McDonald's Has Brought Back the Hamburglar, and It's All Anyone Can Talk About

Creepy, sexy or ... a pro wrestler?

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McDonald’s has resurrected the Hamburglar, and he might steal your heart.

That’s the view of half the Internet, anyway, as the chain unveiled the new version of the character Wednesday—a masked man who is either hot, creepy or a WWE wrestler, depending on whom you ask.

Ronald McDonald got his own makeover last year, but the Hamburglar’s is more extreme. (He used to look like this.) And his upgrade seems to be this week’s Dress debate.

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