Ted Nugent’s Brother: I’ve Been Telling Ted to ‘Tone it Down’ for Many Years

Jeff Nugent says brother Ted Nugent ‘crossed a line’ with ‘sub-human’ comment (The Washington Post)

Ted Nugent has said a lot of shocking things in his long career as a wild-eyed rocker, gun-rights champion, bow hunter and all-around conservative provocateur. But his latest rhetorical grenade — in which he referred to President Obama as a “sub-human mongrel” — seems to have rattled a window in his own house. His brother Jeff Nugent, wasn't pleased.

“I still love him, but this time he’s clearly crossed a line,” Jeff Nugent said in an interview.

I met Jeff Nugent in the summer while writing a long profile of Ted Nugent for the Washington Post Magazine (here’s a link). Jeff Nugent, a longtime corporate executive who was once the CEO of Revlon and Neutrogena, has a close relationship with his younger, louder brother, talking to him frequently, joining him on tour occasionally and deer hunting with him every year in Michigan. The brothers have been on different sides of issues in the past, most notably on gun control (Jeff Nugent has worked in support of background checks).