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Ex-Goop Contributor Kelly Brogan Brings Her COVID Denialism to Alt-Right Haven Telegram

‘COOL KIDS’

After finding support from both Goop and psychiatry skeptics, Kelly Brogan has gone full conspiracy theorist, taking to “censorship-free” Telegram to spew COVID denialism.

Patricia Kelly Yeo

Breaking News/Cheat Sheet Intern

Updated Dec. 02, 2020 5:08AM ET / Published Dec. 02, 2020 4:59AM ET 
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Goop-affiliated holistic psychiatrist Kelly Brogan may have once had the public’s respect for her New York Times-bestselling book A Mind of Your Own. But after a full-blown COVID truther spiral in March, the once-credible doctor has been forced to fringe social media and messaging apps that have attracted the far right.

“The cool kids are heading to Telegram [nerd face emoji], currently the most secure and censorship-free communication app,” Brogan said via Instagram late last month, referring to the app that’s been popular among extreme right-wingers, including Laura Loomer and Milo Yiannopoulos.

The doctor, who gained professional respect for helping patients taper off psychiatric drugs and public renown as a holistic psychiatrist, has now completely doubled down on COVID denialism and rejection of the Western medical model, moving beyond even Goop-level fringe anti-vaxxer as America enters the third quarter in the pandemic.

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