Candace Owen’s Podcast Claims Mormon Mafia Controls Hollywood

Podcaster Candace Owen aired a July 22 episode in which she alleged a covert "Mormon Mafia" influences the entertainment industry. She linked Mormon groups to Howard Hughes’s inner circle and asserted they now dominate Hollywood, music and publishing rights. Owen cited a conversation with Courtney Love, saying, “everyone talks about Zionists, but you have to understand the relationship between the Zionists and the Mormons controlling everything in Hollywood and music and publishing rights.”

The episode, which attracted over one million views in its first two days, drew criticism for lacking evidence and promoting dangerous, baseless conspiracy narratives. Commentators described the segment as demagoguery that manipulates fear and grievance rather than presenting verifiable facts.