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The former girlfriend of Myron Gaines has claimed she “never wanted” to appear alongside the controversial podcaster in the new Netflix documentary, Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere.
The documentary follows British journalist Louis Theroux as he investigates a loosely connected, global network of online influencers, podcasters, and content creators who promote “red pill” ideology, ultra-masculine values, and, at times, a hateful worldview towards women.
Theroux says people in the manosphere have “swaggering machismo that is at turns homophobic, antisemitic, and racist.”
In the film, Gaines, who hosts the Fresh and Fit podcast, talked about having multiple wives in the future, with his then-girlfriend, influencer Angelica Camacho, looking unimpressed. It was revealed later in the documentary that the pair had broken up.
Camacho is now speaking out about the documentary, which came out March 11. In a recent TikTok video, she claimed she had asked not to be included in the Netflix project.
Influencer Angelica Camacho says she was ‘stupid enough’ to not read contract she signed before appearing in Netflix documentary (@angiestikitoki / TikTok)
Podcast Myron Gaines spoke about having multiple wives in the future in ‘Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere’ (Courtesy of Netflix)
“First of all, I never wanted to be part of any documentary whatsoever. I was never told or asked to be in a documentary until the moment of,” she said. “I was stupid enough to not read a contract before signing it, and that’s how I ended up in that documentary.”
“I did beg the producers on email thousands of times to take me out of the documentary, but that didn’t happen. And here we are. It is what it is. Never wanted to be part of it.”
She said that after going “through therapy” and hearing a “zillion pep talks,” since her split from Gaines, she “couldn’t be more grateful” for her life now.
“I am so blessed, and I am so thankful to say that I am in a new relationship, where I don’t have to worry about any of this,” the influencer continued. “I met this amazing man who cares for me, makes me feel so special, makes me so happy. And I couldn’t be more grateful for him. I can finally say that I see a future with somebody.”
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In Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, Theroux asked Camacho how she felt about Gaines wanting“one-way monogamy,” where the podcaster was allowed to pursue other people, but she was not. At the time, she argued that Gaines would only be with the women he slept with for “one night,” which is not the way that he views her.
However, Camacho looked uncomfortable when Gaines said she “understood” the fact that he wanted multiple wives in the future.
“Uh, I don’t know,” she told Theroux about the topic. “I think I’ll see when it happens. I don’t know how that will work.”
Theroux noted that Camacho had already invested two years in the relationship, adding that the pair’s differing expectations around marriage were bound to collide. Gaines insisted he would deal with it when the time came — a stance Theroux described as “so avoidant.”
In his two-star review, The Independent’s Adam White said the documentary highlights the “social ill bred on YouTube, live streams and dodgy apps, where men instruct other men how to be better.
“Better, in this case, meaning becoming a dead-eyed misogynist with degenerative opinions about gender, money and sex, a fleet of supercars, and ideally two or three women on retainer to humiliate and subjugate when the impulse strikes.”
Later in the review, White writes: “Inside the Manosphere may have set out to expose this particular sub-culture as one full of beasts and charlatans, all of whom are exploiting a lost generation of men with little in the way of material hope. But didn’t we know that already? Ultimately this is an expensive Netflix documentary that’s provided maximum exposure to individuals who consider any kind of attention a win.”