Canadian Woman’s Spicer Cutout in Bush Goes Viral!

Local Editor

Don't be surprised if, in the coming days, you happen to spot White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer peeking out from behind a bush near you.

What began as a bit of whimsy on the part of a Victoria, B.C., woman to poke a little light hearted fun at Spicer's occasionally comedic foibles is now trending on social media.

The Washington Post reported last week that Spicer had been among the bushes with his staff as reporters waited to question him about the firing of FBI director James Comey.

That sent university professor Lisa Kadonaga looking for a headshot of Spicer.

The reports spawned many humorous memes on Facebook, and Kadonaga, 49 who teaches geography at the University of Victoria, said that with her hometown being world renowned for its greenery, she decided that one of its bushes would make the perfect place for Spicer to hang out - so to speak.

She found a headshot of Spicer that she liked, had it blown up and printed off, placed it strategically in some lush shrubbery at a local bank, photographed the comically surreal scene, and then shared the picture with her approximately 200 Facebook friends.

Kadonaga said she figured a few people might get a laugh out of it and was "shocked" to soon find her Spicer in the bush cutout trending on sites such as Twitter as well as appearing in mainstream media across North America and beyond.

She said that after fielding a veritable tsunami of requests for the picture she decided to upload it to Dropbox.com, where interest was so great that it temporarily crashed the Internet sharing site.

Her Spicer cutout has since appeared in a variety of locales.

"I guess the L.A Times said that somebody had seen one alongside the highway down by Santa Monica, and some other guy went over in Washington D.C. and got his picture outside the Watergate hotel," Kadonaga told The Canadian Press Sunday night.

She said she also knew of a woman in New Zealand who put one in her garden.

"It's been really odd because I just never expected to get quite this much in the way of attention, but I'm just really happy people seem to be enjoying it," she said.

"As long as they're having fun, they're getting exercise, they're enjoying themselves, and you know, that's what this is all about."

As for Spicer the man, Kadonaga said he has her heartfelt sympathy after being cast in the arduous, and usually thankless role, of trying to put the best public face on the often erratic pronouncements of President Donald Trump.

"I do feel sorry for the guy, and I think a lot of people have picked up on that. I mean a lot of people have been in that situation themselves, maybe at work or in school, and people sympathize," she said.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team