‘Biggest web bully’ slams Louis Theroux and says ‘we have to make males males once more’
Influencer Duke Gomez, dubbed the internet’s “biggest bully”, says Louis Theroux’s Netflix manosphere documentary was unfairly skewed towards extreme click-chasers, as he pushes his “make men men again” message
Duke Gomez, 25(Image: Kennedy News & Media)
An influencer branded the biggest bully on the internet claims Louis Theroux’s investigation into the manosphere was “unfair” – and claims “we need to make men men again”. Duke Gomez says he’s been cancelled multiple times and receives “novels” from people about how much they hate him.
The 25-year-old claims the Theroux’s manosphere documentary wasn’t a “fair” representation of blokes in that space and that the focus should be on ‘making men men again’.
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere was released as the British documentary maker’s debut feature on Netflix in March and explored the online network promoting ultra-masculine viewpoints, which has often been accused of misogyny.
Duke claims focused on those in the “manosphere” who say outrageous things for clicks and less on those who are simply promoting positive things like discipline, self improvement, fitness and making money. But the US motocross rider is not averse to his own controversial views.
Duke, who was himself teased at school, believes bullying would smash woke culture and “build character” in victims and teach people not to be “soft”. Duke, from Florida, US, said: “I’ve been branded one of the biggest bullies on the internet.
“I can see how people see me in their eyes because of how I portray myself on the internet. Do I think I’m the most perfect person
“Absolutely not. There are some times when I cross a bit of a boundary but I get the point across.
“It’s amazing how much people spend so much of their day and time writing novels to me about how much they don’t like me when they could spend that time in a job. I have a phrase that I always say, which is ‘make men men again’.
“I just think there’s not really any masculine men left nowadays.” Branded ‘disgusting to humanity’ by an online adversary, Duke believes bullying builds character.
Duke said: “Society is too woke now. From my experiences of being bullied, I think it builds character and it creates tough skin.
“I think if bullying was back then society would be back to normal.” The motocross fan flogs a range of clothing emblazoned with offensive slogans, including “brick back reasonable bullying”.
Duke said: “I’ve been doing the clothing line for about four years and obviously I have a lot of offensive sayings on it. As far as ‘bring back reasonable bullying’, I put ‘reasonable’ because you don’t want to bully someone with special needs.
“You don’t want to bully someone that can’t fix what they can’t fix.” Refusing to be drawn on whether he is part of the manosphere, Duke said the Theroux documentary thrust “extreme” characters into the spotlight, which was “unfair”.
Duke said: “I haven’t watched the full manosphere documentary start to finish, but I’ve seen enough clips and breakdowns to understand the angle it took. From what I can tell, it leaned pretty heavily into the more extreme personalities, but the problem with that is it can make the whole space look one-dimensional when it’s not.
“I don’t think it was a completely fair representation of everyone in that space. There’s definitely people in the manosphere who say wild stuff for clicks, but there’s also guys just talking about discipline, self improvement, fitness, making money, and not being soft.
“That side doesn’t get highlighted as much because it’s not as controversial. Louis Theroux is good at what he does, he knows how to get people talking and make things interesting.
“But like most documentaries, there’s always a narrative being pushed, whether people realise it or not.”
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