This is in reference to when Retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward appeared on Fox News with a really terrible lighting setup that made it look like he was wearing a rubber mask.
I'll give OP the benefit of the doubt that this is just a joke, but there are a fair few people who think it actually was a rubber mask.
ThatGuyFromJustSouthOfTheMiddleOfNowhere
Gotta keep him "alive" until Aug 3
yikesaroni
uziel144
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1b2MyeDc1aTR4bTNlcHY3aWtpZ2I3bXNhaG5ueDBxN21hdnVtdjV0MCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/26zzbNl5r3wy1sQQE/200w.webp
kurvarVillain
Wasnbo
I hate to be that asshole, but: https://youtu.be/fGqF83ddhrM&t=625s I see the joke, but it's based on a silly falsehood.
Speaker2Animals
Arya Stark, why are you doing this?
Sinlok
New Halloween mask!
Sebastopol140
Krackajak78
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1Y3NobjQ5c3l1YXRjdW42cW1obTBlYThmbDlrc2I2dGVpYmIxMTQ3bCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/3IG1fr0R6211yRSco1/200w.webp
Sfingks
This looks like something that would be a sketch on the Conan Obrian show in the 90s, and Robert Smigel would voice him in an interview.
Andersen81
Is it "doordash grandma" of the seal dude behind the mask?
TheVampireDante
*mission impossible mask rip revealing they're the same person*
Renza0
the saddest part about this joke is that it seems very much like something they would try
Targe0
I mean the mans looked dead for the last 20 years.
How would anyone even tell the difference?
LeftRightThere
TheJuiceLoosener
Heelcat70
If he does show up, I expect that Jeff Dunham's hand will be up his butt.
Thorketil
Heelcat70
Nice! Thanks.
woozle
ThatGuyFromJustSouthOfTheMiddleOfNowhere
That's Senator Rigor Tortoise to you
Krossis
Thorketil
Without AI
woozle
red580
You could literally have just photoshopped a turtleshell into the already existing meme, why did you have to use AI for no reason?
woozle
I didn't make it. I stole it from a guy who stole it from a guy.
Righteousdew
No excuse for AI.
Rynestrm
I’m only like 60% sure this is a joke and didn’t actually happen.
CaptainScarfish
This is in reference to when Retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward appeared on Fox News with a really terrible lighting setup that made it look like he was wearing a rubber mask.
I'll give OP the benefit of the doubt that this is just a joke, but there are a fair few people who think it actually was a rubber mask.
Fore more info and a quick analysis by VFX artists: https://youtu.be/fGqF83ddhrM?t=623
CaptainScarfish
https://x.com/CDisillusion/status/2057950247020605920
Here's a more thorough debunk by Captain Disillusion.
Rink257
That was an entertaining Rabbit hole.