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{{short description|American television personality and journalist}}
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| name              = Michael Reagan
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| party              = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| party              = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| children          = 2<ref name="Cameron Reagan">{{cite news|first=Seema|last=Mehta|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/01/former-president-ronald-reagan-grandson-cameron-reagan-arrested.html|title=Reagan grandson arrested in Van Nuys|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date=January 7, 2010|access-date=April 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name=PortraitOfAMarriage>{{cite book|first=Anne|last=Edwards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQpOAgAAQBAJ&q=ashley+reagan&pg=PT484|title=The Reagans: Portrait of a Marriage|publisher=[[St. Martin's Griffin]]|location=London, England|date=2004|isbn=0312331177}}</ref>
| children          = 2<ref name="Cameron Reagan">{{cite news|first=Seema|last=Mehta|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/01/former-president-ronald-reagan-grandson-cameron-reagan-arrested.html|title=Reagan grandson arrested in Van Nuys|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date=January 7, 2010|access-date=April 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name=PortraitOfAMarriage>{{cite book|first=Anne|last=Edwards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQpOAgAAQBAJ&q=ashley+reagan&pg=PT484|title=The Reagans: Portrait of a Marriage|publisher=[[St. Martin's Griffin]]|location=London, England|date=2004|isbn=0312331177}}</ref>
| father            = [[Ronald Reagan]] (adopted father)
| father            = [[Ronald Reagan]] (adoptive)
| mother            = [[Jane Wyman]] (adopted mother)
| mother            = [[Jane Wyman]] (adoptive)
| relatives          = {{ubl|[[Maureen Reagan]] (adopted sister)|[[Patti Davis]] (adopted sister)|[[Ron Reagan]] (adopted brother)|[[Nancy Reagan]] (adopted stepmother)}}
| relatives          = {{ubl|[[Maureen Reagan]] (adopted sister)|[[Patti Davis]] (adopted sister)|[[Ron Reagan]] (adopted brother)|[[Nancy Reagan]] (stepmother)}}
| employer          = [[Newsmax]]<ref name="Reuters" />
| employer          = [[Newsmax]]<ref name="Reuters" />
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'''Michael Edward Reagan''' (born '''John Charles Flaugher'''; March 18, 1945)<ref>{{cite linked authority file |id=n90-708626 |text=Birth Date March 18, 1945 |access-date=August 4, 2020}}</ref> is an American conservative political commentator, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] strategist,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kraushaar|first1=Josh|title=Mark Reardon: Republican Strategist Michael Reagan|url=http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/08/26/mark-reardon-republican-strategist-michael-reagan/amp/|access-date=April 22, 2017|work=[[CBS St. Louis]]|date=August 26, 2013}}</ref> and former radio talk show host. He is the adopted son of former U.S. president [[Ronald Reagan]] and his first wife, actress [[Jane Wyman]]. He works as a columnist for [[Newsmax]].<ref name="Reuters" />
'''Michael Edward Reagan''' (born '''John Charles Flaugher'''; March 18, 1945)<ref>{{cite LCAuth |id=n90708626 |text=Birth Date March 18, 1945 |access-date=August 4, 2020}}</ref> is an American conservative political commentator, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] strategist,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kraushaar|first1=Josh|title=Mark Reardon: Republican Strategist Michael Reagan|url=http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/08/26/mark-reardon-republican-strategist-michael-reagan/amp/|access-date=April 22, 2017|work=[[CBS St. Louis]]|date=August 26, 2013}}</ref> and former radio talk show host. He is the adopted son of former U.S. president [[Ronald Reagan]] and his first wife, actress [[Jane Wyman]]. He works as a columnist for [[Newsmax]].<ref name="Reuters" />


