Ronan Farrow just lately defended himself in opposition to an “alt-right influencer” who “tweets memes about Jews ingesting Christian child blood” — a call he made after the influencer accused him of collaborating in a Taylor Swift-orchestrated takedown of Justin Baldoni.
As Farrow instructed Monica Lewinsky Tuesday on her “Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky” podcast, he initially wished to disregard the costs however, “I noticed, no, we live in a time when individuals will exit and assault somebody and, like, gleefully.”
Farrow didn’t establish the influencer in query, solely that she “tweets memes about Jews ingesting Christian child blood and, like, helped to radicalize Kanye West into racism, like into anti-Black sentiment.” She has “an actual following,” one thing Farrow attributed to individuals “on this local weather of not trusting actuality.”
“And he or she uploaded this loopy conspiracy concept fully divorced from details,” Farrow continued. “She really, she began by getting up and saying, ‘Ronan Farrow is essentially the most highly effective journalist on the New York Occasions.’ I don’t even write for the New York Occasions. I’ve no connection to the paper.”
(Farrow works for the New Yorker.)
Watch the entire podcast interview beneath:
“However her premise was mainly that I had been photographed with my boyfriend popping out of drinks with Taylor Swift, and that Taylor Swift was buddies with Blake Full of life, the actress,” he added. “And that Blake Full of life was engaged on this lawsuit with this man Justin Baldoni. After which the New York Occasions — after I had drinks with Taylor Swift — did a narrative, which I had no information of, I had no contact with, didn’t encourage in any approach.”
The lady insisted Farrow “had orchestrated with Taylor Swift the destruction of [Baldoni],” he mentioned. “I’ve by no means achieved any reporting on this man. I’ve nothing to do with this. And for some time, I used to be getting primarily doxxed by this lady, she despatched out her followers and each doable channel of public communication was, you understand, ‘You’re simply dust. You’re nugatory. You destroyed this man.’ Once more, full fiction.”
Farrow initially tried to disregard the state of affairs as a result of it was “so removed from actuality — why interact with it?” However he quickly “realized, ‘No, we live in a time when individuals will exit and assault somebody and, like ,gleefully be like, you understand, this influencer is taking you down,’ with out even Googling what paper I write for.”
Farrow beforehand addressed these rumors in February 2025 after a fan commented on Instagram asking why he was “taking down Justin Baldoni.”
“No–I don’t write for the New York Occasions,” Farrow responded, “and don’t have anything to do with their protection of the case, even informally or behind the scenes. I write for the New Yorker (a very completely different outlet), and if I ever have been to look into this, you’d see my work there. There’s loads of disinformation on the market—please at all times attempt to assume independently and verify what you’re listening to on-line.”
Watch the change between Lewinsky and Farrow within the video above.
