Alex Jones had an extreme reaction to the news that his Infowars media platform may soon be acquired by The Onion.
The satirical news site first attempted to buy the conspiracy-peddling website in November 2024, at an auction meant to raise the $1 billion in damages Jones was ordered to pay families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. The conspiracy theorist spent years falsely claiming the shooting never happened and that the victims were actors.
Although a judge later rejected the sale over concerns of transparency, Ben Collins, chief executive at The Onion’s parent company, said Monday that a deal to take over the site had been reached.
Jones didn’t seem to be taking the news of the acquisition very well, based on a clip the Infowars social media channel posted Monday night on X.
In the clip, a shirtless Jones crashes the show of Infowars host Harrison Smith, who jokes that The Onion “has stolen the shirt off of Alex Jones’ back.”