==Early life==
==Early life==
Michael Edward Reagan was born John Charles Flaugher at [[Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center]] in Los Angeles to Essie Irene Flaugher<ref name="autobiog">{{cite book |last1=Reagan |first1=Michael |last2=Denney |first2=James D. |last3=Denney |first3=Jim |title=Twice Adopted |date=2004 |publisher=B&H Publishing Group |location=Nashville, Tennessee |isbn=978-0-8054-3144-5 |pages=1–4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aeiyo_KOKIcC&pg=PA4 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999 |website=[[FamilySearch]] |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHP-4JHN |access-date=2024-02-23}}</ref> (October 18, 1916<ref>{{cite web|website=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/e/f/Ann-Mefford/ODT1-0005.html|title=Genealogy of Campbell Rice|access-date=July 4, 2009}}</ref> – December 26, 1985),<ref>{{cite web|author=Dougherty, Margot|author2=Armstrong, Lois|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20098541,00.html|title=Binding Up the Wounds|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=February 29, 2016}}</ref> an unmarried woman from [[Kentucky]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kydgi.ky.gov:2005/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2FORP&CISOPTR=614&REC=2 |title=Irene Flaugher, mother of Michael Reagan |access-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928000520/http://kydgi.ky.gov:2005/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2FORP&CISOPTR=614&REC=2 |archive-date=September 28, 2009 |publisher= Kentucky Historical Society|date = April 9, 2006}}</ref> who became pregnant through a relationship with John Bourgholtzer (1918–1993), a [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] corporal. He was adopted by [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Jane Wyman]] shortly after his birth.<ref name=TwiceAdopted/>
Michael Edward Reagan was born John Charles Flaugher at [[Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center]] in Los Angeles to Essie Irene Flaugher<ref name="autobiog">{{cite book |last1=Reagan |first1=Michael |last2=Denney |first2=James D. |last3=Denney |first3=Jim |title=Twice Adopted |date=2004 |publisher=B&H Publishing Group |location=Nashville, Tennessee |isbn=978-0-8054-3144-5 |pages=1–4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aeiyo_KOKIcC&pg=PA4 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999 |website=[[FamilySearch]] |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHP-4JHN |access-date=February 23, 2024}}</ref> (October 18, 1916<ref>{{cite web|website=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/e/f/Ann-Mefford/ODT1-0005.html|title=Genealogy of Campbell Rice|access-date=July 4, 2009}}</ref> – December 26, 1985),<ref>{{cite web|author=Dougherty, Margot|author2=Armstrong, Lois|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20098541,00.html|title=Binding Up the Wounds|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=February 29, 2016}}</ref> an unmarried woman from [[Kentucky]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kydgi.ky.gov:2005/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2FORP&CISOPTR=614&REC=2 |title=Irene Flaugher, mother of Michael Reagan |access-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928000520/http://kydgi.ky.gov:2005/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2FORP&CISOPTR=614&REC=2 |archive-date=September 28, 2009 |publisher= Kentucky Historical Society|date = April 9, 2006}}</ref> who became pregnant through a relationship with John Bourgholtzer (1918–1993), a [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] corporal. He was adopted by [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Jane Wyman]] shortly after his birth.<ref name=TwiceAdopted/>


He was expelled from [[Loyola High School (Los Angeles)|Loyola High School]] after a short period at the school<ref name=TwiceAdopted>{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Reagan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aeiyo_KOKIcC&q=michael+reagan+at+loyola+high+school&pg=PA168|title=Twice Adopted: An Important Social Commentator Speaks to the Cultural Ailments Threatening America Today|publisher=B&H Books|location=Nashville, Tennessee|date=2005|isbn=0805431446|page=168}}</ref> and in 1964, he graduated from the [[Judson School]], a boarding school outside of [[Scottsdale, Arizona]].<ref name=Tribune041788>{{cite news|first=Cheryl|last=Lavin|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/04/17/family-outcast/|title=Family Outcast: A Reagan Son Sadly Remembers Years Of Neglect|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=[[Tribune Media Services]]|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=April 17, 1988|access-date=February 5, 2011}}</ref> He attended [[Arizona State University]] for less than one semester and [[Los Angeles Valley College]]<ref name=PamelaPutnamMarriage2/><ref name=Barrett/> but never graduated.
Reagan was expelled from [[Loyola High School (Los Angeles)|Loyola High School]] after a short period at the school<ref name=TwiceAdopted>{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Reagan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aeiyo_KOKIcC&q=michael+reagan+at+loyola+high+school&pg=PA168|title=Twice Adopted: An Important Social Commentator Speaks to the Cultural Ailments Threatening America Today|publisher=B&H Books|location=Nashville, Tennessee|date=2005|isbn=0805431446|page=168}}</ref> and in 1964, he graduated from the [[Judson School]], a boarding school outside of [[Scottsdale, Arizona]].<ref name=Tribune041788>{{cite news|first=Cheryl|last=Lavin|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/04/17/family-outcast/|title=Family Outcast: A Reagan Son Sadly Remembers Years Of Neglect|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=[[Tribune Media Services]]|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=April 17, 1988|access-date=February 5, 2011}}</ref> He attended [[Arizona State University]] for less than one semester and [[Los Angeles Valley College]]<ref name=PamelaPutnamMarriage2/><ref name=Barrett/> but never graduated.


