Critics have been saying almost since the beginning that the transgender movement is erasing women — but The New York Times celebrated Father’s Day by proving they’re erasing men too. The article in question, a guest essay titled “To My Daughter, My Gender Was Never Complicated,” was published on Sunday morning — just in time for Father’s Day — and used a comic strip style to explore the trials and travails of a trans-identifying woman’s foray into “fatherhood.” The frames reveal that the author, Zach Ellams, had been identifying as male for years, but had not officially announced to everyone that she was trans — but once she had a daughter, she had to learn to talk about things, in part because her daughter asked questions in public that made it necessary. In one frame, while at a public pool, the daughter drew stares by asking, “How did you grow a mustache if you were a lady?” In another, the daughter announced after school, “I told my friends at school that Mom made you a cake when you got your surgery.” The moral of the story, as the article played out, was that the daughter was ultimately so accepting of her gender that she realized it was adults who made things complicated — and that helped her to “embrace” her male identity. Critics were not impressed by the paper’s editorial choices for Father’s Day, however, and said so. “This is what the @nytimes went with for Fathers Day. A cartoon ‘essay’ by a trans ‘dad,'” XX/XY Athletics founder Jennifer Sey commented. Matt Taibbi added, “Today’s NYT editorial on Father’s Day is an all-timer. Again, don’t know where to put it on the funny-vs-horrifying axis.” Today’s NYT editorial on Father’s Day is an all-timer. Again, don’t know where to put it on the funny-vs-horrifying axis: https://t.co/oCQhSr2nJB pic.twitter.com/Y6jl0unK8c — Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) June 21, 2026 “I want to congratulate @nytimes for perfectly catching how the cultural elite view men and fatherhood this Father’s Day — yes, to the Times, being a dad is something you do to feel better about having your t*ts cut off. Cannot make it up,” Alex Berenson said.

Singer Olivia Rodrigo revealed one disgusting habit some of her fans allegedly participate in. The 23-year-old recording artist discussed the phenomenon during a recent interview with Kiss FM. Hosts Tyler West and Chloe Burrows asked Rodrigo about the worst place she’s had to use the restroom, and the pop singer responded by talking about all the times she’s suspected that concertgoers were wearing adult diapers so they could get and keep the best spots at her shows. “I can’t think of anything for myself,” Rodrigo said. “But I have been to certain concerts and certain festivals where people wear diapers so that they can be front row of the show, and that’s been an experience as a performer that I have … smelled.” “That is insane behavior!” Burrows said with a gasp. “I cannot believe that.” She said it’s not that surprising as it’s a known trend among New Year’s Eve revelers in New York City. “It’s also like in the ball drop in New York for New Year’s Eve,” Olivia continued. “Everyone is wearing diapers, they sit there all day.” “You’re pranking us,” West said in response. Rodrigo insisted that it’s true, though. “No, that’s a thing. I think about it kind of often.” The reactions online were ones of disgust. One viral response on X, which has close to 2 million views, says, “stop wearing diapers to concerts u weirdos yall making my girl smell ur piss on stage omg.” Another person agreed, writing, “this is insane if she could smell someone’s piss from all the way on stage just imagine what the people standing around that person were dealing with… no amount of being in the front row is worth humiliating yourself like this please BRING BACK SHAME!” This isn’t the first time there have been rumors of adult diapers being worn at concerts. Legend has it that Taylor Swift fans do the same thing so they don’t miss a single note of her songs while waiting in line to use the facilities. 

