Milo Yiannopoulos’ book repeatedly slammed by editor’s brutal comments

BRUTAL comments left by Milo Yiannopoulos’ ex-editor describing his autobiography as “phenomenally petty” emerge as part of a court battle.

Court documents have revealed the scathing notes left by editor Mitchell Ivers on Milo Yiannopoulos’s autobiography. Picture: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

RUTHLESS notes left by the former editor of Milo Yiannopoulos’ autobiography Dangerous have been brought to light following a legal battle between the publisher and alt-right wing commenter.

Mr Yiannopoulos was set to have his autobiography hit the shelves after securing a book deal with Simon & Schuster, which he reportedly landed for an advance of $326,500.

But those plans all fell apart after footage surfaced that showed him appearing to condone paedophilia, by implying that young boys “discover who they are” through sexual relationships with older men.

Following this, Simon & Schuster cancelled the deal in February and then in July Mr Yiannopoulos set out to sue the publisher for $10 million for a breach of contract.

Following the cancellation of his deal Mr Yiannopoulos self-published the book but reportedly sold just 200,000 copies. Picture: Gary Ramage

As part of the on going legal battle between the two parties, the New York State court was presented with a fully copy of Dangerous, complete with editor Mitchell Ivers’ brutal comments added in the margins.

Throughout the manuscript Mr Ivers describes Mr Yiannopulos’ work as “phenomenally petty”, “self-serving”, “lazy” and “egotistical boasting”.

The notes start out with constructive comments, repeatedly asking for citations on wild claims and the removal of “irrelevant and superfluous ethnic jokes” but the editor’s frustration soon becomes clear as the comments are eventually reduced to “unclear, unfunny, delete”, “dumb joke” and “DELETE UGH”.

The manuscript is filled with editors comments and the majority of them are pretty brutal.

Mr Ivers certainly didn’t hold back when adding his notes.

Mr Ivers’ even deleted a whole chapter of the book titled “Why Ugly People Hate Me”.

The manuscript is 264 pages long, with the majority of pages including comments from Mr Ivers and, as much as we would like to share every single one, it is just not possible. So here is a list of some of the most scathing additions.

• This section is confusing. Did you translate it from the German yourself?

• I understand that your hair-care regimen is important to you (and it’s obviously quite complex) but devoting six pages to it seems excessive...

• This only makes sense if you assume that none of your readers are women.

• Have to check with our lawyers on this one, but I’m pretty sure that doing that to a cat (or any pet) is illegal.

• I don’t understand the point of including the full lyrics to the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” theme song here — explain?

• FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DELETE!!!

• You can’t say ugly people are drawn to the left. Have you seen people at a Trump rally?

• Don’t start chapter with accusation that feminists = fat.

• Paris Hilton is NOT the best authority to quote here.

• No need to drag the lesbians into this! And DON’T use lesbian as a slur!

• The way you casually bring up the KKK makes no sense.

• This is a stupid way to end a terrible chapter.

Since Mr Ivers’ comments on the book were made public, Mr Yiannopoulos has fired back in a Facebook post, claiming that edits are vastly different to the positive feedback he was receiving via text messages.

“‘Don’t quote me but you done good’ is what Simon & Schuster told me about my manuscript just days before dumping my book in February in breach of contract,” he wrote.

“Ivers said one thing in manuscript edits, but quite another when he was giggling and flirting with me via text. I can’t explain to readers why his texts and manuscript edits are so different. But the public will read between the lines.”

If you are looking for a bit of Saturday afternoon reading, the full manuscript with all of Mr Ivers’ notes can be found here.

Originally published as Milo Yiannopoulos’ book repeatedly slammed by editor’s brutal comments