{"id":84976,"date":"2025-12-07T11:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T11:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/84976\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T11:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T11:38:17","slug":"california-gov-gavin-newsom-grosses-out-internet-with-bizarre-ai-reaction-to-new-york-post-ball-busting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/84976\/","title":{"rendered":"California Gov. Gavin Newsom grosses out internet with bizarre AI reaction to New York Post ball-busting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nuts to that.<\/p>\n<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom was roasted online for his bizarre AI-created reaction to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/04\/us-news\/gavin-newsoms-odd-testicle-crushing-sitting-pose-has-internet-going-nuts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">being called out by The Post<\/a>\u00a0for sitting in a testicle-crushing pose during an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom\u2019s press office\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovPressOffice\/status\/1997120402569810317?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">took to X<\/a>\u00a0Friday to try and deflect from the many masculinity-mocking pol-watchers with a doctored image of the governor in an even more compromising yoga-style pose on stage at The New York Times Dealbook Summit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocracy requires flexibility,\u201d the tone-deaf Governor Newsom Press Office wrote in a caption to the post.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.70214844;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37861153\" width=\"414\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/newsom.jpg\" alt=\"Gavin Newsom sits in a chair with his feet up, knees bent, and hands pressed together in a prayer-like gesture, with a blue background.\" class=\"wp-image-37861153\"  \/>California Gov. Gavin Newsom was roasted online for his bizarre AI-created reaction to\u00a0being called out by The Post. GovPressOffice\/Twitter<\/p>\n<p>The strange attempt at humor fell flat with X-users who were aghast at the extra eyeful of Gavin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2026Posted this?\u201d Mark Mitchell from <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/honestpollster\/status\/1997231556293963792?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rasmussen Report\u00a0wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a moment of rare honesty, Gavin Newsom replicates the position of his typical California citizen as he prepares to tax them up the a\u2013 even more,\u201d user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thevivafrei\/status\/1997371576518353234?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Viva Frei\u00a0wrote<\/a>\u00a0in a comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t a parody account,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Blartskopf\/status\/1997159157158564119?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">another ironically\u00a0wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSelf-depricating humor doesn\u2019t work with Gavin Newsom. He\u2019s too narcissistic,\u201d user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mazemoore\/status\/1997144245988114908?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Maze\u00a0wrote<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the f\u2013k are we doing in this country?\u201d another X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JustTaylorOH\/status\/1997354030318727668?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">user\u00a0lamented<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37861498\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-new-york-city-nyt-116668574_700c15.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Ross Sorkin and Governor Gavin Newsom speaking at the New York Times Dealbook Summit.\" class=\"wp-image-37861498\"  \/>Newsom\u2019s\u00a0testicle-crushing pose was questioned. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The cringe post and strange pose further inspired dozens of memes mocking the presumed 2028 presidential hopeful for displaying his apparently-flat undercarriage.<\/p>\n<p>The Post initially busted Newsom\u2019s balls on Dec. 4 when he chose to cross his legs knee-over-knee while discussing National Guard policies with Andrew Sorkin of The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never seen a man crush his testicles harder than this dude,\u201d X user BoredElonMusk tweeted, along with footage of the discussion Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nuts to that. California Gov. 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