Louis Theroux 'set for huge Netflix deal in blow to the BBC' following his smash hit Inside the Manosphere

Louis Theroux 'set for huge Netflix deal in blow to the BBC' following his smash hit Inside the Manosphere
By: dailymail Posted On: March 23, 2026 View: 45

Louis Theroux is reportedly being lined up for a huge Netflix deal following his smash hit Inside the Manosphere. 

The documentarian, 55, went behind the scenes of a fast-growing cultural movement of extremist influencers targeting young men with misogynistic, homophobic, and racist views in his first show for the platform after decades working for the BBC. 

He met with a series of content creators, with thousands of followers across Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, to discuss their shock views on masculinity, women and society in the feature-length special.

Now the streamer is said to 'clambering' for more shows and look set to offer Louie a contract, in what has been described as a 'blow' to his former employer. 

A source said: 'This is going to make very uncomfortable viewing for the BBC, as they've already had to watch him front his first documentary that wasn't for the corporation.

'Now Netflix will be clamouring for more shows from him, which may even include another visit into the manosphere,  after all, he won't be short of subject matter.

Louis Theroux is reportedly being lined up for a huge Netflix deal following his smash hit show Inside the Manosphere

They told The Sun: 'Although he's likely to be able to pick whatever subjects he wants to explore, and Louis has always had a broad spectrum of interests, from the world of celebrities to serious politics.'

Daily Mail have contacted Netflix for comment.  

In the show Louis met with influencer Amrou, better known as Myron Gaines on platforms including Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, to discuss his shocking views on women and relationships.

The content creator rose to fame online among a young male audience due to his controversial 'Fit and Fresh' podcast, which has hosted Andrew Tate in the past.

The series, which is a two to five hour show focusing on topics including masculinity, relationships, fitness and finance, is streamed online across X, formerly Twitter, and paid-for content site Kick, where young men pay to subscribe. 

During the documentary, Louis sat in on a recording of the 'After Hours' section of the podcast, which sees Amrou spar with local female influencers around a table, and in one shock clip saw him brand a female guest 'fat f***ing b***h'.

Louis also quizzed Amrou on his hopes to have 'multiple wives' - following a 'one-way monogamous' relationship with his now ex-girlfriend, which allowed him to sleep with other women, while she remained faithful.

Now the streamer is said to 'clambering' for more shows and look set to offer Louie a huge new contract, in what has been described as a 'blow' to his former employer BBC

Now, the content creator has branded Louis a 'liar' to his army of fans in another podcast format, titled The Debrief, where Amrou shares his controversial and divisive opinions on recent news stories. 

In the horrifying over seven-hour long stream titled 'Inside the Therouxsphere of lies', which saw him react to a shooting at a synagogue and developments on the Middle East conflict, he hit out against the documentary as 'making him look crazy'. 

Branding Netflix as a 'bunch of woke garbage' and referring to the documentarian as 'Louis the liar', he said of his TV appearance: 'For a very long time I was hesitant.

'I was not really interested in doing it and the reason why was because I saw how they did my boy Andrew Tate. I wasn't really happy about it.

'These companies understand that "normies" are easily shocked and offended, and what they do is, they find polarising people, they get them for interviews, they cut out all the context, all the background, why they think the way that they do and they cut out how they came to their conclusion.

'Their goal is to take a polarising person, put them in a box, make them look crazy, give shock value and sell it off.'

Elsewhere in the controversial episode, Amrou shockingly told his devoted followers that overweight people 'don't deserve' to find love and that 'feminism was behind' all of the 'problems' in the world - met with hundreds of followers in agreement. 

He also used a homophobic and ableist slurs as he hit back at followers with views of disagreement, branded women 'w****s' and 'h**s', and used an anti-semitic caricature image as he spoke about Jews. 

In the Netflix documentary, Amrou was quizzed over his relationship with Angie, his now ex-girlfriend - who it was revealed had split from the Manosphere influencer six months ago. 

Taking to his own social media platforms, Amrou addressed the split saying Angie was keen to 'have a family' - something he was not ready to do. 

He told fans: 'That's what she wants, and she's been waiting around for a minute, so who the f**k am I to tell her, "Nah, keep waiting" or deny her that.'

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