In 1965, the FBI warned Ronald Reagan that in the course of an organized crime investigation it had discovered his son Michael was associated with the son of a crime boss [[Joseph Bonanno]], which would have become a campaign issue had it been publicly known. Reagan thanked the FBI and said he would tell his son to discreetly discontinue the association.<ref>{{cite book |first=Seth|last= Rosenfield|title=Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals, and Reagan's Rise to Power |publisher=[[Picador (imprint)|Picador]]|location=London, England|date=2013|isbn=978-1250033383|page=297}}</ref>
In 1965, the FBI warned Ronald Reagan that in the course of an organized crime investigation it had discovered that Michael was associated with the son of crime boss [[Joseph Bonanno]], which would have become a campaign issue had it been publicly known. Reagan thanked the FBI and said he would tell his son to discreetly discontinue the association.<ref>{{cite book |first=Seth|last= Rosenfield|title=Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals, and Reagan's Rise to Power |publisher=[[Picador (imprint)|Picador]]|location=London, England|date=2013|isbn=978-1250033383|page=297}}</ref>


==Careers==
==Careers==


===Salesman===
===Salesman===
Sometime before September 1970, Reagan was working as a salesman for the clothing company [[Hart, Schaffner, & Marx]]. He then became a director of special events catering at Michaelson Food Service Company in Los Angeles.<ref name=PamelaPutnamMarriage2/> In 1981, Reagan was hired as a salesman for Industrial Circuits, a circuit board company owned by [[Robert Herring (businessman)|Robert Herring Sr.]]<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |date=2021-10-07 |first=John |last=Shiffman |title=The tech entrepreneur who founded Trump's go-to TV news network |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-oneamerica-founder/ |publisher=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
Sometime before September 1970, Reagan was working as a salesman for the clothing company [[Hart, Schaffner, & Marx]]. He then became a director of special events catering at Michaelson Food Service Company in Los Angeles.<ref name=PamelaPutnamMarriage2/> In 1981, Reagan was hired as a salesman for Industrial Circuits, a circuit board company owned by [[Robert Herring (businessman)|Robert Herring Sr.]]<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |date=October 7, 2021 |first=John |last=Shiffman |title=The tech entrepreneur who founded Trump's go-to TV news network |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-oneamerica-founder/ |publisher=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>


===Actor===
===Actor===
Reagan has had small roles in movies and television shows since 1985, including ''[[Falcon Crest]]'', which starred his mother, Jane Wyman.<ref name=MReaganIMDB>{{cite web|title= Michael Reagan|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0713976|publisher=IMDb| access-date=January 23, 2015}}</ref>
Reagan has had small roles in movies and television shows since 1985, including ''[[Falcon Crest]]'', which starred his mother, Jane Wyman.<ref name=MReaganIMDB>{{cite web|title= Michael Reagan|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0713976|publisher=IMDb| access-date=January 23, 2015}}</ref>{{better source|date = June 2025}}


