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Cathy Newman brings the house down on Jordan Peterson’s UK tour

Watch out, people. Jordan Peterson is back in Britain – this time on his 12 Rules for Life speaking tour. Given the controversy he stirred up last time, it’s almost a marvel the Home Office let him back into the country. His first stop was a packed Hammersmith Apollo last night, where security was high and fans greeted the Canadian psychologist’s appearance like the second coming.

One of Mr S’s spies went along to see what the fuss was all about and says one of the biggest laughs of the night went to Dave Rubin:

The libertarian YouTube star introduced Peterson on stage, and poked a little fun at Cathy Newman for her infamous Channel 4 interview with Jordan Peterson.

I should tell you guys, though, that I was actually not Jordan’s first choice to open for him on the tour. Obviously, that was Cathy Newman… he actually emailed her a couple of weeks ago when they were setting this whole thing up.

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