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In the social media storm that followed the emergence of these comments, Yiannopoulos resigned from Breitbart News and lost a book deal. When confronted by the podcast host about the fact that it sounded like he was defending child molestation, the far-right commentator replied: "And you know what, I'm grateful for Father Michael, I wouldn't give nearly such good head if it wasn't for him." Jessica McGowan Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The far-right commentator made controversial comments about pedophilia during a podcast appearance that resurfaced in 2017. Marjorie Taylor Greene's office in Georgia. Milo Yiannopoulos (R) has been hired as an unpaid intern in Rep. In the video, Yiannopoulos claimed it wasn't pedophilia as some 13 years olds are "sexually mature," saying "we get hung up on this child abuse stuff." "They can be hugely positive experiences." "I think particularly in the gay world, and outside the Catholic Church-if that's where some of you want to go with this-I think in the gay world some of the most important, enriching and incredibly life-affirming, important shaping relationships very often between younger boys and older men," Yiannopoulos said on the podcast. And now, many have picked up on the hypocrisy of the Georgia Republican adding him to her team. Yiannopoulos, a British far-right commentator and former Breitbart News editor fell from grace in 2017 after comments he made calling sex between older men and 13-year-old boys "life-affirming" resurfaced online. Despite Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene accusing colleagues of supporting pedophiles or "groomers," the Georgia Republican hired Milo Yiannopoulos, the right-wing agitator accused of condoning pedophilia, as an unpaid intern for her office.