Vice President JD Vance indicated that the United States was prepared to build a whole new relationship with Iran — if the nation’s new leadership was truly ready to give up its nuclear dream. Vance made the remarks in Switzerland, where the first round of talks with Iran began under a 60-day memorandum of understanding meant to lay the groundwork for a broader peace deal. “What the president has asked us to do is turn over a new leaf to transform our relationship with the people of Iran, and to extend an outstretched hand that says to the people of Iran that if your leadership is willing to give up being a driver of regional instability,” Vance said, according to the New York Post. “If they are willing to give up nuclear weapons ambitions for the long term, then the United States is willing to fundamentally transform our relationship with that country,” he added. “That is certainly our goal.” The vice president’s remarks framed the talks as a possible turning point in U.S.-Iran relations, but also made clear that any improvement would depend on Iran’s willingness to change course. “The opening of the Strait of Hormuz, the ending of the Iranian nuclear program, all of these things have already been accomplished,” Vance said. “The question before us now is, how much more can we accomplish together?” “Can we turn over a new leaf? Can we change relations in the Middle East permanently? Or do we go back to doing things the old way, which is not our preference,” he added. Vance’s public offer came as President Donald Trump struck a much harder tone toward Tehran, warning Iran to stop its proxies in Lebanon from escalating the conflict. “Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble,” Trump wrote Sunday on Truth Social.  “If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!” Vance’s remarks came as Trump separately warned Iran over Hezbollah, placing the diplomatic talks alongside the administration’s public threats of further action if Tehran’s proxies continue causing trouble in Lebanon. The Switzerland talks had been delayed because of clashes between Israel and Hezbollah, according to the New York Post. The MOU laid out a template for peace between the United States and Iran while giving both sides 60 days to work toward a more detailed agreement. Trump has also warned Iran against closing the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that remains central to the talks and to global energy security. “You close it, and you won’t have a country,” Trump said, according to Fox. “You won’t even make it back to your f*cing country.” The president also criticized Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian after he said Iran would not give up its right to enrichment and that the United States would be “forced to accept it.” “He better watch his mouth. He better shape up, or we’ll take over the rest of the country,” Trump said, according to the Post. The talks are moving forward as Vance conveys a possible shift in U.S.-Iran relations, while Trump continues to warn Tehran over Hezbollah and the Strait of Hormuz.

Podcast host Joe Rogan revealed the fear he voiced to President Donald Trump ahead of the UFC Freedom 250 fight night at the White House — and what the president said to him in return. Rogan, speaking with UFC fighter Justin Gaethje and MMA trainer Trevor Wittman, discussed his concerns ahead of fight night about how vulnerable they could be to an attack — particularly because Trump had been targeted so many times in the past. WATCH: HILARIOUS: Justin Gaethje: “I was like, f*ck it. If I get taken out in the middle of the case, how f*cking legendary would that be?” Joe Rogan: “I said to Trump, ‘I hope we don’t die in a terrorist attack.’ He goes, ‘We gotta go somehow.’ I go, ‘What the f*ck, dude?’” pic.twitter.com/6y32fDS1mL — RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) June 20, 2026 “I was honestly really nervous, Joe,” Wittman said. “I was like, dude, there’s like — just being around everybody and something could happen — the drones, that kid that you know they stopped, like … Again, I wasn’t knowing what to expect and then ’til after the fight because again, we couldn’t take it in, it was a beautiful thing, and Justin —” “I was like, f*ck it, if I get taken out in the middle of the cage, how f*cking legendary’d that be?” Gaethje chimed in. Rogan said then that he’d actually brought concerns to President Trump before the event, saying, “I said to Trump, ‘I hope we don’t die in a terrorist attack.’ He goes, ‘We gotta go somehow.’ I go, ‘What the f*ck, dude?’” Gaethje said he was right there with Trump, adding, “Everyone will remember it for the rest of eternity!” “I’ll pass,” Wittman interjected as Gaethje declared, “Sign me up!” “It’s better the way it went,” Rogan replied. “The way it went was way better, it was a way better outcome.”

Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) delivered a Bible-based — and very personal — Father’s Day message specifically aimed at children who were growing up without fathers. Scott joined CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Sunday morning’s broadcast of “State of the Union,” where he talked about the fact that he’d grown up from the age of seven without his own father present — and then, when he married, he’d become a stepfather to his new wife’s adult children. He spoke about advice from a pastor, who’d reminded him that he had to “earn the right to influence” the lives of the adult children in his newly-blended family — and he said that advice had so far served him well. But then Tapper asked what advice he had for fathers — or for those who might be living without a father. WATCH: Senator Tim Scott’s powerful Father’s Day message: “If you are without a father, do not think that his absence somehow makes you less qualified to do anything. You are fearfully and wonderfully made… Do not let your dad’s absence be an excuse for doing something that you will… pic.twitter.com/QUZErFshMg — State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) June 21, 2026 “On this Father’s Day, what’s your message to all the people out there, either the dads or the people who don’t have dads?” Tapper asked. “If you are without a father, do not think that his absence somehow makes you less qualified to do anything. You are fearfully and wonderfully made,” Scott said, quoting Psalm 139:14. “But it is your responsibility at a certain age to take responsibility of your life and to make the most out of it.” “Do not let your dad’s absence be an excuse for doing something that you will later regret,” he added. Scott told Tapper that even though his own father had left when he was young, he’d always felt motivated to go out and make him proud. Senator Tim Scott’s dad left when he was 7 years old, but he still saw him through rose-colored glasses: “I don’t know very many kids who don’t want to make their dads proud.” pic.twitter.com/t1eGwVO028 — State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) June 21, 2026 “I don’t know very many kids who don’t want to make their dads proud,” he said.