--- title: Pamela Anderson Delivered a Vegan Lunch to Julian Assange description: The 'Baywatch' star visited the WikiLeaks founder at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, and delivered him a vegan lunch canonical: https://time.com/4532939/pamela-anderson-julian-assage-vegan-lunch/ author: Kevin Lui article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-17T08:55:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:55.121Z og:title: Pamela Anderson Delivered a Vegan Lunch to Julian Assange og:description: The former 'Baywatch' star says she is concerned for Assange's well-being og:url: https://time.com/4532939/pamela-anderson-julian-assage-vegan-lunch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcd42c2b31663f80/6988aa2c524fc04ab2df9def/gettyimages-614799078.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2670 og:image:height: 1502 og:image:alt: Pamela Anderson Delivers Vegan Lunch To Julian Assange At The Ecuadorian Embassy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pamela Anderson Delivered a Vegan Lunch to Julian Assange twitter:description: The former 'Baywatch' star says she is concerned for Assange's well-being twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcd42c2b31663f80/6988aa2c524fc04ab2df9def/gettyimages-614799078.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Pamela Anderson Went and Delivered a Vegan Lunch to Julian Assange > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ## Video: Clinton Adviser John Podesta Accuses the Trump Campaign of Connection to WikiLeaks [Watch (HLS stream): Clinton Adviser John Podesta Accuses the Trump Campaign of Connection to WikiLeaks](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/HHYOhHSW.m3u8) (0:47)  _Published 2016-10-12. The Clinton Campaign is hitting back following WikiLeaks’ release of thousands of emails meant to derail Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid._ by [Kevin Lui](https://time.com/author/kevin-lui/) ## Kevin Lui Oct 17, 2016 8:55 AM UTC  Pamela Anderson delivers lunch to Julian Assange at the embassy of Ecuador on Oct. 15, 2016, in London Pamela Anderson delivers lunch to Julian Assange at the embassy of Ecuador on Oct. 15, 2016, in London Ben A. Pruchnie—Getty Images by [Kevin Lui](https://time.com/author/kevin-lui/) ## Kevin Lui Oct 17, 2016 8:55 AM UTC As WikiLeaks [continues to publish](http://time.com/4523749/hillary-clinton-wikileaks-leaked-emails-john-podesta/) emails apparently obtained from Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta, the website’s founder Julian Assange received an unlikely visitor over the weekend. Pamela Anderson, the Canadian-American actress best known for her work on the 1990s TV series _Baywatch_, [visited](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/10/16/pamela-andersons-julian-assange-vegan-meal/92224088/) Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy in London. The Associated Press reports that the 49-year-old actress, who says she supports Assange and has concerns for his family and well-being, came bearing gifts. Among them was a vegan lunch. It was “a nice vegan lunch and some vegan snacks,” Anderson — a vocal animal-rights activist and lifelong vegetarian — reportedly told the U.K.’s Press Association. Assange was apparently unimpressed with the meal choice. “He said I tortured him with bringing him vegan food,” Anderson said. Assange has been living in the embassy since July 2012, fleeing a [possible extradition to Sweden](http://time.com/4188185/julian-assange-wikileaks-ecuador-embassy-sweden/) over a rape charge, which he fears could in turn lead to a subsequent extradition to the U.S. for his role in obtaining and publishing classified information. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4532939/pamela-anderson-julian-assage-vegan-lunch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4532939/pamela-anderson-julian-assage-vegan-lunch/"},"headline":"Pamela Anderson Went and Delivered a Vegan Lunch to Julian Assange","datePublished":"2016-10-17T08:55:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:05:55.121Z","description":"The former Baywatch star says she supports Assange and is concerned for his well-being","url":"https://time.com/4532939/pamela-anderson-julian-assage-vegan-lunch/","keywords":["Newsfeed","World","celebrity","WikiLeaks"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcd42c2b31663f80/6988aa2c524fc04ab2df9def/gettyimages-614799078.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin Lui","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-lui/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcd42c2b31663f80/6988aa2c524fc04ab2df9def/gettyimages-614799078.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pamela Anderson Delivers Vegan Lunch To Julian Assange At The Ecuadorian Embassy","caption":"Pamela Anderson Delivers Vegan Lunch To Julian Assange At The Ecuadorian Embassy","creditText":"Ben A. 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