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Part Two: Romana Didulo: Queen of Canada

February 5, 2026·1 hr 11 min·5 clips

Didulo ordered her Telegram followers to execute doctors by firing squad or hanging.

Welcome back is the trapdoor. The opener begins as host-room nonsense about who gets to be Robert, then drops into Romana Didulo and the fake royal chain of command around her. Jason Petty is there for the ride. The guest and host laugh at the monarchy bit because, yes, it sounds absurd. The problem is that the title is barely stretching what her followers were being told. Didulo is treated as Queen of Canada, Commander-in-Chief, and the sort of person whose Telegram posts can pass for official orders inside the movement. November 2021 is where the episode gets uglier. She posts an order telling the King of Canada's military to shoot to kill anyone trying to inject children under 19 with coronavirus vaccines, bioweapons, or any other vaccines. The host does not sand that down. He spells out what the order means, then notes that Didulo later swaps shoot to kill for arrest once people start asking whether she is trying to get someone murdered. That edit does not make the rest of it harmless. She keeps talking about executions, detention sites, tribunals, firing squads, hanging, and public venues turned into holding areas. The episode keeps the comedy close to the danger, which is part of why it lands. The host keeps needling the idea that lawful military orders are being issued through a Telegram page. The joke has teeth. If Didulo really commanded the military, her followers would not need a backup label for armed supporters. That label is duck hunters. In context, it means armed men she wants detaining, executing, or murdering doctors and political leaders. The pacing keeps jolting around. Promo material cuts in, then the story snaps back to a movement whose fantasy government language keeps sliding into threats. By the end, even a joke about whether to cut something belongs to the episode's texture. Under the banter, the point is blunt: ridiculous titles can still get dangerous when followers are given enemies, orders, and a role with weapons attached.

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A darkly comic episode where a self-made monarch's absurd claim quickly gives way to real threats.

Behind the Bastards treats Romana Didulo's self-made "Queen of Canada" persona as both a joke and a warning. The setup is absurd on its face, but the episode keeps returning to the uglier material around orders to shoot to kill, public detentions, and execution by firing squad…

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