Nick Offerman Slams ‘Dumb F—‘ Who Edited ‘Parks and Recreation’ Scene to Spread Homophobic Hate: ‘Ron Was the Best Man at a Gay Wedding!’

Nick Offerman kicked off Pride Month by defending the LGBTQ+ community against homophobic hate on X. Michael Flynn Jr., son of retired Army lieutenant general and Trump’s former U.S. national security advisor Michael Flynn, attempted to use a clip of Offerman’s Ron Swanson from “Parks and Recreation” to denounce Pride Month.

“Just wanted to post how I feel about ‘pride’ month,” Flynn Jr. wrote on X accompanied by a “Parks and Rec” clip showing Swanson throwing a rainbow flag into a dumpster. Only the clip was doctored to make it appear as if Offerman’s character was homophobic. The real scene, from the fourth season episode “The Trial of Leslie Knope,” sees Ron throwing his computer in the trash. The edit Flynn Jr. shared on X replaced the computer with the rainbow flag.

“Ron was best man at a gay wedding you dumb fuck,” Offerman fired back on X. “Happy Pride.”

Offerman was highlighting the “Parks and Recreation” series finale, “One Last Ride,” where Ron serves as the best man to his hairdresser, Typhoon (Rodney To). The actor is not one to let homophobic critics get away with slandering his projects. When Offerman won a Spirit Award in 2024 for his guest turn in “The Last of Us,” he used his acceptance speech to take aim at the show’s toxic fans who were outraged over the episode centering on a gay love story between Offerman’s Bill and Murray Bartlett’s Frank.

“Thanks to HBO for having the guts to participate in this storytelling tradition that is truly independent,” Offerman said at the time. “Stories with guts that when homophobic hate comes my way and says, ‘Why did you have to make it a gay story?’ We say, ‘Because you ask questions like that. It’s not a gay story it’s a love story, you asshole!’”

Offerman also fired back at Michael Flynn Jr. hours after news broke that actor Jonathan Joss, who appeared on “Parks and Recreation” as Chief Ken Hotate, had been killed in a shooting. Joss’ husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, alleged on Facebook the shooting was due to homophobia and that Joss was “murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other,” although police have not yet confirmed the shooter’s motive.

“The cast has been texting together about it all day and we’re just heartbroken,” Offerman told People amid the news of Joss’ tragic death. “Jonathan was such a sweet guy and we loved having him as our Chief Ken Hotate. A terrible tragedy.”