Gavin McInnes#Compound Censored and other ventures (2019–present)

Gavin Miles McInnes{{cite web |url=https://gawker.com/127848/vows-emily-jendriasak-and-gavin-mcinnes |title=Vows: Emily Jendriasak and Gavin McInnes |website=Gawker |date=28 September 2005 |access-date=27 January 2021 |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127235951/https://gawker.com/127848/vows-emily-jendriasak-and-gavin-mcinnes |url-status=live }} was born on 17 July 1970{{cite book |last1=McInnes |first1=Gavin |author-link1=Gavin McInnes |title=The Death of Cool: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover of Adulthood |date=2013 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9781451614183 |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oa4AAAAAQBAJ |access-date=19 February 2019 |language=en |chapter=Zapped by Spaces Gun into a Shit Hole on Acid (1985) |quote=In 1975, five years after a breathtakingly gorgeous baby Me was born |archive-date=16 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416153216/https://books.google.com/books?id=Oa4AAAAAQBAJ |url-status=live }} in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England,{{cite web |title=11 arrested at protests over offensive comedian : News 2017 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2017/02/03/26785/11_arrested_at_protests_over_offensive_comedian |website=Chortle |access-date=19 February 2019 |language=en |date=3 February 2017 |archive-date=20 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220063047/https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2017/02/03/26785/11_arrested_at_protests_over_offensive_comedian |url-status=live }} the son of Scottish parents James McInnes, who later became the Vice-President of Operations at Gallium Visual Systems Inc. – a Canadian defence company – and Loraine McInnes, a retired business teacher.{{cite web|website=Gawker.com |publisher=Gawker |title=Emily Jendriasak and Gavin McInnes |url=http://gawker.com/127848/vows-emily-jendriasak-and-gavin-mcinnes |access-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311013944/http://gawker.com/127848/vows-emily-jendriasak-and-gavin-mcinnes |archive-date=11 March 2016}} His family migrated to Canada when McInnes was four,{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} settling in Ottawa, Ontario.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oa4AAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 |title=The Death of Cool |author=Gavin McInnes |date=2012 |page=1 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9781451614183 |access-date=23 September 2020 |archive-date=16 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416153209/https://books.google.com/books?id=Oa4AAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 |url-status=live }} He attended Ottawa's Earl of March Secondary School.{{cite book|last1=McInnes|first1=Gavin|author-link1=Gavin McInnes|title=The Death of Cool: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover of Adulthood|date=2013|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781451614183|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oa4AAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|access-date=31 March 2018|language=en|archive-date=16 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416153209/https://books.google.com/books?id=Oa4AAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|url-status=live}} As a teen, McInnes played in an Ottawa punk band called Anal Chinook.{{cite web |url=http://www.nightlife.ca/arts-culture/vice-co-founder-gavin-mcinnes-montreal-junkies-fox-news-and-death-cool |title=Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes on Montreal junkies, Fox News and the death of cool |website=Nightlife.Ca |date=14 March 2012 |access-date=10 March 2016 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193223/http://www.nightlife.ca/arts-culture/vice-co-founder-gavin-mcinnes-montreal-junkies-fox-news-and-death-cool |url-status=live }} He graduated from Carleton University.

McInnes joined Voice magazine (later Voice of Montreal) in 1994 as assistant editor and cartoonist, under editor Suroosh Alvi. The magazine was established by Interimages Communications under a job creation program of the Quebec government to allow social welfare recipients to gain work experience. It focused on Montreal's alternative cultural scene, including music, art, trends and drug culture, to compete with the already established Montreal Mirror.{{Cite news |date=November 1994 |title=Voice of Montreal Magazine V01 N01 |url=https://archive.org/details/voice-mag-v-01-n-01complete-red/page/6/mode/2up |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=Voice |publisher=Interimages Communications |location=Montreal |pages=3 |language=English |volume=01 |issue=1}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04pz47r|title=Ex Heroin Addict Turned Media Mogul, Outlook – BBC World Service|website=BBC|access-date=27 January 2017|archive-date=31 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131203134/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04pz47r|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/how-shane-smith-built-vice-25-billion-empire-160379/|title=How Shane Smith Built Vice Into a $2.5 Billion Empire|access-date=8 August 2017|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808201156/http://www.adweek.com/digital/how-shane-smith-built-vice-25-billion-empire-160379/|url-status=live}}{{cite news |date=19 November 2007 |title=The 'Vice' Boys Are All Grown Up And Working For Viacom |work=Gawker |url=http://gawker.com/324484/the-vice-boys-are-all-grown-up-and-working-for-viacom |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407104804/http://gawker.com/324484/the-vice-boys-are-all-grown-up-and-working-for-viacom |archive-date=7 April 2012}} Alvi, McInnes and Shane Smith bought the magazine from the publisher and changed the magazine's name to Vice in 1996.{{cite news |title=Vice's Shane Smith on What's Wrong With Canada, Facebook and Occupy Wall Street |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2012/01/03/vices-shane-smith-on-whats-wrong-with-canada-facebook-and-occupy-wall-street/ |work=Forbes |access-date=26 April 2013 |author=Jeff Bercovici |date=3 January 2012 |archive-date=29 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429021606/http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2012/01/03/vices-shane-smith-on-whats-wrong-with-canada-facebook-and-occupy-wall-street/ |url-status=live }}"On leaving Images Interculturelles" {{cite book |last1=Alvi |first1=Suroosh |title=texts The Vice guide to sex and drugs and rock and roll |date=2003 |publisher=Warner Books |isbn=9780446692816 |page=5 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780446692816/mode/2up?q=%22images+interculturelles%22}}

Richard Szalwinski, a Canadian software millionaire, acquired the magazine and relocated the operation to New York City in the late 1990s.{{Cite web|last=Wiedeman|first=Reeves|date=2018-06-10|title=Vice Media Was Built on a Bluff. What Happens When It Gets Called?|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/06/inside-vice-media-shane-smith.html|access-date=2021-09-20|website=Intelligencer|language=en-us|archive-date=21 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921014358/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/06/inside-vice-media-shane-smith.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2020-08-27|title=Vice Media History|url=https://www.zippia.com/vice-media-careers-43631/history/|access-date=2021-09-20|website=www.zippia.com|language=en-US|archive-date=21 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921112618/https://www.zippia.com/vice-media-careers-43631/history/|url-status=live}}

During McInnes's tenure he was described as the "godfather" of hipsterdom by WNBC{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/niteside/Gavin-McInnes-on-Vice-I-Havent-Seen-It-In-A-While-91687159.html |title=Vice" Founder Gavin McInnes on Split From Glossy: "It's Like a Divorce |publisher=NBC New York |author=Mawuse Ziegbe |date=21 April 2010 |access-date=28 December 2015 |archive-date=6 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106012530/http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/niteside/Gavin-McInnes-on-Vice-I-Havent-Seen-It-In-A-While-91687159.html |url-status=live }} and as "one of hipsterdom's primary architects" by AdBusters.{{cite web |url=https://www.adbusters.org/article/hipster-the-dead-end-of-western-civilization/ |title=Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization |author=Douglas Haddow |publisher=Adbusters |date=29 July 2008 |access-date=28 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614043934/http://www.adbusters.org/article/hipster-the-dead-end-of-western-civilization/ |archive-date=14 June 2016 |url-status=dead}} He occasionally contributed articles to Vice, including "The VICE Guide to Happiness"{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-vice-v10n1/|title=The VICE Guide To Happiness|website=Vice|date=December 2003 |access-date=1 April 2016|archive-date=22 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422085448/https://www.vice.com/read/the-vice-v10n1|url-status=live}} and "The VICE Guide to Picking Up Chicks",{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/poster-v12n1/|title=The VICE Guide to Picking Up Chicks|website=Vice|date=December 2005 |access-date=1 April 2016|archive-date=22 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422061830/https://www.vice.com/read/poster-v12n1|url-status=live}} and co-authored two Vice books: The Vice Guide to Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll,{{cite web |url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/606.The_Vice_Guide_to_Sex_and_Drugs_and_Rock_and_Roll |title=The Vice Guide to Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=2 April 2016 |archive-date=29 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629144344/http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/606.The_Vice_Guide_to_Sex_and_Drugs_and_Rock_and_Roll |url-status=live }} and Vice Dos and Don'ts: 10 Years of VICE Magazine's Street Fashion Critiques.{{cite book|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/618.Vice_Dos_and_Don_ts|title=Vice Dos and Don'ts|date=September 2004 |publisher=Goodreads|isbn=978-0-446-69282-3 |access-date=2 April 2016|archive-date=4 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104091315/http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/618.Vice_Dos_and_Don_ts|url-status=live}}

