Jonah Hill is being mocked widely on the internet after his ex-girlfriend shared texts and alleged he was 'emotionally abusive'
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- Jonah Hill's ex-partner alleged he was "emotionally abusive" and shared his purported text messages.
- In the alleged texts, Hill wrote a list of "boundaries" she must follow, including not posting photos in bathing suits (as she's a semi-professional surfer).
- The messages are so baffling and alarming to internet users that they've become a punchline and Hill a meme.
The internet is mocking Jonah Hill after his ex-partner Sarah Brady shared screenshots of his purported text messages and alleged he was emotionally abusive. Users have even begun creating sketches demonstrating how ridiculous his alleged demands are.
On Friday, Brady, a semi-professional surfer, posted several screenshots to her Instagram story of texts she claimed Hill sent to her while they were in a relationship in 2021. In one of the alleged texts, Hill wrote out a bulleted list of his "boundaries," which prohibited her from "surfing with men," having "boundaryless inappropriate friendships with men," "pictures of [her]self in a bathing suit," and forming "friendships with women who are in unstable places."
If she violated these terms, then he would not be "the right partner" for her, Hill wrote in the alleged text.
Brady wrote in a separate Instagram story that she was posting these messages as a warning to other young women who may find themselves in a similar situation.
"Someone being an emotionally abusive partner doesn't mean they're a terrible person (often stems from their own trauma) and at the same time, it doesn't mean it's ok," she wrote in a separate story post.
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In the aftermath of the incident, the internet is ablaze with shock, disses, and memes mocking Hill for what they believed to be exploiting therapy speak to police Brady's personal and lifestyle choices.
"Jonah Hill explaining 'boundaries' to guys who've never been to therapy,"a Twitter user wrote, attaching a photo of the fictional Joker character next to a clown.
"If ur bf says not to post that bikini pic ask him if that's the jonah hill he wants to die on," says a tweet that went viral with over 75,000 likes.
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One user shared a screenshot from the movie "Little Women" of three of the protagonist sisters wearing fully buttoned-up dresses with their hair tied back, adding: "Jonah Hill's future girlfriend heading to the beach with her friends."
Another Twitter user hilariously urged people to "be the kind of person Jonah Hill wouldn't let his girlfriend hang out with."
Some people made memes to gesture at how ridiculous it was for Hill to allegedly tell his ex-girlfriend, a surfer, not to share pictures of herself surfing with men or in a bathing suit. One person compared it to a woman telling her chef boyfriend that he couldn't cook with female chefs or post social media photos in his chef's coat.
In a popular TikTok, a woman filmed herself jokingly harassing her boyfriend's outfit choices as he leaves the house to go on a run. "You don't see a problem with the outfit?" she's heard asking him relentlessly as he looks down at his T-shirt and football shorts.
"How Jonah Hill looks to every pro athlete rn," their on-screen text read.
Commenters say these memes have become a bright spot in an otherwise alarming accusation against the actor.
"This is the only thing I will thank Jonah Hill for. How the turntables turn," reads one top comment.
While some posts are made to make light of the situation, sociologists and therapists are also using social media to remind people that these texts, if they are real, do exhibit controlling behavior. The TikToker and therapist Jeff Guenther posted a video on Sunday calling Hill's texts a "misuse of therapy language."