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In March 2018, Hughes criticised the March for Our Lives protesters in a series of posts on Instagram, calling them "pathetic" and "disgusting vile abusers of the dead". He accused the survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting participating in the protest of "exploiting the death of 16 of our fellow students for a few Facebook likes and some media attention", while accusing one of them, Emma González, of treason. Hughes later deleted the posts. Amidst criticism for his comments, he apologized five days later, saying: "I was not attempting to impugn the youth of America and this beautiful thing that they accomplished. I truly am sorry, I did not mean to hurt anyone or cause any harm."

In 2017, Andrew Julian Vega, a former friend of Hughes, obtained a restraining order against Hughes after he made threats against Vega's life.

On November 13, 2015, the Bataclan theatre in Paris was attacked by terrorists while Eagles of Death Metal were performing. Hughes escaped with the rest of the band via the backstage, however the band's merchandise manager, Nick Alexander, was killed. The terrorist attacks killed 89 fans at the theatre, and 130 people overall.

In 2015, Hughes appeared in the Björn Tagemose-directed silent film Gutterdämmerung, starring Iggy Pop, Grace Jones, Lemmy and Henry Rollins.

On December 6, 2012, Jesse Hughes became an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church.

In September 2011, Hughes released his first solo album under the nickname Boots Electric. The album, Honkey Kong, was released on Dangerbird Records. He played his first show in Columbus, Ohio, on August 12, 2011, at the CD 101 Summerfest Eve.

Hughes is one of the characters in the book Sex Tips from Rock Stars by Paul Miles published by Omnibus Press in July 2010.

In a 2007 interview, bandmate Josh Homme stated "Jesse Hughes and I have a theory; we’re socially liberal but government conservative guys". Hughes has also said "I wanted to be a Republican politician, for God sakes. I’m a conservative, dude".

Hughes and Homme formed Eagles of Death Metal in 1998. Hughes credits Homme with saving his life, claiming that during the recording of the second Eagles of Death Metal album Death By Sexy, he fell into serious drug addiction and that Homme not only drove him to rehabilitation, but paid for it as well.

Jesse Everett Hughes (born September 24, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the frontman of the rock band Eagles of Death Metal, with whom he has recorded four studio albums and a live album.

Jesse Everett Hughes was born in Greenville, South Carolina on September 24, 1972. At age seven, he moved with his mother Jo Ellen to Palm Desert, California. In high school, he met Josh Homme, and they became good friends after Homme stopped a bully from picking on Hughes. Hughes graduated from Greenville Technical College with a degree in journalism and worked as the manager of a video depot in Palm Desert for several years.