Things just keep getting worse for Milo Yiannopoulos after videos came out showing him seemingly defending pedophilia because of his own abuse as a young man.
He confirmed on Facebook that his book deal with Simon & Schuster has been cancelled:
Milo Yiannopoulos confirms on his Facebook page that his book deal has been canceled pic.twitter.com/M1GGtgDJYk
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 20, 2017
There had been a lot of protests when Simon & Schuster announced the deal, but apparently the CPAC brouhaha was too much for the book publishers:
Simon & Schuster’s Adam Rothberg announced that the company and its Threshold Editions division would be canceling its publication of Yiannopoulos’ book, “Dangerous.” It was due for release on June 13.
Statement: After careful consideration @simonschuster and its @threshold_books have cancelled publication of Dangerous by Milo Yiannopoulos
— (((Adam Rothberg))) (@AdamRothberg) February 20, 2017
But although this all came out after he was scheduled to talk at CPAC, don’t think they cancelled him because they dislike pedophilia. Matt Schlapp, the head guy over there, defended Milo for about 24 hours before the public furor overwhelmed him.