In an interview in the New York Press in 2002, McInnes said that he was pleased that most Williamsburg hipsters were white.{{cite news|date=8 October 2002|title=Vice Rising: Corporate Media Woos Magazine World's Punks|url=http://www.nypress.com/vice-rising-corporate-media-woos-magazine-worlds-punks/|newspaper=New York Press|access-date=20 August 2017|archive-date=21 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821045519/http://www.nypress.com/vice-rising-corporate-media-woos-magazine-worlds-punks/|url-status=live}} McInnes later wrote in a letter to Gawker that the interview was done as a prank intended to ridicule "baby boomer media like The Times".{{cite web|author=Gavin McInnes |url=http://gawker.com/013468/letter-to-gawker-from-gavin-mcinnes |title=Letter to Gawker from Gavin McInnes |publisher=Gawker.com |access-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070627/http://gawker.com/013468/letter-to-gawker-from-gavin-mcinnes |archive-date=4 March 2016}} After he became the focus of a letter-writing campaign by a black reader, Vice apologized for McInnes's comments. McInnes was featured in a 2003 New York Times article about Vice magazine; McInnes' political views were described by the Times as "closer to a white supremacist's."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/style/the-edge-of-hip-vice-the-brand.html|title=The Edge of Hip: Vice, the Brand|date=28 September 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=8 February 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063315/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/style/the-edge-of-hip-vice-the-brand.html|url-status=live}}

In 2006, he was featured in The Vice Guide to Travel with actor and comedian David Cross in China.{{cite web|last=Gavin McInnes|title=David Cross in China (part 1)|date=2 August 2007|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOBJivqJ5Qo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028225316/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOBJivqJ5Qo|archive-date=28 October 2017|url-status=dead|via=YouTube|access-date=1 April 2016}} He left Vice in 2008 due to what he described as "creative differences".{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/348019/co-founder-gavin-mcinnes-finally-leaves-vice |title=Co-Founder Gavin McInnes Finally Leaves 'Vice' |author=Alex Pareene |publisher=Gawker |date=23 January 2008 |access-date=14 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010093200/http://gawker.com/348019/co-founder-gavin-mcinnes-finally-leaves-vice |archive-date=10 October 2016}} In a 2013 interview with The New Yorker, McInnes said his split with Vice was about the increasing influence of corporate advertising on Vice's content, stating that "Marketing and editorial being enemies had been the business plan".{{cite news|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/04/08/the-bad-boy-brand|title=The Bad-Boy Brand|last=Widdicombe|first=Lizzie|date=8 April 2013|newspaper=The New Yorker|issn=0028-792X|access-date=1 April 2016|archive-date=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324170034/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/04/08/the-bad-boy-brand|url-status=live}}

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After leaving Vice in 2008, McInnes became increasingly known for far-right political views.

In 2008, McInnes created the website StreetCarnage.com. He also co-founded an advertising agency called Rooster where he served as creative director.{{cite news|last=Braiker|first=Brian|title=Creating Ads For People Who Hate Ads|url=http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/creating-ads-people-who-hate-ads-132667|access-date=24 August 2011|newspaper=Adweek|date=20 June 2011|archive-date=23 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823113557/http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/creating-ads-people-who-hate-ads-132667|url-status=live}}

McInnes was featured in season 3 of the Canadian reality TV show Kenny vs. Spenny, as a judge in the "Who is Cooler?" episode. In 2010, McInnes was approached by Adult Swim and asked to play the part of Mick, an anthropomorphic Scottish soccer ball, in the short-lived Aqua Teen Hunger Force spin-off Soul Quest Overdrive.{{cite web|url=http://roosternewyork.com/2011/05/adult-swim-soul-quest-overdrive/|title=Adult Swim – Soul Quest Overdrive|publisher=Rooster|date=27 May 2011|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706222136/http://roosternewyork.com/2011/05/adult-swim-soul-quest-overdrive/|archive-date=6 July 2018|url-status=dead}} After losing a 2010 pilot contest to Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge, six episodes of Soul Quest Overdrive were ordered, with four airing in Adult Swim's 4 AM DVR Theater block on 25 May 2011 before quickly being cancelled. McInnes jokingly blamed the show's cancellation on the other cast members (Kristen Schaal, David Cross, and H. Jon Benjamin) not being "as funny" as him.{{cite web|url=http://streetcarnage.com/blog/soul-quest-overdrive-watch-the-whole-series-here/|title=Soul Quest Overdrive: Watch the Whole Series Here|publisher=StreetCarnage.com|date=27 May 2011|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-date=4 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704165831/http://streetcarnage.com/blog/soul-quest-overdrive-watch-the-whole-series-here/|url-status=live}}

McInnes wrote a column for Taki's Magazine, beginning around 2011, that made casual use of racial and anti-gay slurs, as described by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Nick R. |date=October 19, 2018 |title=Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes has been using the same anti-gay slur hurled in the NYC attack for at least 15 years |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/19/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-has-been-using-same-anti-gay-slur-hurled-nyc-attack-least |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en |archive-date=14 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814225525/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/19/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-has-been-using-same-anti-gay-slur-hurled-nyc-attack-least |url-status=live }}

McInnes has also written columns for American Renaissance, a white supremacist magazine.{{cite web|title=Inside the influential white-supremacist conference that calls Tennessee 'home away from home'|date=December 2, 2024|author=Williams, Phil|url=https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/confronting-hate/inside-the-influential-white-supremacist-conference-that-calls-tennessee-home-away-from-home|publisher=WTVF}}{{cite web|work=American Renaissance|title=Gavin McInnes|url=https://www.amren.com/author/gavinmcinnes/}}

In 2012, McInnes wrote a memoir book called How to Piss in Public.{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Barker|date=2 April 2012|url=http://thoughtcatalog.com/paul-barker/2012/04/gavin-mcinnes-how-to-piss-in-public-extensive-interview/|title=Gavin McInnes: An In-depth Interview With "The Godfather of Hipsterdom"|work=Thought Catalog|access-date=8 February 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073717/http://thoughtcatalog.com/paul-barker/2012/04/gavin-mcinnes-how-to-piss-in-public-extensive-interview/|url-status=live}} In 2013 he directed The Brotherhood of the Traveling Rants, a documentary on his tour as an occasional standup comedian.{{cite news|last=Grant|first=Drew|url=https://observer.com/2012/03/gavin-mcinnes-wrecks-car-loses-best-friend-in-an-attempt-to-win-back-dignity-after-punking-video/|title=Gavin McInnes Wrecks Car, 'Loses' Best Friend in An Attempt to Win Back Dignity After Observer Punking (Video)|newspaper=The Observer|location=London, England|date=27 March 2012|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308143552/https://observer.com/2012/03/gavin-mcinnes-wrecks-car-loses-best-friend-in-an-attempt-to-win-back-dignity-after-punking-video/|url-status=live}} For the film, he faked a serious car accident. Also that year, McInnes starred in the independent film How to Be a Man, which premiered at Sundance Next Weekend.{{cite web|url=http://www.sundance.org/festival/article/day-3-gavin-mcinnes-gets-unruly-in-how-to-be-a-man/|title=Day 3: Gavin McInnes' Errant Life Tips in How To Be A Man; James Ponsoldt's Advice to Filmmakers|publisher=Sundance Film Festival|date=11 August 2013|first=Nate|last=von Zurmwall|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815072739/http://www.sundance.org/festival/article/day-3-gavin-mcinnes-gets-unruly-in-how-to-be-a-man/|archive-date=15 August 2013}} He has also played supporting roles in other films including Soul Quest Overdrive (2010), Creative Control (2015) and One More Time (2015).

In August 2014, McInnes was asked to take an indefinite leave of absence as chief creative officer of Rooster, following online publication at Thought Catalog of an essay about transphobia titled "Transphobia is Perfectly Natural"{{cite news |url=http://thoughtcatalog.com/gavin-mcinnes/2014/08/transphobia-is-perfectly-natural/ |title=Transphobia is Perfectly Natural |last=McInnes |first=Gavin |date=12 August 2014 |work=Thought Catalog |publisher=The Thought & Expression Company |access-date=30 August 2014 |archive-date=16 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316045623/http://thoughtcatalog.com/gavin-mcinnes/2014/08/transphobia-is-perfectly-natural/ |url-status=dead }} Click "Continue" link at the very bottom of the warning page to view original article. that sparked a call to boycott the company. In response, Rooster issued a statement, saying in part: "We are extremely disappointed with his actions and have asked that he take a leave of absence while we determine the most appropriate course of action."{{cite news |last=Monllos |first=Kristina |title=Rooster CCO Gavin McInnes Asked to Take Leave of Absence Following transphobic Thought Catalog essay, boycott |url=http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/rooster-cco-gavin-mcinnes-asked-take-leave-absence-159536 |access-date=19 August 2014 |newspaper=Adweek |date=15 August 2014 |archive-date=18 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818234114/http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/rooster-cco-gavin-mcinnes-asked-take-leave-absence-159536 |url-status=live }}

In June 2015, broadcaster Anthony Cumia announced that McInnes would be hosting a show on his network, therefore retiring the Free Speech podcast that he had started in March. The Gavin McInnes Show premiered on Compound Media on 15 June. McInnes is a former contributor to Canadian far-right portal The Rebel Media{{Cite news|first1=Joseph|last1=Brean|first2=Jack|last2=Hauen|first3=Marie-Danielle |last3=Smith|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/politicians-contributors-distance-themselves-as-rebel-medias-meltdown-continues|title=Rebel Media meltdown: Faith Goldy fired as politicians, contributors distance themselves|date=18 August 2017|newspaper=National Post|access-date=4 September 2018}} and a regular on conspiracy theorist media platform Infowars' The Alex Jones Show, and Fox News' Red Eye, The Greg Gutfeld Show, and The Sean Hannity Show.

