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In mid-February, conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos went off the grid following a press conference during which he addressed comments of his that appeared to condone pedophilia.

“I do not support pedophilia. Period. It is a vile and disgusting crime, perhaps the very worst,” Yiannopoulos wrote in a Facebook post ahead of his speech. He stepped down from Breitbart (where he served as their “technology editor”) at the press conference that followed, and then proceeded to disappear. His Facebook page remained active, but it was obvious it was his administrative team running it, posting mainly generic news content.

The man’s triumphant return came in May, with the release of his best-selling book Dangerous, and a new company called “Milo Inc,” backed by $12 million investor dollars. And, that’s not all — a return to Breitbart could be coming soon.

According to Mediaite:

During an appearance on Breitbart News Radio this morning, Yiannopoulos revealed that in recent days, he had met with Steve Bannon, the site’s chief and former White House chief strategist.

“So I spent some time with Steve. I was lucky enough to see him this week,” Yiannopoulous said. Host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow interrupted him, wondering aloud if they had just broken news on the program.

“Wow. Milo and Steve, meeting of the minds. Alright, interesting,” Marlow added.

“Uncle Steve,” Milo cheerfully responded.

However, that was about all we got. Yiannopoulos didn’t reveal much from the conversation he had with Bannon recently, He did point out that the Breitbart leader understands liberals better than just about anybody and can get them to do just about anything against their own self-interests. So, yeah, he made sure to butter up his old boss.

Immediately following Bannon’s ouster from the White House last month, Yiannopoulos provided Mediaite with the following statement:

“Steve Bannon is a patriot and a hero — and far more dangerous outside the White House than in it. Does it say good things about the Trump Administration? Not at first glance. But boy am I looking forward to having Steve back in the trenches again.”

Regarding Bannon’s then-expected return to Breitbart — it was soon announced he was heading back to the site — Milo had the following to say:

“I can’t speak for anyone but myself, but I want to see Bannon the Barbarian ruthlessly crush his enemies from wherever he thinks he’d be most effective.”

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[Note: This post was written by Matt Palumbo. He is a co-author of the new book A Paradoxical Alliance: Islam and the Left, and can be found on Twitter @MattPalumbo12]