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Charlie Jones

Extinction Rebellion activist glues himself to desk in live appearance on major talk show

A Dutch climate activist glued himself to a talk show desk after he was invited on to discuss the wave of recent climate protests across Europe.

Footage shows Jelle de Graaf, an activist connected to the worldwide movement Extinction Rebellion, jumping onto the table, cover his hands in glue and then slam them down onto the table.

He had been invited onto RTL 4's programme Jinek to talk about the recent incident of activists gluing themselves to Vermeer's famous painting The Girl with the Pearl Earring in The Hague.

The stunt in the Hague was just the latest in a number of high profile actions from the group targeting works of art with British protesters throwing a tin of soup over Van Gogh's iconic Sunflowers earlier this month.

Security had to pick the table up, protestor and all (RTL)

After gluing himself to the table, de Graaf launched into a speech about climate change focusing on the devastating floods in Pakistan.

After de Graaf talks with the host for a short while, the studio security appear and try to remove him.

A number of staff pick the table up and carry it off to the side of the studio with the protestor still glued on.

They then tipped the table, causing de Graaf to become unstuck and tumble to the floor.

He was then escorted from the set.

The moment the activist covers his hands with glue (RTL)

The floods in Pakistan which started in June this year have killed over 1,700 people so far and threaten food shortages. They were believed to be caused by heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers.

The deadly weather has been labelled a "serious climate catastrophe" by the country's climate minister.

Following the protest at the The Girl with the Pearl Earring in The Hague, Dutch police said three arrests had been made at a museum.

The artwork was not believed to have been damaged.

A glued hand (RTL)

Footage circulating on social media shows one protester try to glue his bald head to the glass in front of the painting.

In a separate protest, eco activists in Germany threw mashed potatoes at Claude Monet's 'Les Meules' painting before gluing themselves to the floor.

The two Letzte Generation (Last Generation) campaigners entered Potsdam's Barberini museum in Germany on Sunday in high vis jackets.

Jelle de Graaf, who is connected with Extinction Rebellion, glued himself to the table (RTL)

They then approached the iconic artwork - which sold for $110million (£96m) in 2019 - and covered it in the food.

And on Monday October 24, Just Stop Oil protesters threw a chocolate cake in the face of King Charles' waxwork at Madame Tussauds.

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