Gary Vaynerchuk Just Wants Us All To Be (And Raise) Nice Guys

Bloomberg/Bloomberg/Getty Images If you haven’t seen Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere , make a date with Netflix. This is must-see TV for parents, especially parents raising boys. But a word of warning, it’s like a scary movie that will haunt you well after the credits run. Weapons has nothing on the horror show that is the manosphere. In the documentary, Theroux, the understated British journalism, calmly and a bit coldly explores the manosphere from the inside. In talking to the most extreme influencers — the peddlers in misogyny and anti-semitism, conspiracy and homophobia — he finds himself pulled in to the fight, made into content, taken out of context, and expertly trolled, even as he holds the camera. “He really don’t wanna be in the live,” one such British influencer says to the camera in front of Theroux on a particularly disturbing night out. “He don’t wanna be on the content. But he’s got no choice.” We parents, on the other hand, do have a choice — to shield our kids from the depravity, to push back against the cultural creep, and to turn to other influencers. Influencers like Gary Vaynerchuk , the best-selling author, radio host, entrepreneur, and an unabashed dude who plays his part as the antidote to the vitriol of the manosphere. As an executive — CEO of VaynerMedia and Chairman of VaynerX — he’s a hard-nosed, fast-talking entrepreneur who believes in bootstrapping life. He also fundamentally believes in kindness. “I know I was well parented,” he tells Fat…