‘He’s a nut, but I love him’: Penn Jillette joins Glenn Beck’s #IWantTheBlaze campaign

Posted at 5:49 pm on January 21, 2014 by Brett T.

As Twitchy reported, #IWantTheBlaze was riding high on Twitter’s list of trending topics Tuesday as people demanded Glenn Beck’s television network on their cable and satellite systems. A late celebrity push comes from magician Penn Jillette, who has perhaps the best reason yet to demand The Blaze: love.

@pennjillette @glennbeck Anything? You don't agree with anything he says? Silly.
— DBonnell (@donnabonnell) January 21, 2014

Libertarian Jillette must certainly see eye-to-eye with Beck on some topics, right?

@donnabonnell @glennbeck I wrote "it seems" and it was intended as hyperbole.
— Penn Jillette (@pennjillette) January 21, 2014

@TaB_Wise @Jay_Severin @glennbeck I was kidding a bit.
— Penn Jillette (@pennjillette) January 21, 2014

@pennjillette @glennbeck Penn, are you getting paid to endorse Glenn Beck's website??? He gets paid to say outrageous crap.
— Play for me (@marcrux) January 21, 2014

@marcrux @glennbeck Nope, I was not paid — he's just a friend. I do the same for @Lawrence O'Donnell.
— Penn Jillette (@pennjillette) January 21, 2014

@pennjillette is a SPAMMER for @glennbeck. Gross.
— Tim (@TimsSketchPad) January 21, 2014

@TimsSketchPad @glennbeck Spammer? That's what tweeting for a friend is? That cynicism will destroy your heart.
— Penn Jillette (@pennjillette) January 21, 2014

@pennjillette @glennbeck Yes, when you are asking people to give money to an insane, propaganda spewing, teabagger, freak, it is.
— Tim (@TimsSketchPad) January 21, 2014

@TimsSketchPad @glennbeck Oh dear. I didn't realize who you were. Nevermind. I'm spamming just to anger you. I always fall for trolls.
— Penn Jillette (@pennjillette) January 21, 2014

@pennjillette @glennbeck I'm not angry. I just don't suffer fools and I call Bullshit! on you and your "friend."
— Tim (@TimsSketchPad) January 21, 2014