One of the personality traits that makes Magyar Peter so effective, is that he is agile and funny. He reacts to an attack or a news piece quickly, and he often leans in with humour in a way that can deflect the attack and show the attacker as ridiculous.
Here are a few of my favourite funny moments from 2024.
Auctioned his sunnies for charity
When the whole Magyar Peter thing kicked off it was Spring/Summer so needless to say Magyar Peter needed to protect his blue eyes from the harsh rays of the sun. His preferred eyewear were these tinted hexagonal Ray-Bans (you can still buy them here). Anyway, the humourless ghouls over at Fidesz kept making fun of them for being “women’s glasses.” (They’re not.) So what did our Little Hungarian Freedom Fighter do? He auctioned them off for charity netting HUF 3 million (about USD 7000) for some families doing it tough in the city of Debrecen.
Popped a big orange balloon
When Magyar Peter and the Tisza Party first started out, they would be teased by Fidesz that the balloon would soon pop (“ki pukkad a lufi!”). Essentially saying they’d be implode any day now. Except then something strange happened. On April 7, hundreds of thousands of people came to see Magyar speak at Kossuth Square. And again on March 15th on Andrassy Avenue. And again and again and again in cities, towns and villages across Hungary.
Never one to shy away from an attack, on the April 7th speech Magyar Peter popped a giant orange balloon (Fidesz’s colour is orange). You can watch it here from 1:56.
Took the steam out of belt-gate
Magyar Peter is not perfect — no one is. His ex-wife claimed during an interview that while they were still married he could be verbally aggressive with her. She also claimed that one night she was lying in bed and he came home drunk, and he took his jeans off with the belt still in the loops and as he threw the jeans onto the bed the buckle hit her back. What followed were some pretty extravagant press reports that that Magyar Peter had “belted his wife.” This is not at all what his wife, the former Justice Minister said, and by God it stands to reason that if the Justice Minister was being belted, she of all people could seek help from her bodyguards, police and the judiciary.
In trying to rattle Magyar Peter, those supportive of the government put up big photos of belts in the towns where Peter was about to speak. But — taking matters into his own hands as he is known to do — Magyar Peter started posing with his belt to take the oxygen out of the story.
It worked, and Fidesz was starting to learn that there were some teflon qualities to their new opposition leader.
Took a poll on his pants
He favours these beige chinos which are either flattering or unflattering depending on how you look at it. He doesn’t miss a beat so when people started posting about the eggplant in his pants he did a snap poll asking whether he should wear his old chinos or buy new. Apparently 40,000 people took the poll (!!!!) and on Instagram 51% voted for new pants but on Facebook 56% voted for the old ones.
Another news cycle dominated! :)))))))
Hit the clubs
In a no good, very bad idea, Peter hit the clubs after winning big at the EU Parliament elections. In a bad misstep he hit the exact club where oligarchs and rich kids like to go. It would have been a much better look for him to hit the local pub. Anyway, it was always going to end in tears. He was sexy dancing with girls. Got into a kerfuffle. Ended up getting thrown out of the club in a headlock. And threw someone’s phone into the Danube. Christ on a Cross!
Showed us his pruning skills
Is there nothing this man can’t do? In autumn, he put out a video of him pruning his plants and creating a beautiful fall bouquet.
Hit the gym
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Changed his Insta handle to "The Man"
God he’s funny. His Instagram handle is @magyar_peter_official_the_man
Took a drug test
In the week before the 2024 EU Parliament elections, Magyar Peter wanted to highlight the rumours around Fidesz’s European Parliament list leader, Deutsch Tamas, using drugs (a long-time rumour / joke), so Peter took himself off to get a public drug test and invited Deutsch Tamas to do the same (he didn’t).
Made eggplant dip
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Made pancakes
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Made a "latte avocado"
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Posed with bananas
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Published a book
He has had a genuinely impressive year so good for him. But it is funny that he has published his very own coffee table book to commemorate it. God love him!
Has good meme game
His arch nemesis is a cretin called Menczer Tamas (Fidesz’s Communications Director). When Menczer accosted him outside a children’s home as Magyar was trying to hand over some Christmas gifts, Magyar retorted by saying Menczer had bad breath. Truth be told, Menczer does appear to have yellow chompers so I wouldn’t be too surprised.
By the end of the day, Magyar Peter had posted the below meme, a reference to Hungary’s famous TV Bear brushing his teeth before bed. LOL.
Loves a photoshoot
A lot of people think Peter’s hot. And I think Peter is one of them!!!! He loves a modelling photo and has taken many over the last few months in different fine merino wool knits and nice new suits. He also loves a suede boot. Good for him. If you’ve got it flaunt it I say!
Merch baby merch
When the Tisza Party first burst on to the scene, I emailed them with the idea of setting up a merch shop where people could buy t-shirts etc. People want to feel part of a movement….kind of like Trump’s red MAGA hats. Not sure if it was my idea they listened to or if they already had the idea but Tisza has quite a merch shop going. Whether you want t-shirts or mugs, bracelets or dog leads. They’ve got you covered.
