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WATCH: Fox Pundit Wonders if Santa Barbara Killer Had 'Homosexual Impulses'

WATCH: Fox Pundit Wonders if Santa Barbara Killer Had 'Homosexual Impulses'

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Psychologist Robi Ludwig speculates that the man who killed six people in Southern California Friday night could have been fighting his gay feelings.

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It didn't take long: In the wake of the multiple killings at the University of California, Santa Barbara, a Fox News contributor is wondering if the perpetrator was motivated by "homosexual impulses."

Elliot Rodger, the 22-year-old man who killed six people and wounded 13 more Friday night in the town of Isla Vista, near the UCSB campus, before taking his own life, had posted videos to YouTube detailing his rejection by women and his desire for revenge. That led Robi Ludwig, a psychologist who often appears on reality TV, to theorize that there might be a gay connection.

"When I was first listening to him, I was like, 'Oh, he's angry with women for rejecting him,'" Ludwig said Saturday night on Fox News Channel's Justice With Judge Jeanine. "And then I started to have a different idea: Is this somebody who is trying to fight against his homosexual impulses?' Was he angry with women because they were taking away men from him?"

Host Jeanine Pirro pointed out that Rodger killed both men and women, and Ludwig responded that Rodger may have been "angry at the men for not choosing him." Watch below.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.