Anti-LGBTQ+ Influencer Sparks Viral Outrage After Claiming Jesus Had 'Testosterone Like a Mustang' During Coma

Anti-LGBTQ+ Influencer Gabe Poirot has ignited a fierce controversy after revealing bizarre details from an alleged near-death experience,which he described as meeting Jesus during what he says was an 18-day coma in 2021, saying he encountered a figure who was 'not soft' or 'passive' and had 'testosterone' like a mustang.

Poirot made the comments while speaking to Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany on a March 2026 episode of her programme Saturday in America, as clips from the interview began circulating again on social media in October 2026, bringing fresh attention to his description of Jesus and his links to conservative Christian and MAGA-aligned circles.

The account is based on Poirot's own claimed near-death experience, as there is no independent evidence confirming it.

Gabe Poirot's Account Of Meeting Jesus

According to his memoir, 18 Days in Heaven: I Left My Body. I Met Jesus. What He Told Me Will Alter Your Eternity, he suffered a traumatic brain injury after riding an electric skateboard at about 30 miles per hour without a helmet.

He says he hit a bump, struck his head on the pavement and subsequently entered what he describes as an 18-day coma.

The Fox News interview coincided with the memoir's promotion, with McEnany describing the encounter as Poirot coming 'face-to-face' with Jesus. Poirot then contrasted his experience with what he described as other depictions of Jesus.

Poirot said, 'They didn't meet a female Jesus. They didn't meet a soft or a passive Jesus. Jesus is a man.'

Poirot also claimed Jesus had been 'misrepresented' in America, arguing that popular portrayals had presented him as 'just some tolerant guy'. His own description was considerably more muscular.

Poirot said, 'He's a lion, but he's not a lion angry against me, he's a lion angry for me. He's a mustang on my behalf. He did it all for me.'

He later described Jesus as 'pure fire' and he appeared to be between 5 feet 11 inches and 6 feet tall.

'Like an ocean of love, yet his eyes were burning white and red at the same time ... talk about testosterone! Like a mustang,' Poirot said. 'I'm telling you, he's the Lion of Judah, and there's a roar within his voice.' The description is unusual, and social media seized on it.

Why Gabe Poirot's MAGA Links Matter

One widely circulated post described the figure in Poirot's account as 'Manly MAGA Jesus', a characterisation Poirot rejected.

Responding to the description, Poirot said, 'The 'MAGA Jesus' label doesn't reflect what I said. I have never claimed Jesus is MAGA.'

He said his reference to the Lion of Judah, from Revelation 5:5, was instead intended to convey 'strength, love, authority, courage, and meekness'.

Poirot has nevertheless appeared with MAGA-aligned political figures and on conservative Christian media. His social media activity has also included posts opposing LGBTQ+ inclusive education.

In a 24 July Facebook post discussing a US Supreme Court decision allowing religious parents to opt their children out of certain LGBTQ+ inclusive school lessons, Poirot wrote, 'These lessons shouldn't be taught to any children. School is for math, English, history, & science. Why do schools need to push sexuality on kids?'

In another 20 July post, he praised a father who confronted a 'Woke School Board for allowing men in girls' restrooms,' referring to schools with transgender-inclusive policies.

A September 2025 post also praised an 'ex-trans, ex-leftist' who had received a MAGA hat at a Charlie Kirk event. Poirot has a substantial online audience, with more than 2.2 million YouTube subscribers, more than 316,000 Facebook followers and more than 110,000 Instagram followers, according to the figures supplied.

Claims of encountering Jesus during a near-death experience are not unique to Poirot. Christian religious scholar Dr J. Steve Miller also claimed that 20 per cent of people who undergo near-death experiences report seeing Jesus, although the source of that statistic is unclear.

That uncertainty matters. Poirot's account remains a personal religious testimony, not an independently established encounter with Jesus. Yet the language he used on Fox News, particularly the image of Jesus, has given the March 2026 interview a very different second life online.