In the year of our lord, 2023, there are those who still think that because we’re now in a post #MeToo world, all women’s problems were solved and now everything’s fine. Cue the tumbleweed, because yet another Hollywood man has been exposed as being an absolute mind-controlling turd muffin to his girlfriends. Yes, this is the Jonah Hill we’re going to die on.
Pro surfer Sarah Brady took the internet by storm over the weekend when she leaked texts exchanged between her and ex-boyfriend and star of “The Wolf of Wall Street” Jonah Hill where she says that, during their time together, he tried to weaponize therapy-speak to control her online social media presence, how she dressed, wearing a bathing suit (she’s a surfer!), having a modeling career, and for having friends he didn’t approve of.
Let’s all take a deep breath, because these receipts are damning.
“Sharing this publicly now because keeping it to myself was causing more damage to my mental health than sharing it could ever do [...]This is a warning to all girls. If your partner is talking to you like this, make an exit plan. Call me if you need an ear," Sarah wrote on Instagram as she shared the screencaps of her 2021 texts with the “Superbad” actor during their romance.
In the screencaps allegedly sent by the “Don’t Look Up” actor, Hill writes that she wasn’t allowed to “surf with men,” “model,” “post pictures of yourself in a bathing suit,” “post sexual pictures,” or have “friendships with women who are in unstable places.”
More screencaps were shared where he instructs her to take down Instagram photos he doesn’t approve of, giving her an ultimatum to obey him or risk a breakup. He misuses therapy-speak like praising his own vulnerability and his boundaries while trying to make Sarah feel shame and guilt. In one of her Instagram Stories, Sarah shares, “I too struggle with mental health but I do not use it to control [people] like he did to me.”
She continued, “It’s been a year of healing and growth with the help of loved ones and doctors to get me back to living my life without guilt, shame and self-judgment for things as small as surfing in a swimsuit rather than a more conservative wetsuit. And I’m sure there’s still much more healing from this abuse ahead of me.”
She then referenced the new baby Hill just welcomed with his new partner Olivia Millar, writing, “I hope my ex has a daughter. Maybe she’ll turn him into a real feminist because the fact that he calls himself a feminist now is laughable.”
She concluded: “If I could have one wish for him it would be that he is surrounded by feminist men who can hold him accountable to grow in the ways he has expressed he wants to.”
She then said what we’re all thinking: Hill is an “emotionally abusive partner” including the caveat that this “doesn’t mean they’re a terrible person, at the same time, it doesn’t mean it’s OK.”
Of course, the timing here couldn’t have been more on-the-nose, because Hill’s clothing company Meaningful Existence just dropped more items in their clothing line, with their official Instagram posting a hat with the astute line, “Complete Unrelenting Control.”
Ah, the poetic justice.
With the news of Hill’s manipulative tactics in his relationships revealed, this has naturally taken social media by storm, with the star being slammed by feminist thinkers and even famed social media therapist Therapy Jeff as an example of a controlling emotional abuser.
Therapy Jeff’s take of the situation has gone viral, with his commentary garnering over 1.2 million views.
So far Hill and his media representatives have not responded to NME’s request for comment, and the actor has been silent on social media.
If you or a loved one are experiencing domestic violence or partner abuse, CTV has published a list of resources in your area.