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In the past few days, Candace Owens has commanded headlines on several incendiary fronts, facing both mounting legal battles and escalating social media backlash. The most significant development is the formal defamation lawsuit filed by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte against Owens, following months of her relentless podcast and social media campaign pushing the conspiracy that Brigitte Macron was “born a man.” The 219-page complaint describes Owens’s campaign as invasive and dehumanizing, accusing her of orchestrating global bullying and intentionally fabricating narratives to energize her audience and further her own fame. In response this week, Owens astonishingly speculated on her podcast that Brigitte Macron might be “fake killed” to avoid the potential discovery process in court, though she quickly backpedaled, calling her theory “just instinct” with no evidence. Her combative stance and inflammatory statements have kept the story at the top of international news cycles, carrying long-term reputational and legal risks for her.
Just as that drama exploded, Owens was hit with a major blow to her business empire: YouTube suspended and demonetized her channel after three videos, including a contentious interview with Kanye West, allegedly violated its hate speech policy by spreading antisemitic tropes. Owens took to Facebook and X, blaming “Zionist” mass reporting for her ban, and stoking her claim that the media and activists are trying to silence her. She has cast herself as a martyr for free speech, but the allegations, explicitly involving widely-condemned antisemitic conspiracies, risk further platform bans and advertiser erosion. She’s remained defiant online, but her ability to monetize and maintain a mainstream audience is newly precarious, a development that may mark a pivot point in her public career.
Meanwhile, Owens’s recent attempts at rebranding and expanding her base haven’t landed smoothly. The site theGrio ran a scathing review of her recent appearances on platforms hosted by Black male media personalities like Charlamagne tha God and Joe Budden, accusing Owens of opportunistically seeking a “rebrand” after losing clout as a Black conservative voice on predominantly white media outlets. Critics highlight her awkwardness about basic Black cultural knowledge, fueling claims that her efforts to win back Black audiences could backfire.
Social media channels have been on fire with the drama: she continues direct engagement online, mentioning personal conferences to her followers on Instagram and doubling down on conspiracy theories in livestreams, some of which have themselves become news fodder, like her false and inflammatory claims about the origins of Israel reported by IMDb.
To add to the chaos, podcast host Dave Neal included her in a roundup of notable legal stories, speculating about more subpoenas in high-profile cases, while video channels are flooded with reaction pieces to her outlandish new theories about public figures from Trump to Epstein.
In sum, the last week has been both a crucible and an inflection point for Candace Owens, featuring both lawsuits of international scale and the clampdown of her digital business empire, all while facing a skeptical media commentary about her attempted reinvention. Whether she weathers the storm, or faces a reckoning for her rhetoric, will likely define her next chapter in the public arena.
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