I don’t get the CNN article. When the story is about an image, why the heck do you not include the image in the story? We don’t need a picture of Rowe himself; anyone interested in the article already knows what he looks like. Show us the picture of the robber so we can compare!
It’s on this page next to him. It could be just about anybody of a certain build wearing a baseball cap and sweatshirt. But it does evoke his television character image.
I’m confident that he didn’t take it seriously. He takes very little seriously, which is a huge part of his appeal. He saw it as an opportunity for an amusing Facebook post, and he took it.