Milo Yiannopoulos weighs in on Trump and Ariana Grande

Milo Yiannopoulos weighs in on Trump and Ariana Grande

NEW YORK

Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos calls himself the “most fabulous supervillain on the internet” and that’s probably not an exaggeration. He’s angered everyone from liberals to the alt-right with his controversial comments.

His Twitter account was suspended after a series of racially insensitive tweets aimed at “Ghostbusters” actress Leslie Jones. His defense of sexual relationships between men and boys cost him his job at Breitbart News and a book deal with Simon and Schuster. He apologized for joking about such a serious issue, but said he thought he could get away with it since he says he’s a survivor himself.

Recently, the 32-year-old who sees himself more as “lovable rogue” than a hatemonger and whose self-published autobiography “Dangerous” is an Amazon best-seller, sat down with The Associated Press to clarify his stance on a variety of issues.

TRUMP AS A GAY-FRIENDLY PRESIDENT

Yiannopoulos calls Donald Trump the most gay-friendly president in history, claiming he judges the man on his actions more than his words.

“[Trump] said he would not seek to change gay marriage, or equal marriage, as the left likes to call it. He said he didn’t mind what bathroom Caitlyn Jenner wants to use.”

The Republican president broke from Barack Obama’s practice of issuing a proclamation in honor of Pride Month, but Yiannopoulos says “it doesn’t bother me.”

“I don’t care about that. What I care about is the president protecting gay people from foreign policy, through strong borders, and stuff like that. I think you will find a lot of Republican gays believe that, too. ... They don’t care about rainbow flags on twitter icons. They don’t care about celebrities saying love wins after terrorism incidents.”

ON ARIANA GRANDE

One of those celebrities is Ariana Grande. After a bomber killed 22 people at the pop singer’s concert in Manchester, England, she released a statement saying, “We won’t let hate win,” She later organized a benefit concert for victims of the terror attack, which raised more than $13 million.

“Gays are soundly unimpressed by Ariana Grande’s reaction to the concert. She should have turned around and struck a blow in culture for the supreme and great values of Western civilization instead of just saying, ‘Love wins, let’s end hate,’ you know. What does that even mean?” he says.

“She could have said radical Islam is evil, murderous, and a threat to the American way of life. The American way of life that has given me so much success and keeps me safe. And how do you know that? Because the first place she flew to be safe right after that happened was back home to the United States.”

Associated Press