In 2016, he founded the Proud Boys, a neo-fascist,Weill, Kelly (29 January 2019) [https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-proud-boys-became-roger-stones-personal-army-6 "How the Proud Boys Became Roger Stone’s Personal Army"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129141657/https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-proud-boys-became-roger-stones-personal-army-6 |date=29 January 2019 }} The Daily Beast.{{cite web|url=https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-wants-neighbors-to-take-down-anti-hate-yard-signs/|title=Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes Wants Neighbors to Take Down Anti-Hate Yard Signs|website=lawandcrime.com|date=5 January 2019|access-date=3 February 2019|archive-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204014350/https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-wants-neighbors-to-take-down-anti-hate-yard-signs/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/proud-boys-republican-party-fascist-creep_us_5bc7b37de4b055bc947d2a8c|title=The Proud Boys, The GOP And 'The Fascist Creep'|last=Mathias|first=Christopher|date=18 October 2018|work=HuffPost|access-date=3 February 2019|archive-date=3 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203041836/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/proud-boys-republican-party-fascist-creep_us_5bc7b37de4b055bc947d2a8c|url-status=live}} men's rights and male-only organisation classified as a "general hate" organization by the SPLC. He has rejected this classification, claiming that the group is "not an extremist group and [does] not have ties with white nationalists".

McInnes left Rebel News in August 2017, declaring that he was going to be "a multi-media Howard Stern-meets-Tucker Carlson".{{cite web|url=https://www.therebel.media/the_real_reason_i_left_the_rebel/|title=The REAL reason I left The Rebel|date=25 August 2017|website=therebel.media|access-date=18 March 2018|archive-date=19 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319004140/https://www.therebel.media/the_real_reason_i_left_the_rebel/|url-status=live}} He later joined CRTV, an online television network launched by Conservative Review. The debut episode of his new show Get Off My Lawn aired on 22 September 2017.{{cite web|title=Get Off My Lawn Debut Episode Part 1|url=https://www.crtv.com/video/get-off-my-lawn-debut-episode--part-1|website=Crtv.com|access-date=22 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922194558/https://www.crtv.com/video/get-off-my-lawn-debut-episode--part-1|archive-date=22 September 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Get Off My Lawn Debut Episode Part 2|url=https://www.crtv.com/video/get-off-my-lawn-debut-episode--part-2|website=Crtv.com|access-date=22 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922195002/https://www.crtv.com/video/get-off-my-lawn-debut-episode--part-2|archive-date=22 September 2017|url-status=dead}}

On 10 August 2018, McInnes' Twitter account, as well as the account for the Proud Boys, was permanently suspended by Twitter due to their rules against violent extremist groups. The suspension was ahead of the first anniversary of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the small Unite the Right 2 Washington protest in August 2018 in which the Proud Boys participated.{{cite news |last1=Mac |first1=Ryan |last2=Montgomery |first2=Blake |title=Twitter Suspends Proud Boys And Founder Gavin McInnes Accounts Ahead Of Unite The Right Rally |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/twitter-suspends-proud-boys-and-founder-gavin-mcinnes |access-date=11 August 2018 |work=BuzzFeed News |archive-date=11 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811001518/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/twitter-suspends-proud-boys-and-founder-gavin-mcinnes |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Roettgers |first1=Janko |title=Twitter Shuts Down Accounts of Vice Co-Founder Gavin McInnes, Proud Boys Ahead of 'Unite the Right' Rally |url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/twitter-shuts-down-accounts-of-vice-co-founder-gavin-mcinnes-proud-boys-ahead-of-unite-the-right-rally-1202902397/ |access-date=11 August 2018 |work=Variety |date=10 August 2018 |archive-date=23 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023193836/https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/twitter-shuts-down-accounts-of-vice-co-founder-gavin-mcinnes-proud-boys-ahead-of-unite-the-right-rally-1202902397/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news|last=Owen|first=Tess|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/unite-the-right-rally-dc-jason-kessler/|title=Only about 2 dozen people showed up to the Unite the Right rally in D.C.|work=Vice|date=13 August 2018|access-date=1 February 2020|archive-date=1 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201175723/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gy3kb9/unite-the-right-rally-dc-jason-kessler|url-status=live}}

On 12 October 2018, at the Metropolitan Republican Club, McInnes participated in a reenactment of the 1960 assassination of socialist politician Inejiro Asanuma by 17-year-old right-wing ultranationalist Otoya Yamaguchi during a televised debate. After the event, a contingent of Proud Boys were caught on tape beating a protester outside the venue,{{cite web |title=Gavin McInnes 'Personally I think the guy was looking to get beat up for optics' |url=https://spectator.us/2018/10/gavin-mcinnes/ |website=Spectator USA |date=13 October 2018 |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-date=14 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014091438/https://spectator.us/2018/10/gavin-mcinnes/ |url-status=live }} after a leftist protester threw a plastic bottle at them.{{cite news|last1=Feuer|first1=Alan|last2=Winston|first2=Ali|title=Founder of Proud Boys Says He's Arranging Surrender of Men in Brawl|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/nyregion/the-proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes-arrested.html|work=The New York Times|date=19 October 2018|quote=The police said the violence started after one of the leftist protesters threw a plastic bottle at the Proud Boys, who had with them members of far-right groups, like the 211 Bootboys and Batalion 49.|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=23 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023120131/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/nyregion/the-proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes-arrested.html|url-status=live}}

On 21 November 2018, shortly after news broke that the FBI had reportedly classified the Proud Boys as an extremist group with ties to white nationalists, McInnes said that his lawyers had advised him that quitting might help the nine members being prosecuted for the incidents in October and he said "this is 100% a legal gesture, and it is 100% about alleviating sentencing", and said it was a "'stepping down gesture', in quotation marks".{{cite news|title=Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes quits 'extremist' far-right group|author=Wilson, Jason|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/22/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-quits-far-right-group|newspaper=The Guardian|date=21 November 2018|access-date=22 November 2018|archive-date=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124020545/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/22/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-quits-far-right-group|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Prengel |first1=Kate |title=Gavin McInnes Says He Is Quitting the Proud Boys [Video] |url=https://heavy.com/news/2018/11/gavin-mcinnes-quits-proud-boys-video/ |work=Heavy.com |date=21 November 2018 |access-date=1 December 2018 |archive-date=22 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122052102/https://heavy.com/news/2018/11/gavin-mcinnes-quits-proud-boys-video/ |url-status=live }} Two weeks later the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Oregon office said that it had not been their intent to label the entire group as "extremist",Bernstein, Maxine (4 December 2018) [https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2018/12/head-of-oregons-fbi-bureau-doesnt-designate-proud-boys-as-extremist-group.html "Head of Oregon's FBI: Bureau doesn't designate Proud Boys as extremist group"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206102342/https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2018/12/head-of-oregons-fbi-bureau-doesnt-designate-proud-boys-as-extremist-group.html |date=6 December 2018 }} The Oregonian only to characterize the possible threat from certain members of the group that way.

