Jack Schlossberg Reveals Reason Behind Controversial Posts _ E! News

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00:00but they can't all be serious and boring."

00:01Jack Schlossberg is doubling down on his recent controversial presence online.

00:06Before deleting his social media accounts, Schlossberg, who is the grandson of John F.

00:10Kennedy, sparked controversy when asking if his grandma, Jackie Kennedy Onassis,

00:15was hotter than second lady Usha Vance.

00:18And on the first episode of MSNBC's new original podcast,

00:21The Blueprint with Jen Psaki, Jack said his intention is to get people talking.

00:26The internet is a place where it's difficult to break through,

00:31and it's difficult to break through especially if you're not saying something that's

00:35controversial or at least somehow unexpected.

00:39And I think that I see that Democrats play that game not as well as we could."

00:44The activist doubled down on his internet trolling,

00:46saying lying about being Justin Baldoni's lawyer was a way to briefly shift the narrative to

00:51politics by throwing his name into the pop culture conversation.

00:55And so I think that it's very important to switch it up and to take risks

00:59because I think that's not only entertaining for me and myself as I laugh and post it on my phone,

01:05but also a good way to signal to people that you're willing to either fight for

01:10them or speak your own mind if you're willing to say something that other people might not get.

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