===Television===
===Television===
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===Call for the execution of Mark Dice===
===Call for the execution of Mark Dice===
In June 2008, [[Mark Dice]] launched a campaign urging people to send letters and DVDs to US troops stationed in Iraq which support the theory that the [[September 11 attacks]] were an "[[9/11 Truth Movement|inside job]]". "Operation Inform the Soldiers", as Dice has called it, prompted Reagan to comment that Dice should be executed for [[treason]].<ref name=AlexJones061308>{{Cite episode|title=Alex Jones interviews Mark Dice over Mike Reagan death threat constroversy|url=https://archive.org/details/AlexJonesInterviewsMarkDice|access-date=August 30, 2014|series=[[The Alex Jones Show]]|date=June 13, 2008}}</ref> [[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting]], a liberal/progressive media criticism organization, asked [[Radio America (United States)|Radio America]] at the time to explain whether it permits "its hosts to call for murder on the air".<ref name="FAIR062408">{{cite web|title=Talk Show Host Calls for Murder|url=http://fair.org/take-action/action-alerts/talk-show-host-calls-for-murder|publisher=[[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting|FAIR]]|date=June 24, 2008|access-date=August 30, 2014}}</ref>
In June 2008, [[Mark Dice]] launched a campaign urging people to send letters and DVDs to US troops stationed in Iraq which support the theory that the [[September 11 attacks]] were an "[[9/11 Truth Movement|inside job]]". "Operation Inform the Soldiers", as Dice has called it, prompted Reagan to comment that Dice should be executed for [[treason]].<ref name=AlexJones061308>{{Cite episode|title=Alex Jones interviews Mark Dice over Mike Reagan death threat constroversy|url=https://archive.org/details/AlexJonesInterviewsMarkDice|access-date=August 30, 2014|series=[[The Alex Jones Show]]|date=June 13, 2008}}</ref> [[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting]], a liberal/progressive media criticism organization, asked [[Radio America (United States)|Radio America]] at the time to explain whether it permits "its hosts to call for murder on the air".<ref name="FAIR062408">{{cite web|title=Talk Show Host Calls for Murder|url=http://fair.org/take-action/action-alerts/talk-show-host-calls-for-murder|publisher=[[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting|FAIR]]|date=June 24, 2008|access-date=August 30, 2014}}</ref><ref> Note that : Legal Execution done by the US Government to Traitors (which is the simple implication of such verbiage)  is NOT legally "Murder", and so can be seen as an attempt by the commentator to inaccurately redefine the whole issue.</ref>  


===Support for profiling===
===Support for profiling===
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===Donald Trump===
===Donald Trump===
In [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]], Reagan said he would not vote for Trump and endorsed [[Ted Cruz]] in the primary. He said via [[Twitter|X]] (formerly Twitter) that he voted Trump in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]] and [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]] election. In 2025, he defended the [[Trump tariff|Trump tariffs]].{{cn|date=May 2025}}
In [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]], Reagan said he would not vote for Trump and endorsed [[Ted Cruz]] in the primary. Later he said via [[Twitter|X]] (formerly Twitter) that he voted Trump in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]] and [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]] election. In 2025, he defended the [[Tariffs in the second Trump administration|Trump tariffs]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 8, 2025 |title=Michael Reagan Makes Surprising U-Turn on Trump’s Tariff Policies |url=https://www.lawyer-monthly.com/2025/03/michael-reagan-makes-surprising-u-turn-on-trumps-tariff-policies/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 25, 2025 |website=Lawyer Monthly}}</ref>


==Legal problems==
==Legal problems==
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He married Colleen Sterns, an interior decorator, in 1975 at [[The Church on the Way]].<ref name=Barrett>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922301-2,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114104425/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922301-2,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 14, 2009|magazine=Time|title=Four Reagans Used to Going Their Own Ways|date=January 5, 1981|access-date=May 12, 2010|first1=Laurence I.|last1=Barrett|first2=Claudia|last2=Wallis}}</ref> They have two children, Cameron and Ashley. Reagan and his wife live in the [[Toluca Lake, Los Angeles|Toluca Lake]] area of Los Angeles.<ref name="premierspeakers">{{cite web|title=Motivational Speakers/Michael Reagan|url=http://premierespeakers.com/michael_reagan/bio|publisher=Premier Speakers Bureau|year=2010|access-date=February 20, 2011}}</ref>
He married Colleen Sterns, an interior decorator, in 1975 at [[The Church on the Way]].<ref name=Barrett>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922301-2,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114104425/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922301-2,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 14, 2009|magazine=Time|title=Four Reagans Used to Going Their Own Ways|date=January 5, 1981|access-date=May 12, 2010|first1=Laurence I.|last1=Barrett|first2=Claudia|last2=Wallis}}</ref> They have two children, Cameron and Ashley. Reagan and his wife live in the [[Toluca Lake, Los Angeles|Toluca Lake]] area of Los Angeles.<ref name="premierspeakers">{{cite web|title=Motivational Speakers/Michael Reagan|url=http://premierespeakers.com/michael_reagan/bio|publisher=Premier Speakers Bureau|year=2010|access-date=February 20, 2011}}</ref>
[[File:President Ronald Reagan, Cameron Reagan, Michael Reagan, Colleen Reagan and Ashley Reagan building snowmen in Rose Garden.jpg|thumb|225x225px|The Reagans building snowmen in [[White House|the White House]] in 1985]]
[[File:President Ronald Reagan, Cameron Reagan, Michael Reagan, Colleen Reagan and Ashley Reagan building snowmen in Rose Garden.jpg|thumb|225x225px|The Reagans building snowmen in [[White House|the White House]] in 1985]]
In January 2011, he called his adoptive brother [[Ron Reagan]], the biological son of Ronald Reagan and his second wife, [[Nancy Reagan]],  "an embarrassment" for speculating in a memoir that their father suffered from [[Alzheimer's disease]] while president.<ref name=Politico011511>{{cite news|first=James|last=Hohmann|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47655.html#ixzz3G8adOUO6|title=Mike Reagan calls brother, Ron Reagan, an 'embarrassment'|work=[[Politico]]|date=January 15, 2011|access-date=October 15, 2014}}</ref>
In January 2011, he called his adoptive brother [[Ron Reagan]], the biological son of Ronald Reagan and his second wife, [[Nancy Reagan]],  "an embarrassment" for speculating in a memoir that their father suffered from [[Alzheimer's disease]] while president.<ref name=Politico011511>{{cite news|first=James|last=Hohmann|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/01/reagan-calls-brother-embarrassment-047655|title=Mike Reagan calls brother, Ron Reagan, an 'embarrassment'|work=[[Politico]]|date=January 15, 2011|access-date=October 15, 2014}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|nm0713976|Michael Reagan}}


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Michael Edward Reagan (born John Charles Flaugher; March 18, 1945)[1] is an American conservative political commentator, Republican strategist,[2] and former radio talk show host. He is the adopted son of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan and his first wife, actress Jane Wyman. He works as a columnist for Newsmax.[3]

Early life

Michael Edward Reagan was born John Charles Flaugher at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles to Essie Irene Flaugher[4][5] (October 18, 1916[6] – December 26, 1985),[7] an unmarried woman from Kentucky[8] who became pregnant through a relationship with John Bourgholtzer (1918–1993), a U.S. Army corporal. He was adopted by Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman shortly after his birth.[9]

Reagan was expelled from Loyola High School after a short period at the school[9] and in 1964, he graduated from the Judson School, a boarding school outside of Scottsdale, Arizona.[10] He attended Arizona State University for less than one semester and Los Angeles Valley College[11][12] but never graduated.

In 1965, the FBI warned Ronald Reagan that in the course of an organized crime investigation it had discovered that Michael was associated with the son of crime boss Joseph Bonanno, which would have become a campaign issue had it been publicly known. Reagan thanked the FBI and said he would tell his son to discreetly discontinue the association.[13]

Careers

Salesman

Sometime before September 1970, Reagan was working as a salesman for the clothing company Hart, Schaffner, & Marx. He then became a director of special events catering at Michaelson Food Service Company in Los Angeles.[11] In 1981, Reagan was hired as a salesman for Industrial Circuits, a circuit board company owned by Robert Herring Sr.[3]

Actor

Reagan has had small roles in movies and television shows since 1985, including Falcon Crest, which starred his mother, Jane Wyman.[14]Template:Better source

Television

In 1987, Reagan served as the host for the first season of the television game show Lingo.[15]

Radio

His work in talk radio started in the Southern California local market as a guest host for radio commentator Michael Jackson's talk radio show slot on KABC in Los Angeles.[16] After this beginning, he landed a talk show spot on KSDO radio in San Diego.[17]