Later that month, McInnes was planning on travelling to Australia for a speaking tour with Milo Yiannopoulos and Tommy Robinson (Stephen Yaxley-Lennon's pseudonym), but was informed by Australian immigration authorities that "he was judged to be of bad character" and would be denied a visa to enter the country. Issuing a visa to McInnes was opposed by an online campaign called "#BanGavin", which collected 81,000 signatures.Wilson, Jason (30 November 2018) [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/30/gavin-mcinnes-proud-boys-australia-visa "Gavin McInnes: founder of far-right Proud Boys denied Australian visa – report"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221013839/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/30/gavin-mcinnes-proud-boys-australia-visa |date=21 December 2018 }} The Guardian{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-30/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-denied-visa-to-australia/10573134|title=Far-right campaigner Gavin McInnes denied visa on character grounds|last=Doran|first=Matthew|date=30 November 2018|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=20 February 2019|archive-date=20 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220094658/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-30/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-denied-visa-to-australia/10573134|url-status=live}}

On 3 December 2018, Conservative Review Television (CRTV), on which McInnes had hosted the Get Off My Lawn program, merged with BlazeTV, the television arm of Glenn Beck's TheBlaze, to become Blaze Media. McInnes was expected to host his program for the new company, whose co-president called McInnes "a comedian and provocateur, one of the many varied voices and viewpoints on Blaze Media platforms." Less than a week later, on 8 December, it was announced that McInnes was no longer associated with Blaze Media, with no details given as to why.Bowden, John (8 December 2018) [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/420423-blazetv-breaks-off-relationship-with-founder-of-the-proud-boys "BlazeTV breaks off relationship with founder of the Proud Boys"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209072427/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/420423-blazetv-breaks-off-relationship-with-founder-of-the-proud-boys |date=9 December 2018 }} The HillStelloh, Tim (9 December 2018) [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-out-blaze-media-n945811 "'Proud Boys' founder Gavin McInnes out at Blaze Media"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210011041/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-out-blaze-media-n945811 |date=10 December 2018 }} NBC News

Two days later, on 10 December, McInnes, who had previously been banned by Amazon, PayPal, Twitter, and Facebook, was banned from YouTube for "multiple third-party claims of copyright infringement."Anapol Avery (10 December 2018) [https://thehill.com/policy/technology/420562-youtube-bans-proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcginnes "YouTube bans Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210221702/https://thehill.com/policy/technology/420562-youtube-bans-proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcginnes |date=10 December 2018 }} The Hill Asked to comment about his firing and bannings, McInnes said that he had been victimized by "lies and propaganda", and that "there has been a concerted effort to de-platform me." In his e-mail to Huffington Post, McInnes stated that "Someone very powerful decided long ago that I shouldn't have a voice ... I'm finally out of platforms and unable to defend myself. ... We are no longer living in a free country."Miller, Hayley (10 December 2018) [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes-fired_us_5c0ea391e4b0edf5a3a75bf8 "Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes Fired From Blaze Media, YouTube Account Disabled"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211042618/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes-fired_us_5c0ea391e4b0edf5a3a75bf8 |date=11 December 2018 }} HuffPost McInnes also indicated some personal responsibility for the situation in an interview on the ABC News program Nightline, saying. "I'm not guilt free in this. There's culpability there. I shouldn't have said, you know, violence solves everything or something like that without making the context clear and I regret saying things like that." McInnes stopped short of apologizing or actually retracting his past statements, saying, "That ship has sailed."Levin, Jon (12 December 2018) [https://www.thewrap.com/gavin-mcinnes-says-he-regrets-past-remarks-after-social-media-bans-im-not-guilt-free/ "Gavin McInnes Says He 'Regrets' Past Remarks After Social Media Bans: 'I’m Not Guilt Free'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213011332/https://www.thewrap.com/gavin-mcinnes-says-he-regrets-past-remarks-after-social-media-bans-im-not-guilt-free/ |date=13 December 2018 }} TheWrap

In reaction to the Proud Boys fight in October 2018, residents of the suburban Westchester community of Larchmont, where McInnes lives, began a "Hate Has No Home Here" campaign, which involved displaying that slogan on lawn signs around the community. One resident said "We stand together as a community, and violence and hate are not tolerated here." Several days after the signs began appearing, McInnes' wife sent emails to their neighbours saying that the media had misrepresented McInnes.

Amy Siskind, an activist and writer who lives in nearby Mamaroneck, posted on Facebook that she was planning an anti-hate vigil. After a local newspaper ran a story about it, McInnes and his family appeared at Siskind's door without invitation or forewarning; she called the police.

At the end of December, with the lawn sign campaign still ongoing, McInnes wrote a letter which was dropped off at the homes of his neighbours. In it, he asked them to take down their signs, and described himself as "a pro-gay, pro-Israel, virulently anti-racist libertarian," saying that there was nothing "hateful, racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic or intolerant" in "any of my expressions of my worldview," contrary to his past remarks, such as saying he was "becoming anti-Semitic" after a trip to Israel, or referring to transgender people as "gender niggers". McInnes said that the Proud Boys was a "drinking club [he] started several years ago as a joke". Despite the letter's formality, in a podcast on 4 January 2019, McInnes called the neighbours "assholes", described their behaviour as "cunty" and said "If you have that sign on your lawn, you're a fucking retard."

One Larchmont resident said about him: "I don't care what Gavin says, I've done my research ... He incites violence. He spouts divisive, racist language. And while he may try to say he disowns his followers, he's a part of the problem. So when I read his letter, I was like, yeah, right, this is ridiculous."{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=Andy |title=Gavin McInnes Is Losing The Battle To Win Over His Neighbors |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gavin-mcinnes-losing-battle-neighbors_us_5c3cdef5e4b01c93e00c7adf |work=HuffPost |date=15 January 2019 |access-date=16 January 2019 |archive-date=15 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115204644/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gavin-mcinnes-losing-battle-neighbors_us_5c3cdef5e4b01c93e00c7adf |url-status=live }}

Several days after the letter was sent out, HuffPost reported that they had viewed evidence provided by some neighbours that McInnes' wife, Emily – who identifies as a liberal Democrat – had harassed and intimidated them, including with the threat of legal action. Her threats were such that several neighbours notified the police.* {{cite news |last=Weill |first=Kelly |title=Gavin McInnes Whines His Fellow Rich Neighbors Don't Like Him |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-mcinnes-whines-his-fellow-rich-neighbors-dont-like-him |work=The Daily Beast |date=13 November 2018 |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105010253/https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-mcinnes-whines-his-fellow-rich-neighbors-dont-like-him |url-status=live }}

• {{cite news |last=Rom |first=Gabriel |title=Amy Siskind warns that far-right leader Gavin McInnes lives here |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2018/10/29/amy-siskind-warns-far-right-leader-gavin-mcinnes-lives-here-proud-boys/1810446002/ |work=The Journal News |date=29 October 2018 |access-date=11 January 2019 |archive-date=23 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123030856/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2018/10/29/amy-siskind-warns-far-right-leader-gavin-mcinnes-lives-here-proud-boys/1810446002/ |url-status=live }}
• {{cite news |last=Campbell |first=Andy |title=Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes Can Get Back To Antifa After He Battles His Neighbors |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes-neighbors_n_5c2f843ae4b0e755f65c38bc?6mm |work=HuffPost |date=4 January 2019 |access-date=12 November 2020 |archive-date=13 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113005554/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes-neighbors_n_5c2f843ae4b0e755f65c38bc?6mm |url-status=live }}
• {{cite news |last=Doughtery |first=Owen |title=Proud Boys founder asked neighbors to take down anti-hate signs: report |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/423986-proud-boys-founder-asked-neighbors-to-take-down-anti-hate-yard |work=The Hill |date=4 January 2019 |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105051100/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/423986-proud-boys-founder-asked-neighbors-to-take-down-anti-hate-yard |url-status=live }}
• {{cite news |last=Sommer |first=Will |title=Gavin McInnes Writes Letters to Neighbors to Take Down Anti-Hate Signs |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-mcinnes-writes-letters-to-neighbors-to-take-down-anti-hate-signs |work=The Daily Beast |date=4 January 2019 |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105052855/https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-mcinnes-writes-letters-to-neighbors-to-take-down-anti-hate-signs |url-status=live }}
• {{cite news |last=Campbell |first=Andy |title=Gavin McInnes' Wife Threatens Neighbors Over 'Hate Has No Home Here' Signs |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gavin-mcinnes-emily-mcinnes-neighbors-over-anti-hate-signs_us_5c34c117e4b05d4e96bcc88d |work=HuffPost |date=8 January 2019 |access-date=9 January 2019 |archive-date=9 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109041931/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gavin-mcinnes-emily-mcinnes-neighbors-over-anti-hate-signs_us_5c34c117e4b05d4e96bcc88d |url-status=live }}

Although McInnes cut ties with the Proud Boys publicly in November 2018, stepping down as chairman, in February 2019 he filed suit against the Southern Poverty Law Center over their designation of the Proud Boys as a "general hate" group. The defamation suit was filed in federal court in Alabama. In the papers filed, McInnes claimed that the hate group designation is false and motivated by fund-raising concerns, and that his career has been damaged by it. He claimed that SPLC contributed to his or the Proud Boys' being deplatformed by Twitter, PayPal, Mailchimp, and iTunes.Associated Press (4 February 2019) [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-sues-southern-poverty-law-center-n966701 "Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes sues Southern Poverty Law Center over hate group label"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204204937/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-sues-southern-poverty-law-center-n966701 |date=4 February 2019 }} NBC NewsKennedy, Merrit (5 February 2019) [https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/691643824/proud-boys-founder-files-defamation-lawsuit-against-southern-poverty-law-center "Proud Boys Founder Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Southern Poverty Law Center"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206020859/https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/691643824/proud-boys-founder-files-defamation-lawsuit-against-southern-poverty-law-center |date=6 February 2019 }} NPR

The SPLC says on its website that "McInnes plays a duplicitous rhetorical game: rejecting white nationalism and, in particular, the term 'alt-right' while espousing some of its central tenets," and that the group's "rank-and-file [members] and leaders regularly spout white nationalist memes and maintain affiliations with known extremists. They are known for anti-Muslim and misogynistic rhetoric. Proud Boys have appeared alongside other hate groups at extremist gatherings like the 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville." In response to the suit, Richard Cohen, the president of SPLC, wrote "Gavin McInnes has a history of making inflammatory statements about Muslims, women, and the transgender community. The fact that he's upset with SPLC tells us that we're doing our job exposing hate and extremism."

