On January 6th 2026, an over two hour long interview with Rose McGowan was published on the We Need To Talk show on YouTube. Among the many things she spoke about in her interview was her relationship with Marilyn Manson, though only briefly. And in a clip posted on the Instagram page for We Need To Talk, where a clip of her talking about Manson is shown, Rose decided to answer a few questions in the comments section, as you can see below: Rose therefore confirmed that she and Marilyn Manson are still friends. And when the allegations against him were made public in February 2021 and she gave a statement supporting his accusers, she was "confused" and "getting heat to comment and condemn." She said what she said at that time because she was going through a lot at the time and didn't want to deal with "another crisis," therefore she gave into pressure. She goes on to say how she and Manson later "reconnected," and asked to read the court f...
Towards the end of the August 22, 2025 episode of The Tucker Carlson Show, guest and Stained frontman Aaron Lewis talked about his "penpal" friendship with Marilyn Manson, when asked by Tucker who the truly good people in the music industry are.
"I have a lot of acquaintances in the industry. Like there’s people that I have huge love and respect for. Like me and you text all the time, me and Marilyn Manson text all the time. He'd actually surprise you... Brian is one of the most intelligent, profound conversations I have ever had with somebody. I use the word evil lightly, but he's like an evil genius. He is fully aware of every single button he is purposely pushing... Like it's all been calculated... He knows exactly what he's doing. He knows exactly what buttons he's pushing and he's pushing them on purpose. He's amazing... He's like my modern-day pen pal. We never actually talk on the phone. We just text."
"I have a lot of acquaintances in the industry. Like there’s people that I have huge love and respect for. Like me and you text all the time, me and Marilyn Manson text all the time. He'd actually surprise you... Brian is one of the most intelligent, profound conversations I have ever had with somebody. I use the word evil lightly, but he's like an evil genius. He is fully aware of every single button he is purposely pushing... Like it's all been calculated... He knows exactly what he's doing. He knows exactly what buttons he's pushing and he's pushing them on purpose. He's amazing... He's like my modern-day pen pal. We never actually talk on the phone. We just text."
Tucker Carlson also mentioned interviewing Manson years ago:
"I interviewed him in the 90s, Brian, and I thought he was smart. In maybe 1999 at the Chateau Marmont in LA."
To read the Tucker Carlson interview with Marilyn Manson, see here.
"I interviewed him in the 90s, Brian, and I thought he was smart. In maybe 1999 at the Chateau Marmont in LA."
To read the Tucker Carlson interview with Marilyn Manson, see here.
Tucker's full interview with Aaron Lewis can be seen here.