Milo Yiannopoulos, the controversial right-wing provocateur, resigned as senior editor from Breitbart News on Tuesday amid controversy stemming from year-old comments he made appearing to condone sexual relationships between “younger boys and older men.” “I would be wrong to allow my poor choice of words to detract from my colleagues’ important reporting, so today I am resigning from Breitbart,” Yiannopoulos said in a statement .
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Publisher cancels Milo Yiannopoulos book deal
Milo Yiannopoulos, the conservative provocateur known for brusque and controversial political commentary, just had his book deal canceled by publisher Simon & Schuster. “After careful consideration, Simon & Schuster and its Threshold Editions have canceled publication of ‘Dangerous’ by Milo Yiannopoulos,” a statement from the company read Monday afternoon.
Milo Yiannopoulos Book Canceled By Simon & Schuster
The Breitbart editor had signed a $250,000 book deal in December with Threshold Editions, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, but the publisher announced on Monday that it halted plans for the book, after “careful consideration,” according to Publisher’s Weekly . Yiannopoulos, who also appeared on Real Time With Bill Maher last week to discuss his views on Hollywood liberalism, was disinvited from this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC, where he was supposed to deliver the keynote address.