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This was the answer to my question, thanks! After the object falls into the black hole, what's stopping the no-hair theorem from applying? / what restores spherically symmetry so it can apply?

I know that for the infalling observer the horizon is a fake singularity that can be removed via the Eddington-Finkelstein co-ordinates but wouldn't the classic Swartsheild co-ordinates still apply for the outside observer? So, while for the infaller it takes a finite time, the outside...