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Self-described right-wing ‘provocateur’ Milo Yiannopoulos has been caught on tape defending paedophile abuse, saying ‘We get hung up on this stuff’.

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Yiannopoulos was banned from Twitter after controversial attacks on Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones – and has been defended by Donald Trump.

Trump Tweeted a threat to withdraw funding from Berkeley after riots erupted when Yiannopoulos spoke at the university.

If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view – NO FEDERAL FUNDS? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2017

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He was also invited to a White House presidential briefing in February, although he failed to attend.


But in a recording which recently surfaced, Yiannopoulos says, ‘We get hung up on this sort of child abuse stuff to the point where we are heavily policing consensual adults …



‘In the homosexual world, particularly, some of those relationships between younger boys and older men – the sort of ‘coming of age’ relationship – those relationships in which those older men help those young boys discover who they are and give them security and safety and provide them with love and a reliable, sort of rock, where they can’t speak to their parents.

The full audio clip can be heard here, courtesy of Uproxx.

The comments have already caused a storm on social media – with commentators and far-right activists distancing themselves from the ‘provocateur’.

My friend, a survivor of sex trafficking: "Milo straight up defended abusing 13 yr old boys…Please don't let that be normalized" — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 20, 2017

Video surfaces of Milo Yiannopoulos defending pedophilia, ACU board reportedly not consulted on CPAC invite https://t.co/D3FH9H6Atu pic.twitter.com/6sICziW1ut — TheBlaze (@theblaze) February 20, 2017

It finally happened. People on left, right, establishment & anti-estab agree on something. Pedophilia is sick & wrong. #MiloGate#PizzaGate — ? Empress Halley ? (@HalleyBorderCol) February 20, 2017