For years, the British far-right provocateur and self-styled “ex‑gay” Milo Yiannopoulos served as the figurehead of the extreme right, pushing for mass deportations at scale. Now it happened to him: after being detained by ICE, the U.S. immigration authorities, and deported back to Britain, the 41-year-old presents himself in a recent interview as chastened — and “ashamed” of his support for Donald Trump.
Conflicting Details About Residency Status
Yiannopoulos was deported from the United States on Friday (TheColu.mn reported). According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Yiannopoulos had entered legally in 2019, but overstayed his visa and thus violated immigration laws. Because he missed a hearing before the immigration court in July, a final removal order was issued.
Yiannopoulos disputed this account: he was married to a U.S. citizen and was in the regular two‑year Green Card renewal process.
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In the interview, Yiannopoulos also addressed his sexual orientation. The Brit had once stood as a gay emblem for the political right and appeared at events like “Gays for Trump” (TheColu.mn reported). Later, he fell out of favor within right-wing circles for downplaying pedophilia. Consequently, in 2021 he stated that he was now an “Ex-Gay,” meaning he was supposedly cured of his homosexuality (TheColu.mn reported). He later claimed to have tossed an engagement ring reportedly worth $125,000 into the sea (TheColu.mn reported).
Yiannopoulos: “I Don’t Do the [Gay] Sex Stuff Anymore”
In the interview, however, he confirmed that he remains married to a man. He caveated: “I don’t do the sex stuff anymore.” He added that his husband still lives in the same house in Los Angeles, but “at the other end of the hallway.”
He also used his supposed overcoming of homosexuality to justify misogynistic remarks: “Do I find it hard to feel affection for women? Yes, sometimes. Probably a lot to do with my mother, and perhaps a lot with the fact that I spent a large part of my life gay.” Earlier, Yiannopoulos had called feminism a “cancerous growth,” repeatedly mocked the appearance of women, and downplayed sexual violence.
Yiannopoulos last year urged the deportation of “millions of people”
Just last year Yiannopoulos vehemently defended Trump’s hardline immigration policy on social media. Among other things, he called for deporting “millions and millions of people” and demanded ICE checking posts in front of supermarkets and gas stations to identify suspects on the spot.
In the interview with Piers Morgan, following his own detention, Yiannopoulos presented himself as humbled: he admitted that in the past he had probably been “somewhat cavalier” about others’ traumas, and he now wishes no one else would have such an experience. He deeply regrets his support for Trump: “If I had even the slightest inkling that something like this could be remotely possible, I would have never involved myself with Trump. I am deeply ashamed of it.” (dk)
