Stephen K. Bannon positioned himself as the godfather of a new American political movement. Now he’s cultivated the aesthetic of a true guru.
Bannon appeared on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures sporting a new, more laid-back summer look, with flowing gray locks and a Mediterranean tan, as if he’d wandered off the set of a mid-Nineties Coen Brothers movie.
Very generous of Steve Bannon to take time away from selling brass knuckles and old Playboys at the flea market to give an interview. pic.twitter.com/1CMD4u6UaQ
— Maggie Serota (@maggieserota) August 16, 2020
Cockburn knows it’s rather unfair to judge political figures by their physical appearances — particularly someone like Steve Bannon, who has been scrutinized for wearing two collared shirts at once by podcasters and described as looking like ‘if Nick Offerman drowned’ by comedians. Perhaps it’s barbs like these that prompted Bannon to revisit the sartorial drawing board.
Before he reinvented himself, Bannon had a doppelgänger: Keith Heard, a lobbyist and former Republican Senate staffer. Luckily Twitter was on hand to suggest some more lookalikes who could emulate Bannon if he’s ever in need of a body double.
Porn star Ron Jeremy
Steve Bannon looks like what Ron Jeremy was supposed to look like when he aged pic.twitter.com/iIVMLIKrRp
— Respected Scientist (@SortaBad) August 16, 2020
Steve Bannon looks like Ron Jeremy found god in prison. pic.twitter.com/6WTUcTxRjC
— Spider Jerusalem (@POTUUS) August 17, 2020
Steve Bannon looks like a Chinese knock off of Ron Jeremy today.. pic.twitter.com/slDBZVZF1r
— Impotus Americanus 😊💜🌎🏳🌈🦄🔬 (@tsh_bo) August 16, 2020
Rock star Meat Loaf
Steve Bannon looks like warmed-over Meatloaf pic.twitter.com/B9medH3WWN
— James Ritzman (@ritzcrackerman) August 16, 2020
Comedian Ron White
I keep seeing Steve Bannon compared to Ron Jeremy. But I think he resembles Ron White after a week long bender at an all inclusive resort in Cancun. https://t.co/iElVZUKVlN
— John Sears (@jsears90210) August 16, 2020
People saying Steve Bannon looks like Ron Jeremy but have you ever seen Steve and Rob White in the same place at the same time?! pic.twitter.com/6cZTidVxWS
— mark foshee (@mark_foshee) August 16, 2020
A fan of country star Willie Nelson
Steve Bannon now looks like the final boss you have to fight to free Willie Nelson from a dungeon. pic.twitter.com/iOixFjhscY
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) August 16, 2020
Actor Jon Voight
Steve Bannon looks like Jon Voight if he killed himself 4 months ago. pic.twitter.com/0cds9JRTEL
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) August 16, 2020
Comedian Rosie O’Donnell
Steve Bannon looks like page 12 of a Rosie O’Donnell google search pic.twitter.com/s5TAK9jRLQ
— Harry PotDurrr (@JamesPontillo77) August 16, 2020
This looks like Rosie O’Donnell doing Steve Bannon drag pic.twitter.com/UnEZH5DU7L
— Grant Ginder (@GrantGinder) August 16, 2020
people keep saying steve bannon looks like ron jeremy when clearly he looks like alcoholic benjamin rosie o’donnell-franklin pic.twitter.com/e2br64rya8
— quarantine alfredo (@ndilettante) August 16, 2020
Timothy Spall playing Peter Pettigrew
Harry Potter is not for me. But come on… Steve Bannon looks exactly like that rat guy! pic.twitter.com/j3bOlSOYy8
— Sean O’Connor (@seanoconnz) August 16, 2020
Danny McBride as Kenny Powers
Is it me or does Steve Bannon look like Kenny Powers after the hard livin’ caught up with him? pic.twitter.com/RfML8nw5gP
— Kristen Adamo (@Kadamo) August 16, 2020
Country singer Johnny Cash
Steve Bannon looks like if they never got Johnny Cash off pills. pic.twitter.com/aD8F3JGCQ7
— Nick (@NickOHlessA) August 16, 2020
Jeff Bridges playing Jeff Lebowski
Steve Bannon looks like Jeff Lebowski if instead of bowling and weed he was into dogfighting and cocaine pic.twitter.com/mzFubbiJQo
— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) August 17, 2020
Actor Kurt Russell
Steve Bannon looks like Kurt Russell‘s evil twin. https://t.co/Vr88B6cS8f
— Chang Quaranterhune (He/Him/His/You want dessert?) (@bigbadchang) August 17, 2020
Comedian Amy Schumer
Steve Bannon kinda looks like Amy Schumer after applying both the old and male filters. pic.twitter.com/Rb5e6hcrN2
— Layne Harris (@hellroy) August 16, 2020
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Strip club owner Peter Stringfellow
Steve Bannon looks like hobbit Peter Stringfellow held on to the One Ring too long. pic.twitter.com/Afpu9MB4cd
— Hal Duncan (@Hal_Duncan) August 16, 2020
Country singer Ricky Skaggs
Steve Bannon looks like Ricky Skaggs if Ricky Skaggs lived that George Jones life pic.twitter.com/1z1LhUWdlK
— Brent Harmon (@forrealthobrent) August 16, 2020
Podcast host Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon looks like Steve Bannon pic.twitter.com/BrS3Oty1nx
— Hunk ‘o burnin Hank (@HankFinch) August 16, 2020
Despite the online japes, Cockburn hopes Bannon stays the course and continues his untamed look throughout 2020, particularly if rumors of him rejoining the Trump campaign are true. Wouldn’t it be something to see a pony-tailed Bannon, donning two Hawaiian shirts under a dark coat, stood applauding in the wings of the Plaza Hotel come November as the President celebrates his landslide reelection?
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