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Benny Johnson has had a volatile few days, even by his standards, with legal threats, online feuds, and renewed scrutiny of his past all colliding into a moment that could shape the next chapter of his biography. PrimeTimer reports that Johnson is now at the center of a viral controversy after Milo Yiannopoulos shared a screenshot on X claiming Benny wrote a 2014 BuzzFeed piece titled “Lets Be Honest, Straight Guys: We All Like Butt Stuff,” using it to insinuate Johnson is secretly gay. According to PrimeTimer, that claim is false: the article was actually written by Rose Dalle for Vice in 2016, two years after Johnson was fired from BuzzFeed for plagiarism, making the attribution to Benny simply wrong. In response, PrimeTimer notes that on December 8 Johnson posted on X that it is his responsibility to take action against anyone who tries to defame his family and signaled he is preparing legal action against Milo over what he calls defamatory allegations about his sexuality and behavior at conservative events. Yiannopoulos, according to the same reporting, fired back with a lengthy statement on X daring Benny to sue, boasting about his own familiarity with defamation law, and darkly promising that discovery would destroy Johnsons career. Milo also dragged Bennys wife Kate into the fray with personal insults about her appearance while insisting he has witnesses and evidence to back his claims. None of those more lurid insinuations have been independently verified; they remain allegations from Milo, which Benny strongly denies and is framing as a test case in both faith and justice. PrimeTimer also notes that Johnson has said Tim Pool privately apologized to him and shared behind the scenes information about alleged problems on Pool’s set, though details of that “dark stuff” have not yet been made public. In more traditional media activity, Fox Business recently featured Benny Johnson as a political commentator weighing in on Disney’s decision to extend Jimmy Kimmel’s contract, a reminder that despite the online drama he remains a booked guest on major conservative-friendly outlets. Beyond the headline-grabbing feud, local campus coverage from The Tiger at Clemson University earlier this fall described Johnson onstage for a Turning Point USA event, branding him the “Godfather of the conservative internet” as he worked his core themes of abortion, home ownership, marriage, children, higher education, and media bias, reinforcing the family-and-faith persona he is now aggressively defending online. In legal news with potentially lasting biographical weight, FOX26 reports that a man named George Russell Isbell Jr. has been charged federally with mailing a threatening letter to Johnson and his family, evidence that his rising profile and Charlie Kirk style messaging have attracted not only fans but serious hostility; authorities say the letter expressed hatred for his views and wished him harm, and prosecutors are treating it as a crime that could mean prison time if convicted. Taken together, these developments paint Benny Johnson as a conservative influencer at an inflection point: simultaneously elevated enough to be targeted by federal-level threats and national media bookings, and embattled enough that his personal life and past professional missteps are being weaponized in high-profile online warfare. Whether his promised lawsuit against Milo materializes and what it reveals could become a defining entry in future versions of his biography. Thanks for listening, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an update on Benny Johnson, and search the term Biography Flash for more great biographies.

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