Edward Snowden wants you to know he is not sponsored by KFC
Sometimes, you just wanna snuggle with your significant other in Santa hats and feed each other from a bucket of KFC.
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But when Edward Snowden posted a photo of himself doing just that on Thursday, the internet suspected him of selling out.
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Was it true? Was Snowden, now living in Russian exile after disclosing thousands of classified NSA documents in 2013, making some cash on the side from the Colonel?
Nah, turns out it's just a thing he and his girlfriend like to do sometimes.
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There are still plenty of people who are mad at Snowden, namely Popeye's fans and the House Intelligence Committee, who claimed in a report released Thursday that since his "arrival in Moscow, he has had, and continues to have, contact with Russian intelligence services."
The details supporting that claim were blacked out, according to the New York Times, and Snowden later said on Twitter the report was riddled with "obvious falsehoods."
One thing we know for sure, though, is that his love of greasy fried chicken is pure.
Keith Wagstaff is an assistant editor at Mashable and a terrible Settlers of Catan player. He has written for TIME, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, NBC News, The Village Voice, VICE, GQ and New York Magazine, among many other reputable and not-so-reputable publications. After nearly a decade in New York City, he now lives in his native Los Angeles.
