Harry Styles’ fans lash out at political commentator after vicious tweet

US commentator Candace Brown has infuriated Harry Styles fans with a series of tweets slamming the star’s Vogue cover.

US conservative commentator Candace Owens is refusing to apologise to pop star Harry Styles after landing in some internet heat on Monday.

The commentator and author criticised the 26-year-old Cherry singer’s new American Vogue cover, in which he wears a ball gown and custom Gucci jacket.

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“There is no society that can survive without strong men,” Owens, 31, wrote on Twitter in response to the photos of Styles, who became Vogue’s first solo male cover star with the shoot.

“The East knows this. In the West, the steady feminisation of our men at the same time that Marxism is being taught to our children is not a coincidence. It is an outright attack. Bring back manly men.”

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There is no society that can survive without strong men. The East knows this. In the west, the steady feminization of our men at the same time that Marxism is being taught to our children is not a coincidence.
It is an outright attack.

Bring back manly men. https://t.co/sY4IJF7VkK

— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) November 14, 2020

The tweet has racked up more than 100,000 likes. Its most-liked response, from actress and filmmaker Olivia Wilde, has over 110,000 likes, and reads: “You’re pathetic.”

But Owens, who previously served as the communications director for the right-leaning Turning Point USA and is a relatively recent supporter of President Donald Trump, said she refuses to take back her words.

‘Bring back manly men’, Candace Owens tweeted on Monday. Picture: AFP.

“Since I’m trending I’d like to clarify what I meant when I said ‘bring back manly men.’ I meant: Bring back manly men. Terms like ‘toxic masculinity’ were created by toxic females. Real women don’t do fake feminism. Sorry I’m not sorry.”

Since I’m trending I’d like to clarify what I meant when I said “bring back manly men”.

I meant: Bring back manly men.

Terms like “toxic masculinity”, were created by toxic females.

Real women don’t do fake feminism.

Sorry I’m not sorry.

— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) November 16, 2020

In the Vogue profile, Styles, who has never come out as LGBTQ, talks openly about his love for traditionally female clothing.

“I’ll go in shops sometimes, and I just find myself looking at the women’s clothes thinking they’re amazing,” he told the magazine, further declaring that “you can never be overdressed. There’s no such thing.”

"There’s so much joy to be had in playing with clothes. I’ve never thought too much about what it means—it just becomes this extended part of creating something.": Read our full December cover story starring @Harry_Styles here: https://t.co/yILujUQQae pic.twitter.com/qwpGKBSQey

— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) November 13, 2020

The singer and actor is set to appear in Olivia Wilde-directed film Don’t Worry Darling, alsostarring Chris Pine and Florence Pugh, but the project was recently shut down due after a production member tested positive for coronavirus.

Styles will appear in thriller ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ alongside ‘Little Women’ star Florence Pugh. Picture: Getty Images.

Harry, who apparently landed the role after actor Shia LaBeouf pulled out, will play Florence Pugh’s “picture-perfect husband (Jack), who loves her dearly, but is hiding a dark secret from her”.

Deadline described the film as a “psychological thriller set in an isolated, utopian community in the 1950s California desert”.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission