{"id":72887,"date":"2017-05-20T14:38:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T18:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=72887"},"modified":"2017-05-20T14:40:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T18:40:48","slug":"assange-gets-support-from-famous-american-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=72887","title":{"rendered":"Assange gets support from famous American fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pamela Anderson and Lady Gaga rally to cause of Julian Assange<\/h2>\n<p><!--more-->The Telegraph<br \/>\nReuters<\/p>\n<header>\n<div class=\"hero-area-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"leadAsset section\">\n<div class=\"lead-asset component\">\n<div class=\"component-content\">\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image lead-asset__image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/content\/dam\/news\/2016\/10\/16\/111205654_Pamela_Anderson_Julian_Assange-NEWS-large_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqXgrBd0P19THPvf9738yRPQNKpBVlLF-OCUflfputUyg.jpg\" alt=\"Pamela Anderson delivers lunch to Julian Assange\" width=\"320\" height=\"199\" data-frz-ratio=\"1.60\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pamela Anderson delivers lunch to Julian Assange CREDIT: BEN A. PRUCHNIE\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<article data-insert-mobile-adslot=\"\">\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section version-2\">\n<div class=\"article-body-text component version-2\">\n<div class=\"component-content\">\n<p>&#8220;Baywatch&#8221; actress Pamela Anderson retweeted a smiling selfie of Julian Assange on Friday after Sweden dropped its investigation into the Wikileaks founder, reviving intrigue around the couple&#8217;s rumoured romance.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_first-letter\">A<\/span>nderson&#8217;s blog posts about her numerous trips to the Ecuadorean embassy in London to visit Assange have proved one of the more fascinating aspects of the Australian&#8217;s five-year bid to avoid extradition to Sweden to face rape and molestation allegations, which he denies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section\">\n<div class=\"article-body-text component \">\n<div class=\"component-content\">\n<p><span class=\"m_first-letter m_first-letter--flagged\">A<\/span>ssange, 45, is a cyber hero to some for exposing government abuses of power and championing free speech. To others he is a criminal who has undermined the security of the West.<\/p>\n<p>To Anderson, he is &#8220;the most intelligent, interesting and informed man in existence. Yes &#8211; I think he&#8217;s quite sexy,&#8221; the 49-year-old actress, former Playboy model and animal rights campaigner said in a March blog post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleBodyImage section\">\n<div class=\"article-body-image component \" data-frz-ancestor=\"\" data-frz-ratio=\"1.60\">\n<div class=\"component-content\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image article-body-image-image \" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"187\" data-alt=\"Pamela Anderson at the Oxford Union\" data-frz-ratio=\"1.60\" data-src=\"\/content\/dam\/news\/2016\/10\/16\/111277951_pamela-anderson-NEWS-small_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqUsIEztq1114pgFDjvGpsn855Clt63ZmCfDIrYxPO-1E.jpg\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__source\" src=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/content\/dam\/news\/2016\/10\/16\/111277951_pamela-anderson-NEWS-large_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqUsIEztq1114pgFDjvGpsn855Clt63ZmCfDIrYxPO-1E.jpg\" alt=\"Pamela Anderson at the Oxford Union\" \/><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"article-body-image-caption\">Pamela Anderson\u00a0at the Oxford Union<\/span> <span class=\"article-body-image-copyright\"><span class=\"article-body-image-copyright-label\">CREDIT:<\/span> \u00a0OXFORD UNION\/REX\/SHUTTERSTOCK<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section\">\n<div class=\"article-body-text component \">\n<div class=\"component-content\">\n<p><span class=\"m_first-letter m_first-letter--flagged\">P<\/span>hotographers have snapped Anderson, often carrying take-away food, making numerous visits to the Ecuadorean embassy in the past six months.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson is not Assange&#8217;s only celebrity supporter. Pop singer Lady Gaga visited him in 2012 and filmed him for a video that was distributed this week to mark the release from a U.S prison of Chelsea Manning, who provided Wikileaks with more than 700,000 classified U.S. army documents.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dDvB1Vekhg\">pic.twitter.com\/dDvB1Vekhg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefendAssange\/status\/865496201839337472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section\">\n<div class=\"article-body-text component \">\n<div class=\"component-content\">\n<p>&#8220;You may be an enemy of the state but you are not an enemy of humanity,&#8221; Lady Gaga told Assange in the video interview, which was released by Wikileaks on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_first-letter\">A<\/span>ssange has said nothing about his closer relationship with Anderson, and she has been coy about characterising it as dating or romantic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section\">\n<div class=\"article-body-text component \">\n<div class=\"component-content\">\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s see what happens when he&#8217;s free. But you know I spend probably more time with him than any other man socially, which is very odd,&#8221; Anderson said in a Swedish TV talk-show appearance in March.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72890\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/101126600_FILES_This_file_photo_taken_on_December_20_2012_shows_Wikileaks_founder_Julian_Assange-xlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH6LL0uw49rxotdgIAsm1Nxusis7F8tSlsZYW3HdNPCg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72890\" class=\"wp-image-72890\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/101126600_FILES_This_file_photo_taken_on_December_20_2012_shows_Wikileaks_founder_Julian_Assange-xlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH6LL0uw49rxotdgIAsm1Nxusis7F8tSlsZYW3HdNPCg-639x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/101126600_FILES_This_file_photo_taken_on_December_20_2012_shows_Wikileaks_founder_Julian_Assange-xlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH6LL0uw49rxotdgIAsm1Nxusis7F8tSlsZYW3HdNPCg-639x1024.jpg 639w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/101126600_FILES_This_file_photo_taken_on_December_20_2012_shows_Wikileaks_founder_Julian_Assange-xlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH6LL0uw49rxotdgIAsm1Nxusis7F8tSlsZYW3HdNPCg-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/101126600_FILES_This_file_photo_taken_on_December_20_2012_shows_Wikileaks_founder_Julian_Assange-xlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH6LL0uw49rxotdgIAsm1Nxusis7F8tSlsZYW3HdNPCg-768x1230.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/101126600_FILES_This_file_photo_taken_on_December_20_2012_shows_Wikileaks_founder_Julian_Assange-xlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqH6LL0uw49rxotdgIAsm1Nxusis7F8tSlsZYW3HdNPCg.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-72890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wikileaks founder Julian Assange CREDIT: AFP\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section\">\n<div class=\"article-body-text component \">\n<div class=\"component-content\">\n<p><span class=\"m_first-letter m_first-letter--flagged\">A<\/span>nderson, who is currently promoting the new Hollywood &#8220;Baywatch&#8221; movie in which she has a cameo role, made no comment on Friday on the Swedish decision other than to retweet the smiling photo Assange posted of himself in his first reaction to the news.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Anderson said that &#8220;our &#8216;affair&#8217; and the curiosity surrounding that might bring some attention to his situation. That&#8217;s fine, but I&#8217;d rather not go into private details. Let&#8217;s just say everyone deserves love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, she blogged again about Assange in a post called &#8220;We have more than a romantic life,&#8221; in which she said that the romance rumours were &#8220;a distraction when so much is at stake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The blog post was accompanied by a black-and-white picture of the two of them cheek to cheek.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/pamela-anderson-lady-gaga-rally-cause-julian-assange\/\">http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/pamela-anderson-lady-gaga-rally-cause-julian-assange\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pamela Anderson and Lady Gaga rally to cause of Julian Assange<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}