In 2019, McInnes launched Censored.TV, an online video platform. The platform was originally named FreeSpeech.TV, but was changed to its current title for copyright purposes. The platform features McInnes' primary show, Get Off My Lawn (GOML). GOML is a pre-recorded, daily show which airs on weekdays with Thursdays as an exception, in which the show airs live under the alternative title Get Off My Lawn Live.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}

In May 2021, Milo Yiannopoulos wrote on Telegram that Censored.TV is "laying off all its staff" and lacked enough funding to sustain production of Yiannopoulous' show on the platform.{{cite news |last1=Petrizzo |first1=Zachary |title=Proud Boy founder Gavin McInnes' far-right media site apparently collapsing |url=https://www.salon.com/2021/05/13/proud-boy-founder-gavin-mcinnes-far-right-media-site-apparently-collapsing/ |access-date=16 May 2021 |work=Salon |date=13 May 2021 |language=en |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517203554/https://www.salon.com/2021/05/13/proud-boy-founder-gavin-mcinnes-far-right-media-site-apparently-collapsing/ |url-status=live }} McInnes later dismissed these allegation whilst announcing the arrival of several new shows on his platform.{{cite news |last1=McInnes |first1=Gavin |title=S03E118 "10 Things I Don't Get, Part 2" |url=https://www.censored.tv/watch/shows/get-off-my-lawn/episode/s03e118-10-things-i-dont-get-part-2 |access-date=8 June 2021 |work=Censored.TV |date=8 June 2021 |language=en |archive-date=28 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628115542/https://www.censored.tv/watch/shows/get-off-my-lawn/episode/s03e118-10-things-i-dont-get-part-2 |url-status=dead }}{{Third-party inline|date=December 2022}}

On 27 August 2022, McInnes faked his own arrest during a live broadcast of Censored.TV. In the recording, McInnes appeared to look off past the camera, before saying ""We're shooting a show, can we do this another time?" adding "I didn't let you in." McInnes then walked off the set. It was widely speculated that McInnes had been arrested, until former McInnes-ally Owen Benjamin outed McInnes by posting text messages between the two of them. "Prank. Don't tell," McInnes wrote to Benjamin. Benjamin responded, "U gonna reveal its a prank? Cuz I have friends writing blogs about it." McInnes replied "Never," adding that he "never said" the FBI had raided his studio. After being outed by Benjamin, McInnes returned to the public on 6 September 2022.{{cite web |last1=Griffing |first1=Alex |title=Gavin McInnes Resurfaces on Vacation After Enraging Allies By Faking Arrest |url=https://www.mediaite.com/news/gavin-mcinnes-resurfaces-on-vacation-after-enraging-allies-by-faking-arrest/ |website=Mediaite |date=6 September 2022 |access-date=8 January 2023 |archive-date=8 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108190930/https://www.mediaite.com/news/gavin-mcinnes-resurfaces-on-vacation-after-enraging-allies-by-faking-arrest/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Sommer |first1=Will |title=Gavin McInnes Allies Believe Proud Boys Founder Faked Arrest |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-mcinnes-allies-believe-proud-boys-founder-faked-arrest |website=The Daily Beast |date=31 August 2022 |access-date=8 January 2023 |archive-date=8 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108190931/https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-mcinnes-allies-believe-proud-boys-founder-faked-arrest |url-status=live }}

In December 2022, McInnes interviewed Kanye West and white nationalist Nick Fuentes. In the interview, McInnes claimed to be trying to save West from his own antisemitism; McInnes faulted not Jews but "liberal elites of all races", while West said Jews should forgive Adolf Hitler and predicted that antisemitism would be "awesome for a presidential campaign".{{cite news |last=Young |first=Matt |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Gavin McInnes Interviews Kanye in New Show to Talk Rapper 'Off the Ledge' |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-interviews-kanye-ye-west-in-new-show-to-talk-rapper-off-the-ledge |access-date=December 6, 2022 |via=The Daily Beast |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206100024/https://www.thedailybeast.com/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-interviews-kanye-ye-west-in-new-show-to-talk-rapper-off-the-ledge |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Baio |first=Ariana |date=2022-12-06 |title=Kanye West hits new low claiming Jewish people should 'forgive Hitler today' |url=https://www.indy100.com/celebrities/kanye-west-gavin-mcinnes-hitler |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=indy100 |language=en |archive-date=11 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211194847/https://www.indy100.com/celebrities/kanye-west-gavin-mcinnes-hitler |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=McInnes |first=Gavin |date=December 5, 2022 |title=The Ye Interview |location=New York. New York, United States |url=https://censored.tv/watch/shows/censoredtv-presents/episode/saving-ye |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 6, 2022 |via=Censored.TV |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206094448/https://censored.tv/watch/shows/censoredtv-presents/episode/saving-ye |url-status=live }}

In June 2024, radio personality Anthony Cumia announced that his subscription-based platform, Compound Media, was closing down, and that he was to merge his network and The Anthony Cumia Show with McInnes' Censored.TV network.{{cite AV media | date= 25 June 2024 | title= TACS 1775 |type=Streaming video | location=New York City, New York, United States | publisher= Compound Media | url= https://censored.tv/watch/shows/tacs/episode/tacs-1775 |url-access=subscription }}{{cite web |title=The Anthony Cumia Show {{!}} Censored.TV |url=https://censored.tv/watch/show/tacs |website=Censored.TV |access-date=March 9, 2025}} The merger lead to the portmanteau renaming of Censored.TV to Compound Censored.{{cite web|title=Gavin McInnes, AiU, Jim Goad & More |url=https://censored.tv/|access-date=9 March 2025}}

Although McInnes was not a defendant in the August 2019 trial of members of the Proud Boys for their part in the violence that occurred after a meeting of the Metropolitan Republican Club in October 2018, prosecutors repeatedly invoked his name, his words and his views in their questioning of the defendants, after testimony by the defendants and other Proud Boys opened the door to that line of questioning. During closing arguments, a prosecutor said that "Gavin McInnes is not a harmless satirist. He is a hatemonger," while the defense said that McInnes was being "demonized."Moynihan, Colin (14 August 2019) [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/nyregion/proud-boys-trial-gavin-mcinnes.html "Far-Right Proud Boys' Founder Called 'Hatemonger'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815144950/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/nyregion/proud-boys-trial-gavin-mcinnes.html |date=15 August 2019 }} The New York Times

McInnes describes himself as "a fiscal conservative and libertarian" and part of the New Right, a term that he prefers rather than alt-right.{{Cite news |last=Chung |first=Frank |date=August 21, 2018 |title=Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes heading to Australia in November |url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-heading-to-australia-in-november/news-story/3ae40fb92050ba6b322c4a7c9351c7a9 |access-date=January 21, 2024 |work=news.com.au |archive-date=22 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213919/https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-heading-to-australia-in-november/news-story/3ae40fb92050ba6b322c4a7c9351c7a9 |url-status=live }} The New York Times has described McInnes as a far-right provocateur.{{cite news|author=Feuer, Alan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/nyregion/proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes.html|title=Proud Boys Founder: How He Went From Brooklyn Hipster to Far-Right Provocateur|newspaper=The New York Times|date=16 October 2018|access-date=17 October 2018|archive-date=23 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023200233/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/nyregion/proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes.html|url-status=live}} He has referred to himself as a "western chauvinist" and started a men's organization called Proud Boys who swear their allegiance to this cause.*{{cite web|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/seattle-police-wary-of-may-day-violence-between-pro-and-anti-trump-groups/|author=Carter, Mike|title=Seattle police wary of May Day violence between pro- and anti-Trump groups|work=The Seattle Times|date=1 May 2017|access-date=15 August 2017|archive-date=30 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030065212/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/seattle-police-wary-of-may-day-violence-between-pro-and-anti-trump-groups/|url-status=live}}

