor who became a Russian citizen in 2016 said during the interview, "I believe in free speech, I believe that everyone's entitled to their own opinion but I don't agree that they should hold the United States of America or the world hostage by taking a venue where people are tuning in to watch a football game and imposing their political views."
"I think it's outrageous, I think it's a joke, it's disgusting. I respect the American flag and I myself have risked my life countless times for the American flag and I don't understand or agree with this kind of behavior. I think it's an outrage," he went on arguing.
"We have these, you know, democrats that have this whole other agenda...this whole group of leftover Obama-ites and people who feel that they should really sort of, kind of, overthrow Trump and any decisions he makes, anything that he tries to do, he gets blocked so often from, you know, sort of the enemies within. So it's very difficult for him to do anything," so he claimed.
