Why Candace Owens won't stop her "transvestigations"

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Why Candace Owens won’t stop her “transvestigations”
The Brigitte Macron conspiracy theory helps MAGA cope with their own contradictory gender ideology

By Amanda Marcotte
Senior Writer
Published August 15, 2025 6:45AM (EDT)


(Salon) One doesn’t need to have expensive legal counsel to know that, if someone is suing you for defamation, it’s unwise to keep repeating the lie in public. The “just keep saying it” strategy did not serve Donald Trump well when a jury awarded his victim, E. Jean Carroll, $83 million in damages in her second defamation trial — $78 million more that she won in her first trial. Fox News channels kept airing lies suggesting Dominion Voting Systems stole the 2020 presidential election for weeks after the company warned them to cut it out. When they refused, the accusations cost Fox $787.5 million. MyPillow founder Mike Lindell would not stop lying about the election, either, and he got hit with a $2.3 million judgment in a similar defamation case — which probably would have been higher if the jury had thought he had any money left.

Despite this history, the wildly popular right-wing podcaster Candace Owens did not stop telling obvious lies about Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, even though the couple sued her for defamation in late July. The lie Owens tells, over and over again, has been widely reported in right-wing media: That Brigitte Macron is, in fact, a “man.” But the situation is much weirder than that. As Will Sommer of the Bulwark reported, it’s also that the French first lady is actually her own brother, that she fathered her own husband and it’s all part of a cabal aimed at ending Western civilization. This conspiracy theory is a very big deal for Owens, who even created an eight-part “documentary” detailing these ridiculous allegations, which got millions of views on YouTube.

But what really matters here is that, by going so hard after the Macrons, Owens has gotten herself into serious trouble. Not only has she been sued, but the French first couple have also hired a high-powered private investigation firm to dig into Owens herself. They uncovered her ties to the French far-right, which could create further legal complications for the podcaster, as those groups are in constant legal trouble in Europe due to anti-fascist laws. Even though Trump himself reportedly warned Owens to back off, she has refused. She declared on her own show that she won’t “shut up” because the conspiracy theory is too “delicious.” She went on Tucker Carlson’s show to accuse the Macrons of “sexual perversion.” On “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” she bet the host $300,000 she could prove Brigitte Macron is “a male.” As recently as Wednesday, Owens continued to mock the Macrons on social media.

Why is Owens doubling down in the face of such serious consequences? The short answer may be that she’s just very stupid and reckless. Or she’s betting she will make more money off the controversy than she eventually pays out. But Owens’ motives are less interesting than what is driving her audience. One way or another, she’s dogged about promoting this conspiracy theory because her MAGA followers can’t get enough of it. ...............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/08/15/why-candace-owens-wont-stop-her-transvestigations/

[kimbutgar]

1. Are we sure Candace is really a woman ?

She could be really a man.

[Hey Joe]

2. That woman just drips with malevolent evil.

Her tone is always accusatory and nasty and I’m sure it plays well with her magat viewers who mainline cruelty like heroin .

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3. Candace Owens is a brilliant fraud.

So far she's been quite successful at it, but perhaps she'll fly too close to the sun.

She's not stupid. She may be reckless. But she's made a lot of money manufacturing a persona created entirely to fool millions of people and make a lot of money. She's better at it than Ann Coulter. Way better than that duo Diamond and Silk. Possibly not quite as good at it as JD Vance.

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4. She is getting a HUGE audience from it

4 1/2 million subscribers plus 6.5 million viewers on her channel and 3 million on YouTube She’s listed as 45 in the top 50 podcasts. I think she married a wealthy British man - so she’s very wealthy.

It’s like she’s obsessed with the Macron’s - very weird- but is making big bucks & getting a huge audience. Macrons filed a similar lawsuit in France - they initially won but higher court overturned it saying it wasn’t malice as the two women believed what they posted. Candice might be empowered by this

The only positive with Candice is - she hates Trump’s Gaza policy. She is part of the growing number of Republicans who turning again Trump and are extremely pro Palestine. She has 3 or 4 babies/toddlers and so is very verbal about babies & kids being killed & mutilated in Gaza.

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5. Since Putin is funding anti-Israel propaganda it's not surprising that Owens is onboard.

It's all part of the same grift funded by Russians.