{
  "id": 6328553,
  "title": "Nick Offerman Slams Ben Shapiro’s ‘Rampant Homophobia’ After Being Attacked for Playing a Gay Role: ‘Holy S—. That’s Crazy’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/nick-offerman-slams-ben-shapiros-rampant-homophobia-after-being",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-08T20:36:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/nick-offerman-slams-ben-shapiro-homophobia-1236854766/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nick Offerman recently appeared on the “Talk Easy With Sam Fragoso” podcast and blasted Ben Shapiro’s “rampant homophobia” after seeing a video for the first time of the Daily Wire co-founder and political commenter’s attacking Offerman’s gay role in HBO’s “The Last of Us.” “The entire episode has no zombies, no real threat, and it […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Nick Offerman Calls Out Ben Shapiro for ‘Rampant Homophobia’ in His ‘Last of Us’ Criticisms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/nick-offerman-calls-out-ben-shapiro-for-rampant-homophobia-in-his",
        "published": "2026-09-07T20:51:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Nick Offerman Calls Out Ben Shapiro’s “Rampant Homophobia” After His ‘The Last of Us’ Gay Role Criticism",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/nick-offerman-calls-out-ben-shapiros-rampant-homophobia-after-his-the",
        "published": "2026-09-09T00:22:31.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}