This Past Weekend: Candace Owens on Truth, Cancel Culture, and Power

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When power, fame, and truth start colliding, the result can feel surreal. In this episode of This Past Weekend, Theo Von sits down with Candace Owens, who's pregnant with her fifth child. What stood out to you about this conversation? The range is remarkable. They move from family life to Hollywood, cancel culture, politics, and conspiratorial questions about who really controls the story.

Theo opens by calling Candace a friend and joking that her appearance is a kind of lucky ritual before birth. Right, and Candace laughs that she's been in a "permanent state of pregnancy" and says people should respect it more. She even jokes that she's basically a "queen ant" and the internet is so mean that she might as well pretend to be miserable for sympathy. That self-awareness is interesting. They also talk about strange rumors that follow public figures online, including a theory that she's "building a data center in her womb." Candace finds that funny, but makes a serious point that children should be protected from the spotlight because nobody really knows the long-term effects of raising kids as part of a public brand. That transitions naturally into Hollywood. Candace expresses sympathy for Britney Spears and argues that conservatorships and forced medication can leave permanent damage. She says the entertainment world operates like a "mafia" that targets artists such as Michael Jackson, Kanye West, and Justin Bieber.

Using harassment, accusations, and pressure to seize publishing rights and intellectual property. Which leads them into cancel culture and banking power. Candace says, "Cancel culture is essentially trying to develop a social credit score." The idea being that people can be blocked from work, money, and public life if they step out of line. And Theo agrees it feels like a system pushing everyone to conform. But they also talk about family as a counterweight. Candace says having children grounds people in something real, while Theo reflects on how modern life is filled with chaos and headlines. They joke about trading basil and vegetables like neighbors in a smaller economy.

The conversation gets darker when it turns to politics, Epstein, and global corruption. Candace says the Epstein files point to trafficking, blackmail, and elites who aren't there by merit. She also criticizes lawfare and argues that people in power hide information only when they're protecting themselves. A major section focuses on France, Brigitte Macron, and the journalist Xavier Poussard. Candace says the legal attacks around those stories are designed to bankrupt people for asking questions. She claims mainstream labels like 'debunked' often just repeat the official narrative, not the full record. The discussion then shifts to Charlie Kirk and the Utah Valley University review. Candace says the independent report contradicts earlier claims about who was responsible for event security, and she argues that people have been lying about key facts.

Toward the end, Candace talks about pregnancy advice, castor oil, strange dreams, and whether this may be her last baby. She sounds grateful, reflective, and amused by the chaos around her. Through all of it, the episode lands on one core idea:

the public story is often not the full story, and the search for truth is messy, personal, and unfinished.