• {{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/964cc747d67e4ae6863b07acb3c52539/protests-erupt-nyu-amid-event-conservative-speaker|author=Long, Colleen|title=11 arrests at NYU protest over speech by 'Proud Boys' leader|work=Associated Press|date=3 February 2017|access-date=15 August 2017|archive-date=1 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901121934/https://apnews.com/964cc747d67e4ae6863b07acb3c52539/protests-erupt-nyu-amid-event-conservative-speaker|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|last1=Tasker|first1=John Paul|title=Head of Canada's Indigenous veterans group hopes Proud Boys don't lose their CAF jobs|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/indigenous-veterans-group-proud-boys-1.4191749|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=15 August 2017|archive-date=6 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706144938/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/indigenous-veterans-group-proud-boys-1.4191749|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2momlh|last1=McInnes|first1=Gavin|last2=Lewis|first2=Jeffrey|work=Daily Motion|title=Free Speech|date=14 April 2015|access-date=14 October 2016|archive-date=19 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019012422/http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2momlh|url-status=live}}

In November 2018 it was reported on the basis of an internal memo of the Clark County, Washington Sheriff's Office – based on an FBI briefing – that the Bureau classified the Proud Boys "an extremist group with ties to white nationalism".{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/19/proud-boys-fbi-classification-extremist-group-white-nationalism-report|title=FBI now classifies far-right Proud Boys as 'extremist group', documents say|newspaper=The Guardian|last=Wilson|first=Jason|access-date=19 November 2018|archive-date=19 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119180250/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/19/proud-boys-fbi-classification-extremist-group-white-nationalism-report|url-status=live}} Two weeks later, the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Oregon office denied that the FBI had made that designation about the entire group, ascribing it to a misunderstanding on the part of the Sheriff's Office. The SAIC, Renn Cannon, said that their intent was simply to characterize the possible threat from certain members of the group, not to classify the entire group.Barnes, Luke (7 December 2018) [https://thinkprogress.org/fbi-walks-back-extremist-label-for-proud-boys-6f4c052e60f9/amp/ "FBI does U-turn on Proud Boys ‘extremist’ label"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208135758/https://thinkprogress.org/fbi-walks-back-extremist-label-for-proud-boys-6f4c052e60f9/amp/ |date=8 December 2018 }} ThinkProgress The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies them as a "general hate group". McInnes has said his group is not a white nationalist group.

In 2003, McInnes said, "I love being white and I think it's something to be very proud of. I don't want our culture diluted. We need to close the borders now and let everyone assimilate to a Western, white, English-speaking way of life."{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/style/the-edge-of-hip-vice-the-brand.html|access-date=15 October 2018|website=The New York Times|title=The Edge of Hip: Vice, the Brand|first=Vanessa|last=Grigoriadis|date=28 September 2003|archive-date=14 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014102630/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/style/the-edge-of-hip-vice-the-brand.html|url-status=live}}

In a speech given at New York University in February 2017, after a clash between the Proud Boys and antifa protestors, McInnes said: "Violence doesn't feel good, justified violence feels great, and fighting solves everything. ... I want violence. I want punching in the face."[https://abcnews.go.com/US/proud-boys-founder-denies-inciting-violence-responds-feels/story?id=59758209 "Proud Boys founder denies inciting violence, responds to whether he feels responsible for group's behavior"] (12 December 2018){{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213222944/https://abcnews.go.com/US/proud-boys-founder-denies-inciting-violence-responds-feels/story?id=59758209 |date=13 December 2018 }} ABC News He says that he has only advocated for acting in self-defense.{{cite news |last=Moynihan |first=Colin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/nyregion/proud-boys-trial-gavin-mcinnes.html |title=Far-Right Proud Boys' Founder Called 'Hatemonger' |date=14 August 2019 |work=The New York Times |access-date=8 December 2019 |archive-date=10 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210230649/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/nyregion/proud-boys-trial-gavin-mcinnes.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Marcotte |first=Amanda |url=https://www.salon.com/2018/10/16/gavin-mcinnes-and-the-proud-boys-defending-themselves-or-spoiling-for-a-fight/ |title=Gavin McInnes and the Proud Boys: Defending themselves, or spoiling for a fight? |date=16 October 2018 |work=Salon |access-date=8 December 2019 |archive-date=10 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210184548/https://www.salon.com/2018/10/16/gavin-mcinnes-and-the-proud-boys-defending-themselves-or-spoiling-for-a-fight/ |url-status=live }}

In 2024, the question of how McInnes's views had evolved away from the relatively progressive values of Vice was examined in the Canadian television documentary It's Not Funny Anymore: Vice to Proud Boys. J. Kelly Nestruck, "Documentary about Proud Boys founder reminds Canadians of our role in stoking American extremism – and our denial about it". The Globe and Mail, October 22, 2024.

McInnes has been accused of racism{{cite news |url=https://www.qt.com.au/news/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-heading-to-austra/3498904/ |title=Right-wing activist heading to Australia |date=21 August 2018 |work=The Queensland Times |access-date=22 August 2018 |archive-date=22 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822214028/https://www.qt.com.au/news/proud-boys-founder-gavin-mcinnes-heading-to-austra/3498904/ |url-status=live }} and of promoting white supremacist rhetoric. He has used racial slurs against Susan Rice and Jada Pinkett Smith,{{cite news |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/02/15/gavin-mcinnes-wants-you-to-know-hes-totally-not-a-white-supremacist/ |title=Gavin McInnes Wants You to Know He's Totally Not a White Supremacist |date=15 February 2017 |first=Jon |last=Campbell |work=The Village Voice |access-date=27 May 2017 |archive-date=19 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019220707/https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/02/15/gavin-mcinnes-wants-you-to-know-hes-totally-not-a-white-supremacist/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/10/the-alt-rights-proud-boys-love-fred-perry-polo-shirts-the-feeling-is-not-mutual/ |title=The alt-right's Proud Boys love Fred Perry polo shirts. The feeling is not mutual. |date=10 July 2017 |first=Kyle |last=Swenson |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=22 August 2018 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001023645/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/10/the-alt-rights-proud-boys-love-fred-perry-polo-shirts-the-feeling-is-not-mutual/ |url-status=live }} and more widely against Palestinians and Asians.{{cite web |first=Katharine |last=Cross |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/7/16976180/chelsea-manning-alt-right |title=We need to talk about Chelsea Manning |date=15 February 2017 |website=The Verge |access-date=22 August 2018 |archive-date=22 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213806/https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/7/16976180/chelsea-manning-alt-right |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=25 April 2017 |title=New 'Fight Club' Ready for Street Violence |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/04/25/new-fight-club-ready-street-violence |access-date=22 August 2018 |archive-date=18 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818194153/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/04/25/new-fight-club-ready-street-violence |url-status=live }} In September 2004, he told a reporter for the Chicago Reader at a party that he "wanted to fuck the shit out of [a young Asian lady] until she started talking." The reporter, Liz Armstrong, wrote: "He went on to posit that since Asians' eyes don't work so good in terms of facial expressions they have no choice but to emote with their mouths."{{cite news|last=Armstrong|first=Liz|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/shithead/Content?oid=916643|title=Shithead|work=Chicago Reader|date=16 September 2004|access-date=1 February 2020|archive-date=18 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818213130/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/shithead/Content?oid=916643|url-status=live}}

McInnes has said that there is a "mass conformity that black people push on each other".{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/proud-boys-oath-keepers-controversial-groups-involved-major/story?id=56687836 |title=The Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers: 2 controversial groups involved in major protests |date=19 July 2018 |work=ABC News |access-date=4 September 2018 |archive-date=4 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904191951/https://abcnews.go.com/US/proud-boys-oath-keepers-controversial-groups-involved-major/story?id=56687836 |url-status=live }} He is also listed as a contributor to the 2016 book Black Lies Matter which criticizes the Black Lives Matter movement. He said that New Jersey U.S. Senator Cory Booker, who is Black, is "kind of like Sambo."{{cite news|first1=Colin|last1=Moynihan|first2=Ali|last2=Winston|date=December 23, 2018|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/23/nyregion/gavin-mcinnes-proud-boys-nypd.html|title=Far-Right Proud Boys Reeling After Arrests and Scrutiny|newspaper=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224013031/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/23/nyregion/gavin-mcinnes-proud-boys-nypd.html|archive-date=24 December 2018 }}

