A conservative American talkshow host said he ‘defeated Pride’ by proposing to his girlfriend and the internet responded as one

US Pride A conservative American talkshow host said he ‘defeated Pride’ by proposing to his girlfriend and the internet responded as one John Plunkett . Updated June 24th, 2024 Share Tweet Full disclosure, we hadn’t come across Addison Smith before. It turns out he’s a presenter on conservative news(ish) channel Newsmax and is big on Jesus which is already more than you probably need to know.

We mention him because he’s just proposed to his girlfriend, although that’s not entirely it. The important bit is how he framed it on Twitter. Over to the man himself.

Pride month is so defeated. I love you @charisedwardss pic.twitter.

com/zAmr5hSY4O — Addison Smith (@AddisonSmithTV) June 23, 2024 And if you think the takedowns wrote themselves, you’d be absolutely right. 1. You proposed to your girlfriend and your first thought was gay people? Weird flex, babe.

https://t.co/1eLGMCJbCs — chris evans (@notcapnamerica) June 24, 2024 2. Imagine proposing to someone and immediately thinking about how it affect gays.

Which it doesn’t. — Kevin Kelly (@kevinkelly) June 24, 2024 3. Son, straight married man here.

Pride is not about keeping people like us from getting married. It's about letting everyone who wants to get married. You didn't "defeat" anything.

You just made the day you proposed to a woman about gay sex, somehow. https://t.co/hkuW9HhsA5 — Patrick S.

Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) June 24, 2024 4. As a gay person, I would like to offer my sincere sympathies to @ch.