"Just incredible": Candace Owens says fate put Justin Baldoni in her path at an Iceland airport

"Candace" Hosted By Candace Owens - Source: Getty
"Candace" Hosted By Candace Owens - Source: Getty

Candace Owens is calling a chance encounter with actor and filmmaker Justin Baldoni in Iceland an extraordinary coincidence.

The conservative commentator shared details of the unexpected meeting, saying she asked Claude—an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant—to calculate the odds of the two crossing paths at an airport.

“We asked Claude. There was an approximate 1 in 100 million chance that I ran into Justin Baldoni at an airport in Iceland on a Friday afternoon. Just incredible.”

Candace Owens did not provide details about when the encounter happened or what she and Justin Baldoni discussed during their meeting.

The unlikely airport encounter quickly caught attention because of the two public figures’ profiles.

Candace Owens is famous for her political talk show and podcasts, whereas Justin Baldoni is an actor and filmmaker who has been involved in various Hollywood films.

This meeting occurred a couple of weeks after the heated debate that Candace Owens had with Christian conservative commentator Andrew Wilson on Aug. 14.


Candace Owens vs. Andrew Wilson debate

The discussion, moderated by Patrick Bet-David, ran for four hours and concentrated mainly on whether 23-year-old suspect Tyler Robinson murdered Charlie Kirk.

Wilson believes that there is "overwhelming evidence" that proves 75 to 85 percent likelihood of the guilt of Tyler Robinson.

Candace Owens, on the other hand, assigned a 0% probability to Robinson being the shooter, raising theories of an intentional cover-up and potential foreign involvement.

At one point during the debate, Owens recited all seven exact criminal charges against Robinson from memory to challenge Wilson's mastery of the case files.

Wilson counter-claimed that Owens was actively being fed answers by her team via her phone, which she denies.

Days after the debate aired, Owens took to her X account to react to the viral moment.

“The craziest part is this really wasn’t supposed to be a gotcha. Hence me asking which ‘one.’ I felt he severely wasted viewers time with the painful Erika white-knighting, and I actually wanted to debate him on the substance of Utah’s law regarding the aggravating factor. Then I realized ‘oh wait… wow. This man literally does not even know what Tyler Robinson was charged with’. And this is who TPUSA brought in to debate-train their students.”

Wilson, on the other hand, declared himself the winner of the debate by raiting his own performance higher than Owens’.

“Self evaluation 7/10 would have been a 7.5 but I cede the point there was minor brain fart at the end. Owens 3/10 no evidence based positions at all on alternative claims...no evidence AT ALL Robinson is a federal patsy, mostly feelings and intuition.”

Meanwhile, for the moderator, both Owens and Wilson won. In an interview, Patrick Bet-David explained:

"I think Candace won because she got the money and she presented her argument ... I think she got in front of an audience and moved some people who probably don't watch her content. Remember, baptizing is key."

He continued:

"I think Andrew Wilson won because, let me explain to you how much he won. I think he won more than Candace won, and my argument is going to be very, very weird … This guy spent $300,000 and got somewhere between $50-$200 million ad viewership. So guess what? ... He's a big winner because overnight, now everybody knows who he is and made a lot more than $300,000."

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Edited by Gladys Altamarino