In March 2017, a group of Rebel Media hosts, including McInnes, spent a week touring Israel. On the trip, McInnes made a non-Rebel video in which he defended Holocaust deniers, blamed Jews for the Treaty of Versailles, and said he was "becoming anti-Semitic".{{Cite web |title=Ex-Vice founder: Israelis have 'whiny paranoid fear of Nazis' |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/alt-right-star-says-israelis-have-whiny-paranoid-fear-of-nazis/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Times of Israel |date= 16 March 2017|language=en-US |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130045916/https://www.timesofisrael.com/alt-right-star-says-israelis-have-whiny-paranoid-fear-of-nazis/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Rosenberg |first1=David |date=21 March 2017 |title='10 things I hate about Jews' satirical video stirs controversy |url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/227053 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209100915/https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/227053 |archive-date=9 February 2023 |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=Israel National News}} The Times of Israel said he was "apparently drunk" in the video. Israel National News called it a "faux rant" and "intentionally offensive". He later said that his comments were taken out of context.{{cite web | url =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coLUIcGXBZ0 | title =What Gavin McInnes really thinks about the Holocaust | last =McInnes | first =Gavin | date =12 March 2017 | website =Rebel News, YouTube | access-date =28 January 2023 | archive-date =6 November 2021 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20211106114345/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coLUIcGXBZ0 | url-status =live }} McInnes also produced a comedic video for Rebel called "Ten Things I Hate about Jews", later retitled "Ten Things I Hate About Israel".{{cite web |last=Sparks |first=Riley |date=15 March 2017 |title=Rebel Media is defending contributor behind 'repulsive rant' that was praised by white supremacists |url=https://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/03/15/news/rebel-media-defending-contributor-behind-repulsive-rant-was-praised-white |access-date=29 October 2017 |website=Canada's National Observer |archive-date=23 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123012843/https://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/03/15/news/rebel-media-defending-contributor-behind-repulsive-rant-was-praised-white |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Marcotte |first=Amanda |date=16 March 2017 |title=Bad boy gone worse: Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes slides from right-wing provocateur to the neo-Nazi fringe |url=https://www.salon.com/2017/03/16/bad-boy-gone-worse-is-vice-co-founder-gavin-mcinnes-flirting-with-a-dangerous-fringe/ |website=Salon |access-date=30 May 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612164035/https://www.salon.com/2017/03/16/bad-boy-gone-worse-is-vice-co-founder-gavin-mcinnes-flirting-with-a-dangerous-fringe/ |url-status=live }} After his statements were promoted by white supremacists (in contrast to other videos from the Rebel Media tour), McInnes publicly declined their support. Upon McInnes' return to America, Rebel Media produced a video of McInnes in which he said, "I've got tons of Nazi friends. David Duke and all the Nazis totally think I rock... No offence, Nazis, I don't want to hurt your feelings, but I don't like you. I like Jews."{{cite web |last=Csillag |first=Ron |date=17 March 2017 |title=Rebel's Gavin McInnes gets flak from CIJA for offensive videos about Jews and Israel |url=http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/rebel-media-star-gets-flak-10-things-hate-jews-video |access-date=29 October 2017 |website=Canadian Jewish News |archive-date=15 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815061209/http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/rebel-media-star-gets-flak-10-things-hate-jews-video |url-status=live }} Rebel Media's owner, Ezra Levant, who is Jewish-Canadian, defended McInnes. In a December 2022 interview for Censored.TV with Kanye West and the white nationalist Nick Fuentes, he said he was trying to save West from antisemitism and said that "every individual I meet starts off with a clean slate".{{cite news |last=McInnes |first=Gavin |date=December 5, 2022 |title=The Ye Interview |url=https://censored.tv/watch/shows/censoredtv-presents/episode/saving-ye |location=New York. New York, United States |access-date=December 6, 2022 |via=Censored.TV |url-access=subscription |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206094448/https://censored.tv/watch/shows/censoredtv-presents/episode/saving-ye |url-status=live}}

McInnes is anti-Islam,{{cite news |url=https://www.wpr.org/controversial-proud-boys-embrace-western-values-reject-feminism-and-political-correctness |title=Controversial Proud Boys Embrace 'Western Values,' Reject Feminism And Political Correctness |date=26 November 2017 |publisher=Wisconsin Public Radio |access-date=23 August 2018 |archive-date=15 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815200714/https://www.wpr.org/controversial-proud-boys-embrace-western-values-reject-feminism-and-political-correctness |url-status=live }} once stating that "Muslims are stupid... the only thing they really respect is violence and being tough."{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/features/inside-ezra-levants-rebel-media |title=Inside Rebel Media |date=16 August 2018 |work=National Post}} He also has equated Islam with fascism, stating "Nazis are not a thing. Islam is a thing."{{cite news |url=http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/gavin-mcinnes-nazis-are-not-a-thing-islam-is-a-thing/ |title=Gavin McInnes: 'Nazis Are Not A Thing. Islam Is A Thing' |date=18 August 2017 |publisher=Right Wing Watch |access-date=23 August 2018 |archive-date=23 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823210701/http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/gavin-mcinnes-nazis-are-not-a-thing-islam-is-a-thing/ |url-status=live }} In April 2018, McInnes labelled a significant section of Muslims as both mentally ill and incestuous, claiming that "Muslims have a problem with inbreeding. They tend to marry their first cousins... and that is a major problem [in the U.S.] because when you have mentally damaged inbreds – which not all Muslims are, but a disproportionate number are – and you have a hate book called the Koran [sic]... you end up with a perfect recipe for mass murder."{{cite news |title=Proud Boys |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/proud-boys |access-date=23 August 2018 |archive-date=16 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016093217/https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/proud-boys |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.theskanner.com/news/newsbriefs/27253-37-organizations-and-a-regional-organization-representing-over-50-tribes-denounce-bigotry-and-violence-before-patriot-prayer-and-proud-boys-rally-in-portland-on-august-4 |title=37 Organizations and a Regional Organization Representing Over 50 Tribes Denounce Bigotry and Violence before Patriot Prayer and Proud Boys Rally in Portland on August 4 |date=3 August 2018 |publisher=The Skanner |access-date=30 August 2018 |archive-date=5 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105230312/https://www.theskanner.com/news/newsbriefs/27253-37-organizations-and-a-regional-organization-representing-over-50-tribes-denounce-bigotry-and-violence-before-patriot-prayer-and-proud-boys-rally-in-portland-on-august-4 |url-status=live }}

McInnes has described himself as "an Archie Bunker sexist", and has said that "95 percent of women would be happier at home". On the topic of female police officers, he said, "I understand [women] are good for domestics, but I don't understand why there are so many female police officers. They're not strong, they're like super fat police officers. It doesn't make any sense to me."{{cite news |work=Rebel Media |date= 8 May 2017 |title=Gavin McInnes: Feminism kills women |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BZ_iPmCzgM| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/5BZ_iPmCzgM| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}

In 2003, Vanessa Grigoriadis in The New York Times quoted McInnes saying, {{" '}}No means no' is puritanism. I think Steinem-era feminism did women a lot of injustices, but one of the worst ones was convincing all these indie norts that women don't want to be dominated." McInnes has been accused of sexism by various media outlets including Chicago Sun-Times,{{cite news |last=Sutton |first=Scott |date=15 May 2015 |title=Gavin McInnes might be the most sexist man on the planet |url=http://national.suntimes.com/national-politics/7/72/1126269/gavin-mcinnes-most-sexist-man-on-the-planet/ |url-status=dead |department=National |work=Chicago Sun-Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518013148/http://national.suntimes.com/national-politics/7/72/1126269/gavin-mcinnes-most-sexist-man-on-the-planet|archive-date=18 May 2015}} Independent Journal Review,{{cite web |url=http://ijr.com/2015/05/326424-gavin-mcinnes-explains-sexist-comments-that-ruffled-feathers-by-totally-doubling-down-on-them/ |title=Gavin McInnes Explains 'Sexist' Comments That Ruffled Feathers...By Totally Doubling Down on Them |last=Bonk |first=Lawrence |date=20 May 2015 |website=Independent Journal Review |access-date=9 August 2017 |archive-date=10 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810052130/http://ijr.com/2015/05/326424-gavin-mcinnes-explains-sexist-comments-that-ruffled-feathers-by-totally-doubling-down-on-them/ |url-status=dead }} Salon,{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/2017/03/16/bad-boy-gone-worse-is-vice-co-founder-gavin-mcinnes-flirting-with-a-dangerous-fringe/ |title=Bad boy gone worse: Is Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes flirting with a dangerous fringe? |last=Marcotte |first=Amanda |date=16 March 2017 |website=Salon |access-date=9 August 2017 |archive-date=5 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805055835/http://www.salon.com/2017/03/16/bad-boy-gone-worse-is-vice-co-founder-gavin-mcinnes-flirting-with-a-dangerous-fringe/ |url-status=live }} Jezebel,{{cite web|url=http://jezebel.com/vice-co-founder-throws-epic-tantrum-about-women-defying-1450163938|title=Vice Co-Founder Throws Epic Tantrum About Women Defying Gender Roles|first=Madeleine|last=Davies|date=22 October 2013|website=Jezebel|access-date=9 August 2017|archive-date=9 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209141410/http://jezebel.com/vice-co-founder-throws-epic-tantrum-about-women-defying-1450163938|url-status=live}} The Hollywood Reporter,{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gavin-mcinnes-interview-im-not-796177|title=Vice Co-Founder Gavin McInnes on Trolling Feminists: I'm Not Andy Kaufman; This Isn't a Joke|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=18 May 2015|access-date=29 October 2017|archive-date=20 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120002845/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gavin-mcinnes-interview-im-not-796177|url-status=live}} and Slate.{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/10/31/gavin_mcinnes_says_women_work_because_they_are_forced_to_pretend_to_be_men.html|title=Most Women Work Because They Have To|first=Amanda|last=Marcotte|date=31 October 2013|website=Slate|access-date=9 August 2017|archive-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810055007/http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/10/31/gavin_mcinnes_says_women_work_because_they_are_forced_to_pretend_to_be_men.html|url-status=live}} In October 2013, McInnes said during a panel interview that "people would be happier if women would stop pretending to be men" and that feminism "has made women less happy".{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/10/vice-co-founder-gavin-mcinnes-feminism-has-made-women-less-happy/ |title=Gavin McInnes: 'Feminism has Made Women Less Happy' |work=ABC News |date=22 October 2013 |access-date=31 October 2013 |archive-date=31 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031091023/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/10/vice-co-founder-gavin-mcinnes-feminism-has-made-women-less-happy/ |url-status=live }} He said, "We've trivialized childbirth and being domestic so much that women are forced to pretend to be men. They're feigning this toughness, they're miserable."{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/gavin-mcinnes-women-workplace_n_4138741.html |title=Gavin McInnes Launches Expletive-Laden Tirade About Women In The Workplace (VIDEO) |work=HuffPost |date=21 October 2013 |access-date=31 October 2013 |first=Ryan |last=Buxton |archive-date=27 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027054037/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/gavin-mcinnes-women-workplace_n_4138741.html |url-status=live }} A heated argument ensued with University of Miami School of Law professor Mary Anne Franks.{{cite news |author=Ciara LaVelle |url=http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/cultist/2013/10/university_of_miami_law_profes.php |title=UM Law Professor Mary Anne Franks Issues Epic Feminist Beatdown on Vice Founder Gavin McInnes |work=Miami New Times |date=24 October 2013 |access-date=31 October 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190610/http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/cultist/2013/10/university_of_miami_law_profes.php |url-status=live }}