Reagan also hosted The Michael Reagan Show nationwide for most of the 2000s. The show was variously syndicated on Premiere Networks[16] and Radio America.[18] Since then he has focused on public speaking about his father.[19]

Author

In 1988, he wrote, with Joe Hyams, an autobiography, Michael Reagan: On the Outside Looking In.[20] He also wrote that he was sexually abused at the age of seven by a camp counselor.[21][22]

In 2005, he wrote Twice Adopted about his feelings of rejection being adopted, parents divorcing and becoming a born-again Christian.[9]

Political commentary

Same-sex marriage

In April 2013, in a syndicated column, Reagan accused American churches of not fighting hard enough to block same-sex marriage. He wrote that, in regard to arguments supporting gay marriage, similar arguments could be used to support polygamy, bestiality, and murder. As he wrote: "There is also a very slippery slope leading to other alternative relationships and the unconstitutionality of any law based on morality. Think about polygamy, bestiality, and perhaps even murder."[23]

Call for the execution of Mark Dice

In June 2008, Mark Dice launched a campaign urging people to send letters and DVDs to US troops stationed in Iraq which support the theory that the September 11 attacks were an "inside job". "Operation Inform the Soldiers", as Dice has called it, prompted Reagan to comment that Dice should be executed for treason.[24] Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, a liberal/progressive media criticism organization, asked Radio America at the time to explain whether it permits "its hosts to call for murder on the air".[25][26]

Support for profiling

He spoke out in support of profiling in October 2014. In a piece called Profile or Die, he wrote that it would be left to citizens to defend themselves if there were an attack against them by terrorists such as the Islamic State.[27]

Donald Trump

In 2016, Reagan said he would not vote for Trump and endorsed Ted Cruz in the primary. Later he said via X (formerly Twitter) that he voted Trump in 2020 and 2024 election. In 2025, he defended the Trump tariffs.[28]

Legal problems

In 1981, Reagan was accused of felony violations of California securities laws in court documents. The Los Angeles County District Attorney alleged that Reagan had baited investors into unlawful stock arrangements, and selling stocks despite the fact that he was not legally permitted to do so.[29] The D.A.'s office investigated allegations that Reagan improperly spent money invested by others in a company, Agricultural Energy Resources, he operated out of his house in a venture to develop the potential of gasohol, a combination of alcohol and gasoline. Investigators said they were also checking whether he had spent up to $17,500 of investors' money for his living expenses.[29] The district attorney's office cleared Reagan of both charges later that year.[30]

On September 20, 2012, Reagan, Tim Kelly and Jay Hoffman were sued by a fellow partner, for allegedly withholding the partner's interest in an e-mail business built around the Reagan.com domain name.[31][32][33] In 2015, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury found Reagan liable for conversion and breach of fiduciary duty. Reagan and his business partners were ordered to pay $662,500 each in damages.[34]

Personal life

In June 1971, Reagan married Pamela Gail Putnam (born 1952), daughter of Duane Putnam, former Atlanta Falcons football line coach.[11] The couple divorced in 1972.

He married Colleen Sterns, an interior decorator, in 1975 at The Church on the Way.[12] They have two children, Cameron and Ashley. Reagan and his wife live in the Toluca Lake area of Los Angeles.[35]

File:President Ronald Reagan, Cameron Reagan, Michael Reagan, Colleen Reagan and Ashley Reagan building snowmen in Rose Garden.jpg
The Reagans building snowmen in the White House in 1985

In January 2011, he called his adoptive brother Ron Reagan, the biological son of Ronald Reagan and his second wife, Nancy Reagan, "an embarrassment" for speculating in a memoir that their father suffered from Alzheimer's disease while president.[36]

References

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  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ a b Template:Cite magazine
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  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ White, Peter (February 11, 2022). RuPaul Charles To Host CBS Reboot Of Word Quiz ‘Lingo’. Deadline. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  16. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  18. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  19. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  20. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  22. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  23. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  24. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  25. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  26. ↑ Note that : Legal Execution done by the US Government to Traitors (which is the simple implication of such verbiage) is NOT legally "Murder", and so can be seen as an attempt by the commentator to inaccurately redefine the whole issue.
  27. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  28. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  29. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  30. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  31. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  32. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  33. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  34. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  35. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  36. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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