{"id":2379126,"date":"2024-12-11T23:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T04:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ceo-murder-suspect-garners-hot-assassin-fandom-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T23:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T04:18:46","slug":"ceo-murder-suspect-garners-hot-assassin-fandom-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ceo-murder-suspect-garners-hot-assassin-fandom-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO murder suspect garners \u2018hot assassin\u2019 fandom &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fceo-murder-suspect-garners-hot-assassin-fandom-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2379126&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the sensational media coverage surrounding Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old suspect in \u200bthe murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.Mangione has garnered unexpected attention on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> adn in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/princess-bride-star-tells-cruz-he-has-contempt-for-him-cruz-fires-back-photo-that-star-signed-to-him\/\" title=\"\u2018Princess Bride\u2019 Star Tells Cruz He Has \u2018Contempt\u2019 For Him. Cruz Fires Back Photo That Star Signed To Him.\">late-night television<\/a>, being dubbed \u2064a &#8220;hot assassin&#8221; and\u2063 a &#8220;smouldering Italian american&#8221; sex symbol.\u200b ABC&#8217;s Jimmy Kimmel humorously addressed the infatuation wiht Mangione during his\u200d show, \u2063noting that many on his staff found the accused \u2064murderer attractive. He\u200b recounted messages from staff expressing their crushes and fantasies about visiting him in prison. CNN anchor \u2064Kasie Hunt also remarked on Mangione&#8217;s appeal when showing a\u200b shirtless image of him, suggesting that the control room \u2064emphasize his physique during a\u200b news segment. The article highlights the mix of crime and celebrity culture, showcasing \u200bhow public fascination can sometimes overshadow the \u200cseriousness \u2062of a criminal case.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">CEO murder suspect garners &lsquo;hot assassin&rsquo; fandom<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1909066\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused in the slaying of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unitedhealth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"UnitedHealthcare\">UnitedHealthcare<\/a> CEO Brian Thompson, has captivated the attention of social media, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-gutfeld-bypasses-colbert-in-late-night-show-viewers-key-age-demographics\/\" title=\"Fox News\u2019 \u2018Gutfeld!\u2019 Bypasses Colbert In Late Night Show Viewers, Key Age Demographics\">late-night shows<\/a>, and online commentators as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-14178675\/women-captivated-hot-assassin-Clara-Gaspar.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490&amp;ito=social-twitter_mailonline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title='\"smouldering Italian American\"'>&ldquo;smouldering Italian American&rdquo;<\/a> sex symbol.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>ABC late-night host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jimmy Kimmel\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> shared in a monologue Tuesday night that his staff had a crush on the &ldquo;hot&rdquo; suspected murderer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So many women and so many men are going nuts over how good looking this killer is. There&rsquo;s a huge wave of horny washing over us right now,&rdquo; Kimmel <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1866826845729198322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> as he began his monologue.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kimmel describes how his producers are in love with the UnitedHealth murderer: &ldquo;I would visit him in prison! And bake him cookies, maybe. Perhaps more &hellip;&ldquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m about to be a jailhouse bride&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lCW2jgDHp0\">pic.twitter.com\/lCW2jgDHp0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1866826845729198322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;Please tell me you&rsquo;re as obsessed as I am with this handsome CEO killer,&#8217;&rdquo; Kimmel said as he read a text from a staffer.<\/p>\n<p>He added another text message: &ldquo;The recipient replied, &lsquo;Yes!! So many questions,&rsquo; to which the sender said, &ldquo;Like, &lsquo;Can I fix you?&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;I need him so bad. No like so bad, so so bad.&rsquo;&rdquo; the ABC host said, sharing another staff member text and then the text reply, &ldquo;The other anonymous texter replied, &lsquo;OK, so I would visit him in prison, and bake him cookies maybe. Perhaps more but I haven&rsquo;t thought that far ahead.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CNN\">CNN<\/a> anchor Kasie Hunt was covering the latest news on the CEO murder suspect and when the photo of a shirtless and chiseled Mangione appeared on the screen, she encouraged the control room to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealSaavedra\/status\/1866582624174510395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"drop the show banner\">drop the show banner<\/a> so they could see all of him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN&#8217;s Kasie Hunt asks the control room to &#8220;drop the banner&#8221; so viewers can check out the shirtless body of Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kxsfFXTsKC\">pic.twitter.com\/kxsfFXTsKC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealSaavedra\/status\/1866582624174510395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The man accused of killing UnitedHealthCare&rsquo;s CEO going viral. Images of Luigi Mangione seem to captivate the attention of online masses,&rdquo; Hunt said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is deeply troubling that we are celebrating this person who&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">committed cold-blooded murder<\/a> because, you know, he clearly went to the gym,&rdquo; CNN contributor Kate Bedingfield said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know, we got to drop the banner to show why,&rdquo; Hunt gawked which then led to the control room dropping the CNN banner that covered Mangione&rsquo;s shirtless six-pack abs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Daily Mail<\/em> columnist Clara Gaspar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-14178675\/women-captivated-hot-assassin-Clara-Gaspar.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490&amp;ito=social-twitter_mailonline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"gushed\">gushed<\/a> that &ldquo;many women (including me) are captivated by the &lsquo;hot assassin.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unbelievable. Would women drooling over this deranged murderer feel so &lsquo;captivated by the hot assassin&rsquo; if he&rsquo;d executed a female executive?&rdquo; television personality Piers Morgan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/piersmorgan\/status\/1866747114455437623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> on X reacting to the <em>Daily Mail <\/em>columnist.<\/p>\n<p>During an episode of<em> &ldquo;The Bulwark&rdquo; <\/em>podcast, Tim Miller discussed the &ldquo;over the top&rdquo; reactions to the attractive assassin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tim Miller of The Bulwark talking about how &ldquo;the gay group chat&rdquo; was blowing up because of the assassin and how the Boston Bomber is more his type. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4w4JfrFsyg\">pic.twitter.com\/4w4JfrFsyg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Champagne Joshi (@JoshWalkos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshWalkos\/status\/1866330547129336181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a lot to unpack here, including his six-pack, would be among the things you need to unpack,&rdquo; Miller said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a very attractive man, and there are a lot of texts about that &hellip; He&rsquo;s blowing up on the gay group chats. The gay group chats are on fire right now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve received several texts from people trying to get me to admit that I am attracted to the shooter. I have to just say, not exactly my type,&rdquo; Miller added. &ldquo;I mean, objectively handsome. Not exactly my type, yeah. In that category, the Boston Marathon bomber was a little bit more my wheelhouse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Ivy League tech graduate from a wealthy Maryland family was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3254611\/police-arrest-luigi-mangione-person-of-interest-unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing\/\" title=\"\">detained in Pennsylvania<\/a>. Police say he was found with a ghost gun, bullets, fake IDs, cash and a handwritten &ldquo;manifesto&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1909066\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1909066\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione, 26, becomes a &#8216;hot assassin&#8217; icon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2379127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Luigi-Mangione.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3850,15834,46626,32847,32076],"class_list":["post-2379126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ceo","tag-fandom","tag-hot-assassin","tag-murder-suspect","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Luigi-Mangione.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2379126"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379130,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379126\/revisions\/2379130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2379127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2379126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2379126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2379126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}