Matt Walsh

About

Matt Walsh is an American conservative political commentator known for his podcast The Matt Walsh Show, previously hosted on YouTube and currently hosted by the right-wing conservative website The Daily Wire. Walsh is known for starring in the documentary What Is A Woman? and for his staunch opposition to transgender rights, among other things.

History

Matt Walsh began his career as a radio talk-show host in Delaware in the early 2010s and launched his website "The Matt Walsh Blog" in 2012, where he first notably began propagating conservative ideas.^[1] He announced on his blog that he was quitting his radio career to focus on his writing in 2013.^[2]

Matt Walsh began writing for The Daily Wire^[3] (among other publications) in 2017 and also began making routine appearances in conservative media programs like Tucker Carlson Tonight,^[4] The Ingraham Angle,^[5] Fox and Friends^[6] and the podcast The Joe Rogan Experience.^[7]

Online Presence

The Matt Walsh Show

On April 2nd, 2018, Matt Walsh posted the first episode of his podcast The Matt Walsh Show to YouTube^[8] (seen below). As of April 2023, Matt Walsh claimed that he earned approximately $100,000 in ad revenue from his YouTube channel.^[9]

On February 14th, 2023, Walsh posted an episode of his podcast to YouTube where he repeatedly misgendered and insulted Dylan Mulvaney in light of the conservative backlash to her 2023 Bud Light Sponsorship, sparking controversy among many online^[13] (clip shown below).

On February 14, Matt Walsh posted a hateful rant attacking Dylan Mulvaney's appearance, misgendering her, saying that because she's trans he was actually doing her a favor. pic.twitter.com/tcFOK5l1EW

— Ari Drennen (@AriDrennen) March 10, 2023

On April 20th, 2023, Matt Walsh spoke at the University of Iowa and announced that YouTube had pulled advertising revenue from his podcast on account of his anti-LGBTQ bias (seen below).^[12] Walsh also announced that he was moving his podcast from YouTube to the Daily Wire due to this censorship.

Speaking at University of Iowa, Matt Walsh confirms that his YouTube channel was demonetized for repeatedly attacking Dylan Mulvaney, says that he was making over $100,000 a month -- and that he can get it back if he stops misgendering Mulvaney. pic.twitter.com/TIJfVkI5V2

— Ari Drennen (@AriDrennen) April 20, 2023

What Is A Woman? Documentary

What Is A Woman is a documentary starring Matt Walsh and created by The Daily Wire. The documentary shows Walsh asking transgender people, doctors, surgeons, professors and others the question "What is a woman?" The film has been embroiled in controversy since its release in 2022 and since its 2023 release on X (formerly Twitter) due to various LGBTQ activists accusing the film of having an "anti-trans" bias.

Matt Walsh Diaper Plushies

In May 2023, Matt Walsh came under criticism for selling plushies made to look like a diaper-wearing baby with Matt Walsh's face on it (seen below).^[10] As of August 2023, the plushie is no longer available on the Daily Wire's online store.

On July 27th, X user @AriDrennen posted a thread^[11] discussing the origins of the phrase "Sweet Baby Gang" and diaper imagery as it related to Matt Walsh, uncovering an old YouTube video in which Walsh can be seen judging a "diaper wrestling match" between two men wearing diapers, one of whom has a swastika tattooed on his back (stills shown below).

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