![]() ![]() ![]() He weighed in heavily during the pandemic when his reputation as a conspiracy theorist began to grow. ![]() The staunch Republican began to use social media and television appearances to broadcast his political viewpoint. “When I met with Donald Trump, it felt like a divine appointment, and when I walked out of that office I decided I was going to go all in,” he told a Liberty University journal in 2019. Such views became more frequent after he met Trump at a rally in 2016. These gave him a profile to find platforms to voice his views. Lindell began to gain wider fame as a result of television spots, pillow fight promotions, and donations to conservative political causes. By 2017, the firm had 1,500 staff and to date has sold a reported 41 million pillows. In 2004, his dream began to take shape when he invented what would become the MyPillow brand pillow, which is filled with interlocking foam. He overcame his struggle in 2009, crediting prayer for his successful sobriety in a CNBC interview. ![]() His cocaine use led to him dropping out of high school as he also incurred gambling debts. He had a gambling addiction in his teens, according to his own 2019 memoir, which spiralled into a drug problem in his 20s. The businessman had a rocky start to his life. He has become colloquially known in the US as the MyPillow Guy. Lindell is the founder of MyPillow, a bedding manufacturer which has proved a successful and growing business since its founding in 2009. Mike Lindell was seen at the Donald Trump rally in Mar-a-Lago, Florida (AP) ![]()
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