''Believe women' mantra is over': Jonah Hill finds a friend in Meghan McCain amid text message scandal

Former The View co-host Meghan McCain weighed in on the controversy surrounding actor Jonah Hill and whose "manipulative" texts allegedly sent to an ex-girlfriend were recently leaked to the press.

Surf instructor Sarah Brady made public the text messages she said were sent between her and the actor, in which he criticizes the clothes she chooses to wear and her social media activity, among other things.

"This is a warning to all girls," Brady wrote in an Instagram post, which showed a person alleged to be Hill asking her to remove public photos of her "a-- in a thong" and to not engage in "boundaryless [sic] inappropriate friendships" with other men. In her post, Brady wrote: "If your partner is talking to you like this, make an exit plan."

In her column for the Daily Mail, McCain declared the texts showed that the "era of the blanket 'believe women' mantra is over."

"Brady is acting like a martyr. She claims she released the private texts as a 'warning to all girls' and called on Hill's friends to 'hold him accountable.' I'm not sure what that means, but it sure sounds threatening," McCain wrote.

She went to say that it's clear Brady is seeking to harm Hill's public persona.

"Does she want him excluded from entertainment industry, his career ruined, his reputation destroyed?" McCain wrote. "In the past, Hill has been open about his struggles with mental health, anxiety and panic attacks. That doesn't justify abuse, but we must realize that there are usually two sides to every story. And a few messages released without context can hardly illuminate the situation."

McCain said that a reading of the text messages doesn't make Hill sound "anything like the monster his ex portrays him to be" and he should be praised for setting boundaries.

"In this day and age, a man asking a female partner to practice modesty and restraint is automatically interpreted as misogyny," she said.