A glamorous former conservative journalist has claimed she was banned from one of New York City’s most exclusive clubs because of her views after making a controversial Father’s Day post.
Caitlin Sinclair, who was once a reporter for OANN, said Wednesday she was “heartbroken” when Zero Bond’s membership manager and former friend Duncan Menaker told her she would no longer be welcome.
“They literally said, ‘We’re kicking you out because of your politics,’” she says claimed to the New York Post.
That shocking announcement came just days after Sinclair posted a photo on Instagram of herself holding up a sign that read, “You’re here because your dad isn’t queer.”
Former OANN journalist Caitlin Sinclair claims she was kicked out of Zero Bond because of her conservative views
Sinclair, 28, said Menaker originally sent her an email Wednesday asking her to “refrain from using the club” after seeing the Father’s Day post.
But later that day, Sinclair said, he called her to tell her her $3,850 annual membership had been canceled.
“Many of your beliefs do not align with Zero Bond,” Menaker reportedly told her.
“He said I was insulting their members,” Sinclair said. ‘You know what? Their members insult me.
“There are members out there who are huge Trump haters,” she said, defending her controversial post.
“I was simply stating a fact: We cannot be born without a man and a woman,” she said.
“I’m not saying I don’t support LGBTQ+. I have trans and gay friends, I have never said anything offensive,” she claimed, noting that she is friends with Caitlyn Jenner.
Her firing came days after she posted a photo of herself holding up a sign for Father’s Day, reading: “You’re here because your dad isn’t queer.”
Sinclair says she is now considering suing the NoHo establishment, saying it was “100 percent discrimination.”
“Why are other Zero Bond members allowed to attend pro-Hamas rallies, drag queen story hour, and celebrate when Trump is convicted, but that doesn’t violate Zero Bond policy?” she asked later, noting that “many of the members there hate Trump and were standing in front of the courthouse.”
It’s unclear which members Sinclair might have been talking about, but the swanky club has attracted celebrities like Taylor Swift, Jared Leto, Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly — and is a frequent hangout for New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Many of those clubbers were her friends, Sinclair said.
“They are excluding me from my community,” she said, claiming many of the clubgoers were her friends.
“I paid the money to go to a safe place.”
“I would go to the club with a MAGA hat on or with that sign in my hands [from the controversial post] that’s different,” she continued.
‘But I never brought my politics into the club; that was my personal account that I posted on.”
NoHo club officials say they have no plans to let Sinclair back in
But before she takes legal action, Sinclair has begged club founder Scott Sartiano to take her back — saying she wanted him to join her to “help me lead the way to help our fellow New Yorkers and our fellow to show Americans that that is not the case.” It doesn’t have to be such a big gap.’
But a club insider says Sinclair is exaggerating how upset she is by the ouster and has accused her of trying to stoke a controversy to get attention.
“She’s clearly doing this to get famous,” the unidentified insider told the Post.
“She got into Zero Bond, so they obviously knew exactly who she was and what her political beliefs were, since she’s so public about it.
“There are a lot of Republican members, so Zero Bond is clearly not anti-conservative, and for her to make this a political issue instead of admitting how disgusting her homophobic comment was is a shame,” the insider added .
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Sinclair has also admitted that Sartiano once told her her beliefs were welcome at the club, saying, “We need diversity at the club, so we’re glad you’re here.”
Still, club leaders say they have no plans to let her back in.
“We stand by our decision to revoke Caitlin’s membership due to her public, homophobic Instagram post and not because of her political beliefs,” they said in a statement to the Post.
“It has also come to our attention that Ms Sinclair is attempting to exploit our club’s esteemed reputation for personal gain. Other than that, her baseless claims merit no further comment.”
