Candace Owens facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Candace Owens
Owens in 2024
Born	1989 (age 35–36) White Plains, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Political commentator political activist author
Years active	2017–present
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	George Farmer ​ (m. 2019)​
Children	4
Relatives	Michael Farmer (father-in-law)
YouTube information
Years active	2015–present
Genre	Political criticism
Subscribers	4.29 million
Total views	731 million
Subscriber and view counts updated as of May 29, 2025.

Candace Owens Farmer (born Owens in 1989) is an American political commentator and author. A political commentator is someone who shares their opinions about government and current events. Her political views are known for being conservative.

Owens is known for her support of conservative ideas. At first, she was a critic of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. She is also a known critic of the Black Lives Matter movement. From 2017 to 2019, Owens was the communications director for the conservative group Turning Point USA. In 2021, she began hosting a political talk show called Candace for The Daily Wire.

She left The Daily Wire in March 2024. Her departure came after she made a series of comments that many people, including her co-workers, found offensive.

Early life and education

Candace Owens was born in White Plains, New York, and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. Her parents divorced when she was around 11 or 12, and she was raised by her grandparents. Her grandfather, Robert Owens, was a black American from North Carolina. Her grandmother is from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, giving Owens Caribbean American heritage.

She graduated from Stamford High School. In 2007, when she was a 17-year-old senior, Owens received several racist and threatening voicemail messages from a group of male classmates. Her family sued the Stamford Board of Education in federal court. They argued that the city did not protect her rights. This resulted in a $37,500 settlement in January 2008.

Owens studied journalism at the University of Rhode Island but left during her junior year because of a problem with a student loan. She then worked as an intern for Vogue magazine in New York. Later, she worked for a private equity firm in Manhattan.

Early Career and Changing Views

Anti-Conservative Blog

In 2015, Owens ran a marketing agency called Degree180, which had a blog. In her articles, she criticized conservative Republicans. She also wrote articles that made fun of Donald Trump before he became president.

Shift to Conservatism

In 2016, Owens launched a project called SocialAutopsy.com. The website's goal was to expose online bullies by tracking what they posted. The idea was controversial. Many people worried it would violate people's privacy and lead to more online harassment.

In response to her project, some people posted Owens's private information online. After this experience, she received support from conservative commentators. Owens has said that this event caused her to change her political views. She said, "I became a conservative overnight."

Conservative Activism

By 2017, Owens began making videos for YouTube that supported Donald Trump. She also started to criticize ideas like systemic inequality. In September 2017, she launched a website and YouTube channel called "Red Pill Black" to promote black conservatism in the United States.

In November 2017, Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, hired Owens as the organization's director of urban engagement. She left this role in May 2019.

In 2021, Owens began hosting her own show, Candace, on The Daily Wire platform. Notable guests on her show included Donald Trump and U.S. Representative Jim Jordan. She left The Daily Wire in March 2024.

BLEXIT Foundation

In 2018, Owens launched the BLEXIT Foundation. The name "Blexit" is a mix of the words "black" and "exit." It is similar to the word Brexit, which described the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. The goal of BLEXIT is to encourage Black Americans and other minorities to leave the Democratic Party and register as Republicans.

Rapper Kanye West at first seemed to support the movement. However, he later said he was not the designer of the Blexit merchandise and did not want to be associated with the movement.

Political Views

Owens speaking at the White House in 2019

Owens has said she was not interested in politics before 2015 and used to identify as a liberal. She became a registered Republican in 2018. Many news outlets have described her as a "right-wing" or "ultra-conservative" commentator.

Black Lives Matter

Owens is a strong critic of the Black Lives Matter movement. She has described the protesters as "whiny toddlers." Owens argues that police brutality in the United States is not usually caused by racism. She has also commented on the death of George Floyd, saying that she did not agree with him being treated as a martyr and pointed to his past criminal record.

Women's Rights

Speaking at CPAC Hungary 2022

Owens is a critic of feminism. She supports traditional gender roles, where men and women have different responsibilities in a family.

Donald Trump

Although she criticized him in 2015, Owens later became a strong supporter of Donald Trump. She has called him the "savior" of Western civilization. After the 2020 U.S. presidential election, she promoted Trump's claims that the election was unfair. However, in 2025, Owens said she was disappointed in Trump.

Immigration

Owens supports building a Mexico–United States border wall. She believes that immigrants who enter the United States illegally should be immediately deported. She has also expressed concerns that immigration is changing the culture of Europe.

COVID-19 Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Owens claimed that the number of deaths from the virus was being exaggerated. She also said that she would never get a COVID-19 vaccine. She has promoted unproven information about the vaccines. In 2021, she said the United States should "invade Australia" because of its strict public health rules, but later said she was joking.

Russia and Ukraine

Owens in 2019

After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Owens shared views that were critical of Ukraine and U.S. support for the country. Some of her tweets and comments were shared by the Russian Embassy in the United States. She has stated that she does not want Ukraine to win the war against Russia.

Israel and Palestine

Owens is a critic of the government of Israel. She has spoken out against Israel's actions during the Gaza war. She believes the United States should not have to pay for other countries' wars. Her views on Israel led to disagreements with her Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro, which was one of the reasons she left the company.

Personal life

In 2018, Owens met George Farmer, who is the son of a British lord, Lord Farmer. They were married in August 2019 at the Trump Winery in Virginia.

Owens and Farmer have four children: a son born in 2021, a daughter born in 2022, a son born in 2023, and another son born in May 2025.

In April 2024, Owens announced that she had converted to the Catholic Church.

Filmography

• The Greatest Lie Ever Sold (documentary, 2022)
• A Shot in the Dark (documentary, 2023)
• Convicting a Murderer (documentary, 2023)
• Lady Ballers (2023)
• Surrounded (2025)

See also

In Spanish: Candace Owens para niños