McInnes has espoused the white genocide conspiracy theory, saying that white women having abortions{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/17/charlottesville-alt-right-neo-nazis-white-nationalists |title=Neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and internet trolls: who's who in the far right |work=The Guardian |date=17 August 2017 |access-date=24 July 2018 |archive-date=23 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123075922/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/17/charlottesville-alt-right-neo-nazis-white-nationalists |url-status=live }} and immigration is "leading to white genocide in the West".*{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/08/10/do-you-want-bigots-gavin-because-how-you-get-bigots|title=Do You Want Bigots, Gavin? Because This Is How You Get Bigots|date=10 August 2017 |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center|access-date=18 March 2018|archive-date=16 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816061459/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/08/10/do-you-want-bigots-gavin-because-how-you-get-bigots|url-status=live}}

• {{cite web |url=https://rewire.news/article/2017/08/28/hate-goes-mainstream-gavin-mcinnes-proud-boys/ |title=How Hate Goes 'Mainstream': Gavin McInnes and the Proud Boys |publisher=Rewire.News |date=28 August 2017 |access-date=24 July 2018 |archive-date=24 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724185132/https://rewire.news/article/2017/08/28/hate-goes-mainstream-gavin-mcinnes-proud-boys/ |url-status=live }}
• {{cite news |url=http://www.citypaper.com/news/dic/bcp-102517-dic-proud-boys-20171025-story.html |title=Proud Boy lawyer demands alt-weeklies not call "western chauvinist fraternity" alt-right |newspaper=Baltimore City Paper |date=25 October 2017 |access-date=24 July 2018 |archive-date=24 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724213322/http://www.citypaper.com/news/dic/bcp-102517-dic-proud-boys-20171025-story.html |url-status=dead }}
• {{cite news |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/12/12/19540403/proud-boys-founder-wants-to-trigger-the-entire-state-of-oregon-by-helping-patriot-prayers-joey-gibson-win-the-oregon-person-of-the-year-p |title="Proud Boys" Founder Wants to "Trigger the Entire State of Oregon" by Helping Patriot Prayer's Joey Gibson win the Oregon Person of the Year Poll |newspaper=The Portland Mercury |date=12 December 2017 |access-date=24 July 2018 |archive-date=18 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218205438/https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/12/12/19540403/proud-boys-founder-wants-to-trigger-the-entire-state-of-oregon-by-helping-patriot-prayers-joey-gibson-win-the-oregon-person-of-the-year-p |url-status=live }} In 2018, regarding South African farm attacks and land reform proposals, he said that black South Africans were not "trying to get their land back – they never had that land", instead stating there were "ethnic cleansing" efforts against white South Africans.{{cite news |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/people/gavin-mcinnes |title=With Trump's South Africa tweet, Tucker Carlson has turned a white nationalist narrative into White House policy |date=23 August 2018 |publisher=Media Matters |access-date=4 September 2018 |archive-date=4 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904222156/https://www.mediamatters.org/people/gavin-mcinnes |url-status=dead }}

• How to Be a Man (2013) – as Mark McCarthy
• Creative Control (2015) – as Scott
• One More Time (2015) – as Record Producer
• White Noise (2020) – as Himself

• Kenny vs Spenny: "Who is Cooler" episode (2006) – as himself (guest judge)
• Soul Quest Overdrive (2010, 2011) – as Mick (voice)
• Vice Guide to Travel (2006) – as himself (host)

In 2005, he married Manhattan-based publicist and consultant Emily Jendrisak, the daughter of Native American activist Christine Whiterabbit Jendrisak{{citation|title=NATIVE AMERICANS FIGHT CULTURE THIEVES|author=Jean Latz Griffin|work=CHICAGO TRIBUNE|date=September 1993}} who describes herself as a liberal Democrat. About his wife's ethnicity and their children together, McInnes said, "I've made my views on Indians very clear. I like them. I actually like them so much, I made three."{{cite news|last=Marcotte|first=Amanda|author-link=Amanda Marcotte|date=17 October 2018|title=Gavin McInnes and the Proud Boys: "Alt-right without the racism"?|work=Salon|url=https://www.salon.com/2018/10/17/gavin-mcinnes-and-the-proud-boys-alt-right-without-the-racism/|access-date=5 February 2019|archive-date=7 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207013734/https://www.salon.com/2018/10/17/gavin-mcinnes-and-the-proud-boys-alt-right-without-the-racism/|url-status=live}} They live in Larchmont, New York.{{cite web|last1=Fitz-Gibbon|first1=Jorge|last2=Rom|first2=Gabriel|date=19 November 2018|title=Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes and Trump critic Amy Siskind come face-to-face|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2018/10/30/gavin-mcinnes-amy-siskind-odds-over-vigil-proud-boys-trump-critic/1818326002/|access-date=19 February 2019|website=The Journal News|language=en|archive-date=20 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220122625/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2018/10/30/gavin-mcinnes-amy-siskind-odds-over-vigil-proud-boys-trump-critic/1818326002/|url-status=live}}

In his 2020 documentary White Noise, and in a follow up article about alt-right activist Lauren Southern, Daniel Lombroso, a journalist for The Atlantic, reported that McInnes sexually propositioned Southern after an appearance on his show in June 2018. McInnes denied having done so.{{cite news |last1=Bałaga |first1=Marta |title='White Noise' Director on Alt-Right: 'As Long as Trump Refuses to Concede, This Stuff Is Just Going to Fester' |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/global/white-noise-director-on-alt-right-as-long-as-trump-refuses-to-concede-this-stuff-is-just-going-to-fester-1234834499/ |access-date=October 25, 2023 |work=Variety |date=November 18, 2020 |archive-date=24 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224221818/https://variety.com/2020/film/global/white-noise-director-on-alt-right-as-long-as-trump-refuses-to-concede-this-stuff-is-just-going-to-fester-1234834499/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Lombroso |first1=Daniel |title=Why the Alt-Right's Most Famous Woman Disappeared |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/10/alt-right-star-racist-propagandist-has-no-regrets/616725/ |access-date=October 25, 2023 |work=The Atlantic |date=October 16, 2020 |archive-date=15 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115040222/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/10/alt-right-star-racist-propagandist-has-no-regrets/616725/ |url-status=live }}

McInnes is a permanent resident of the United States.{{cite news|last1=Houpt|first1=Sam|date=2017|title=Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes's path to the far-right frontier|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/gavin-mcinnes-path-to-the-far-rightfrontier/article36024918/|access-date=18 February 2019|website=The Globe and Mail|language=en|archive-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822092943/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/gavin-mcinnes-path-to-the-far-rightfrontier/article36024918/|url-status=live}}

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