Candace Owens: Canceled Down Under, Doubling Down on Controversy

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Candace Owens has been at the epicenter of controversy and headlines over the past few days, marking a moment of major significance in her public trajectory. The biggest breaking story is that Owens has been suspended and demonetized by YouTube after her interview with Kanye West, where both she and West pushed antisemitic tropes, including the claim that Jewish people control the media. She announced the ban herself on Facebook, stating there would be no new episode of her podcast this week, and her rep told USA Today the suspension came after several videos were mass reported, triggering instant strikes on her channel. Owens spent much of the week on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, railing against what she called a coordinated effort by “Zionists” to silence her and describing the takedown as targeted harassment. She doubled down and insisted her guest West was “calm and filled with love.” The controversy over her ban is already being framed as a free speech issue by her supporters, with fears about deplatforming going viral in conservative circles, and her opponents pointing to a repeated history of hate speech from both Owens and West.

Complicating her week further, Candace Owens also finds herself barred from entering Australia, where she had a speaking tour planned—AOL reports that Australian authorities refused her entry on the basis of her views, further amplifying her status as a polarizing international figure. In Europe, her legal troubles with the French First Lady, Brigitte Macron, just took another turn. In a public sparring match that has become downright surreal, Owens continued to promote the baseless conspiracy that Brigitte Macron was “born a man.” This allegation has prompted a defamation suit in which Owens is named, but she scoffs at the lawsuit, describing it on the Tucker Carlson Network as a PR stunt after Macron recently lost a major case to two journalists in France. Owens claims the Macrons are simply scrambling for a win and accuses Macron’s children of not publicly disproving the rumors, saying their silence is suspicious—an insinuation being roundly criticized in French and American media.

Social media is ablaze with clips of Owens’ recent livestreams, where, as reported by IMDb, she advanced deeply antisemitic conspiracy theories, linking the origins of Israel to a “cult” she claimed was involved in heinous crimes against Christians. This rhetoric, which echoes historical antisemitic blood libel, swiftly drew condemnation and fact checks from multiple outlets.

If that weren’t enough, Owens has even managed to pop up in corners of pop culture, with an Instagram post circulating that shows her attempting to prod Harvey Weinstein into blaming Jews for his downfall, a headline-grabbing moment that many are labeling as another bid to stoke outrage and attention.

For someone already notorious for courting controversy, the last week has cemented Owens as one of the most talked-about and divisive figures across both political and pop culture lines. As mainstream platforms and entire countries put distance between themselves and her rhetoric, the long-term fallout for Candace Owens’ career, reputation, and reach remains an open—and hotly debated—question.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Candice Owens has been at the epicentre of controversy and
headlines over the past few days, mocking a moment of
major significance in her public trajectory. The biggest breaking story
is that Owens has been suspended and demonetized by YouTube
after her interview with Kanye West, where both she and
West pushed anti Semitic tropes, including the claim that Jewish

(00:21):
people control the media. She announced the ban herself on Facebook,
stating there would be no new episode of her podcast
this week, and her rep told USA Today the suspension
came after several videos were mass reported, triggering instant strikes
on her channel. Owens spent much of the week on
x the platform formerly known as Twitter, railing against what

(00:43):
she called a coordinated effort by Zionists to silence her,
and describing the takedown as targeted harassment. She doubled down
and insisted her guest West was calm and filled with love.
The controversy over her ban is already being framed as
a free speech issue by her supporters, with fears about
deplatforming going viral in conservative circles and her opponents pointing

(01:07):
to a repeated history of hate speech from both Owens
and West, complicating her weak further. Candace Owens also finds
herself barred from entering Australia, where she had a speaking
to her planned ao L reports that Australian authorities refused
her entry on the basis of her views, further amplifying
her status as a polarizing international figure in Europe. Her

(01:31):
legal troubles with the French First Lady Brigitte Macran just
took another charm in a public sparring match that has
become downright surreal, Owens continued to promote the baseless conspiracy
that Brigitte Macran was born a man. This allegation has
prompted a defamation suit in which Owens is named, but
she scoffs at the lawsuit, describing it on the Tucker

(01:53):
Carlson Network as a PR stunt. After Macron recently lost
a major case to two journalists in France, Owens claims
the Micrans are simply scrambling for a win and accuses
Macran's children of not publicly disproving the rumors, saying their
silence is suspicious, an insinuation being roundly criticized in French
and American media. Social media is ablaze with clips of

(02:15):
Owen's recent live streams, where as reported by IMDb, she
advanced deeply anti Semitic conspiracy theories, linking the origins of
Israel to a cult she claimed was involved in heinous
crimes against Christians. This rhetoric, which echoes historical anti Semitic
blood libel, swiftly drew condemnation in fact checks from multiple outlets.

(02:36):
If that weren't enough, Owens has even managed to pop
up in corners of pop culture with an Instagram post
circulating that shows her attempting to prod Harvey Weinstein into
blaming Jews for his downfall, a headline hyphen grabbing moment
then many are labeling as another bid to stoke outrage
and attention for someone already notorious for courting controversy. The

(02:58):
last week has cemented Owens's cos one of the most
talked about and divisive figures across both political and pop
culture lines, as mainstream platforms and entire countries put distance
between themselves in her rhetoric. The long term fallout for
Candice Owan's career, reputation and reach remains an open and

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