The Manosfear

Louis Theroux on worries for his kids as TV doc examines male influencer culture that's 'no longer on margins'

- BY MARK JEFFERIES Showbiz Editor

As a concerned father-of-three, Louis Theroux has admitted he doesn't know what his own kids are looking at online half the time.

So this might explain why he has got involved with male content creators who boast millions of followers and are part of what is dubbed "the Manosphere" for his new documentary.

Louis says: "These aren't figures on the margins - anyone who's got kids, and especially boys, will know that they are making inroads into the culture. Their influence is being felt in schools, in the workplace and all across the internet.

"I've always been interested in the taboo and people who believe things which run against the grain of values I've grown up with.

"Those in the manosphere embody a swaggering machismo. There's a whole bunch of red flags which I find interesting."

TV host Louis, 55, starts the Netflix documentary by saying he noticed a few years ago parts of the internet were being taken over by a collection of male influencers who claim to give young men "cheat codes to win at life".