US EditionNick Offerman blasts Michael Flynn’s son for using Parks and Rec clip in homophobic post
- Nick Offerman criticized Michael Flynn Jr. On June 2, 2025, for sharing a doctored Parks and Recreation clip on X that targeted Pride Month.
- Michael Flynn Jr., whose father briefly served as National Security Advisor under President Trump, shared a video featuring a rainbow Pride flag over a computer, using it to mock the LGBTQ+ community.
- Offerman responded by reminding that his character Ron Swanson was best man at a gay wedding and called the story a love story, condemning homophobic hate.
- At age 54, Offerman received an Independent Spirit Award in 2024 for his portrayal of a gay man in The Last of Us, and he expressed gratitude to HBO for championing independent LGBTQ+ narratives.
- This exchange highlights ongoing tensions over LGBTQ+ representation and Pride Month, while Offerman’s defense affirms stories about love beyond prejudice.
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Nick Offerman Rips MAGA 'Dumb F**k' Who Edited 'Parks & Rec' Clip To Trash Pride Month
The son of convicted felon and disgraced former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn picked the wrong actor to express how triggered he is by equality and basic human rights for the LGBTQ+ community. Michael Flynn Jr., a right wing MAGA influencer milking his daddy's former proximity to Trump for all he can grift, took to X early Sunday morning—the first day of LGBTQ+ Pride Month—to make sure everyone knows he's a homophobic and transphobic …
Note to Michael Flynn Jr.: Ron Swanson was no homophobe, and neither is Nick Offerman
Don’t ever assume that Nick Offerman is a homophobe — or that Ron Swanson, his character on Parks and Recreation, was.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. Offerman expressed outrage after Michael Flynn Jr., the far-right son of the equally far-right former national security adviser, used a clip of Offerman in character as Swanson in an anti-LGBTQ+ Pride Month post on X.The clip shows S…
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