Do you want to see a picture of Steven Seagal giving Vladimir Putin bunny ears? Of course you do

Although he's at serious risk of causing World War III here, we have to admit that our respect for Steven Seagal just went through the roof.

By Adrian Collins

Steven Seagal has long been a pretty cool dude in JOE's eyes. When he's not fighting off bad guys with his sweet karate moves and ponytail, he's playing guitar in a class blues band with brilliant album titles like Mojo Priest and Songs from a Crystal Cave. He's also a reserve deputy sheriff in Louisiana.

As if that wasn't enough, he's proper martial artist who trained in Japan, and is a 7th-dan Aikido black belt, meaning he could properly kick your arse if he needed too.

It is surely that confidence in his ability as one of the coolest men on the planet that lets him pull off this brilliant pose as he gives the bunny ears to all round mad-man Vladimir Putin in this photo when he was in Russia recently to promote a new national fitness campaign.

While he's possibly at risk of starting an international incident, we think that it would all be worth it for that picture. Steven Seagal, ladies and gentleman. Legend.

Hat-tip to @RiffRaff41 on Twitter for the picture