>> Mario Lopez appeared on Candace Owens' show which is on Prager University's channel.
I don't know, I'm not in that world, because it's propaganda.
But nonetheless, this conversation took place last June and it didn't get much attention
until recently, for obvious reasons.
Take a look.
>> So there are some weird trends and one of the weirder ones, for me, at least to try
to process is this new trend where celebrities are coming out.
And I know Charlize Theron did this a few weeks ago in saying that their child is picking
their gender.
And this is strange to me just because I may say, I looked at my child.
Child was swimming in a bathtub and looked up and said, Mommy, I'm a boy.
And that's weird, too, because even though I'm not a parent, I nannied for five years
of my life.
And the things that come out of children's mouth, they say whatever in the moment.
You don't know what they've seen on TV, what got in their head.
>> Right.
>> And I've had children say they were mermaids.
I've had children say they could fly and jump off of a staircase.
And thank God I caught him, right?
Cuz he thought he could be Superman.
And so I'm trying to understand this new Hollywood mentality where they just think that their
children now have the mental authority.
>> Your face!
>> So that was, okay, I actually wanna go to the next video.
Cuz we know who Candace Owens is, right?
But that gives you context into what Mario Lopez is about to say and why he's getting
so much pushback.
Take a look.
>> Please don't lump me into that hole.
>> No I see you're not doing that in your household.
>> No, I mean, I'm kinda blown away, too.
And look, I'm never one to tell anyone how to parent their kids obviously and I think
if you come from a place- >> Maybe you should though cuz you seem to
be doing something right.
>> No, well thanks.
And I would say if you come from a place of love, you really can't go wrong.
But at the same time, my God, if you're 3 years old and you're saying you're feeling
a certain way.
Or you think you're a boy or girl, whatever the case may be.
I could just think it's dangerous as a parent to make that determination then, okay, well
then you're gonna be a boy or a girl, whatever the case may be.
And it's sort of alarming and, my gosh, I just think about the repercussions later on
and- >> To me I just see depression.
>> I see depression.
It's not with the kids though, it's with you.
You're putting yourself in this disgusting, grifty situation.
But anyway, let me give you some expertise on this very topic, right?
Because no one in that room was an expert on the transgender community or what it means
to be a parent.
>> She was a nanny.
>> She was a nanny though, so to be fair.
And look, he is a parent, but- >> Me too.
>> It appears he hasn't spent a single moment really thinking about this issue before he
shared his opinions.
Now, Christina Brown is a psychology PhD and she said the following.
Some children who explore non-stereotypical forms of gender expression are transgender,
however, others just want a flexible gender expression.
Kids are drawn to what they find aesthetically pleasing and there's often not deeper meaning.
Right, so understand the conversation that was happening between Candace Owens and Mario
Lopez was about going after parents who simply listened to their kids and respect their kids,
right?
And by the way, everybody needs to get out of everyone else's business, especially when
it comes to parenting.
You don't know what Charlize Theron's relationship with her kids are.
It's none of your business.
And the fact that we have all this stuff going on in the country and they've decided to go
after the powerless in this segment is amazing to me.
>> Every single one of her shows, every single clip that I've seen is about this trans panic
that she has.
It's telling in some way.
I don't know about what other than, I don't know what that's about.
>> They're obsessed with it because it's an easy target, right?
They use the trans community as a punching bag.
I've even seen people who don't consider themselves as part of the right wing or the alt-right,
just nonstop incessantly attacking the trans community.
And it's like, can we just back up for a second and acknowledge the fact that members of the
trans community are getting murdered right now, simply because of how they identify?
They're victims, they're getting murdered.
And part of the reason why is because of the type of rhetoric you hear from people like
Candace Owens.
They are not the problem.
They're not impacting your life in any negative way whatsoever.
But they focus 98% of their content on it.
>> Yeah, to me, it represents an attempt to claim space in the conservative movement.
To say hey, you're with us if you are sort of uncomfortable with trans people or trans
culture.
Nevermind that actually there's no factuality to any of the actual experiences that Candace
Owens is speaking to.
But I also wanna just quickly speak to Prager U.
This kind of video content speaks exactly to Prager U's strategy and to our earlier
conversation about its online strategy.
Platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube are best buddies, even though they may not
intend to, in an explicit sense, with Prager U's content.
Because their content is inflammatory and they are perfect at converting young people
to conservative ideologies.
And the algorithms pick up their content.
Prager had 50 million views, I'm sorry, 850,000 views before the 2016 election.
Very quickly after, up to 50 million views.
And now has billions and billions of views.
>> Yeah I know and- >> I don't know why he did the show.
>> I don't know why he did the show, even after her Hitler comments.
I don't know why he did the show.
He didn't have to do the show.
He's got a full time job.
He's got a lot of fame.
He's got a lot of money.
He is a father and a husband and he owes his family some sort of responsibility other than
to help promote that.
>> So, look, I'm not going to make excuses for him.
This was a terrible idea and I agree with you 100%.
What I also know is that these right wing outlets offer a ton of money for people to
appear on these shows.
So if he is not in the know about who these people are, he might fall for it.
I don't know, but that doesn't excuse it.
If you're gonna talk about a community that is targeted with violence on a regular basis,
you better know what you're talking about.
Anyway, he apologized.
It seems to be a heartfelt apology and then she got upset that he apologized.
That's how the story ends.
Educate yourselves, gender and sex are two different things.
Gender, sex, and sexual orientation are three different things.
That was one of the most ignorant conversations I've ever heard.