Far-right pundit and content creator Nick Fuentes recently tested the bounds of his own vapidness — while simultaneously proving the loyalty of his core supporters — after two of the white nationalist’s followers taped a CNN segment, and one of the young men did not, according to the image-conscious pundit, look the “groyper” part.
The all-too-revealing series of events began last week when two of Fuentes’s devoted “groypers” — the term coined for the very online, performatively white nationalist, anti-immigration, antisemitic, Islamophobic, homophobic and sexist gaggle of men whose currency is being obnoxious or inflammatory, but always attention-seeking — sat for an interview with CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan to discuss their growing online political movement.
John Lawrence was one of these two young men, both of whom proudly agreed to the interview with the cable news outlet. It’s unclear exactly what they discussed with O’Sullivan, but they surely sang the praises of their groyper king. After the still-unaired segment was in the can, Lawrence posted some stills to his Instagram account, which is reportedly devoted to groyper content and has amassed upwards of 40,000 followers. In one still with O’Sullivan, Lawrence even reportedly asserted that he and his companion were “mogging” the young host — meaning they looked better, hotter, more handsome and more masculine than the reporter.
As other images of Lawrence and friends from CNN’s segment circulated online, the vibe shifted. Maybe they weren’t the hottest guys in the room; maybe these two representatives of the movement were too pudgy, too nerdy, too lame to be the self-appointed avatars for the movement — at least as far as CNN viewers are concerned.
This was about when Fuentes dropped in to trash the two followers — young men so devoted to his particular brand of hatred that they were literally wearing T-shirts with his likeness emblazoned on them while appearing on national television.
In what neatly encapsulates the uncomfortable, rude, thin-skinned yet cruel, sarcastic and ultimately juvenile communication style of his online brood, the leader of the pack started with — what else — Lawrence’s looks.
“What the actual fuck is this,” Fuentes posted, feigning confusion at the young men — who are likely an accurate representation of his base — for agreeing to be representatives of his movement on a news segment.
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