Jordan Peterson, who this week was announced had signed a deal with the Daily Wire, is standing his ground regarding a tweet that resulted in him getting suspended from Twitter.
In the original tweet, Peterson said Elliott Page, who previously went by Ellen Page, “just had her breasts removed by a criminal physician.” In a video for Daily Wire, the new podcaster for the media company, Peterson addressed the “irritated tweet” and stands by the controversial remarks.
“I’ve essentially been banned from Twitter as a consequence,” Peterson said in the video, per Mediaite.
“I say banned, although technically I have been suspended, but the suspension will not be lifted unless I delete the “hateful” tweet in question and I would rather die than do that and hopefully it will not come to that, although who the hell knows in these increasingly strange days.”
This isn’t the first time Peterson has been at odds with Twitter, as he recently caught a lot of heat for his controversial statements regarding plus-sized model Yumi Nu, who was on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
“Not everyone’s a genius,” Peterson said. “Not everyone’s Picasso. Not everyone’s young and healthy. Not everyone is a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. Period. And f–k you if you don’t like it.”
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
