They are really riffing on a thesaurus-search for different ways of saying gaining some weight.

We get it. He gained some weight. He doesn't look like he did in the 90s when he had sex-appeal. What else? Oh .... he lives in Russia.

At the ceremony, Seagal said Ukraine was known for 'organ trafficking, child sex trafficking and Nazism'.

Nothing to see here. I mean:

The Azov brigade is characterized as a terrorist organization banned in Russia.

Characterized.

We all can see the tattoos and torch-marches on the internet, but we are characterizing when we see them. Got it.

The actor-director's long-running friendship with Putin is well-documented

Ah there it is.