Oh, man … get the popcorn. Joss Whedon’s ex-wife, Kai Cole, just unleashed the mother of all bombs in an article in The Wrap chronicling Whedon’s infidelity and challenging his self-proclaimed feminist credentials:
Joss Whedon Is a 'Hypocrite Preaching Feminist Ideals,' Ex-Wife Kai Cole Says (Guest Blog) https://t.co/v9qK8o7ph8 pic.twitter.com/mae1LtR9wQ
— TheWrap (@TheWrap) August 20, 2017
In summary, she accused Whedon of pretending to be a feminist so he could bed other women while lying about it to Cole:
Wow. Joss Whedon's ex wife did not mince words. https://t.co/3BZ8Z8eryn pic.twitter.com/u088QY40BN
— Emma Gray (@emmaladyrose) August 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/ShaunnaLMurphy/status/899369690564362240
Twitchy favorite Adam Baldwin, who worked with Whedon on “Firefly,” presumably subtweeted Whedon with the hashtag “#FakeFeminism”:
https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin/status/899413920946962432
But why is this shocking?
https://twitter.com/gsiemens/status/899395507713449984
Isn’t this how every liberal in Hollywood acts?
Turns out Joss Whedon, a man who got rich and famous by claiming to be a feminist, is just a garden variety fuckboy: https://t.co/1OVMVFCb7o pic.twitter.com/Jo7PCD5Gmp
— Philip Ellis (@Philip_Ellis) August 20, 2017
And get ready for the Whedon fans to come out of the woodwork:
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The Joss Whedon Feminist Defense League is already out in force. "Cheating on your partner doesn't make you less of a feminist." Uh…
— Employee of the Bearimy (@Jenny_Trout) August 20, 2017
The kicker? Joss Whedon's infidelity, since he abused his powers as a director, IS ABOUT ETHICS IN FILMMAKING.
HERE WE GO!#WHEDONGATE
— Liana (censored) Kerzner (@redlianak) August 20, 2017
There were warning signs:
https://twitter.com/amandamichl/status/899394388572471296
So, what about “Batgirl”? Does Whedon stay on as director?
https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/899386412059029509
Sounds like Batgirl better dump @joss Joss Whedon as producer if they expect people to buy tix for the end product. https://t.co/Ih0A3VORSM
— Amy Siskind ?️? (@Amy_Siskind) August 20, 2017
No response yet from Whedon:
Whedon declined comment but I wonder if that changes as this goes viral https://t.co/ygqTDMGShS
— Andrew Wallenstein (@awallenstein) August 20, 2017
As for Whedon’s feminism, these past tweets deserve a second look in retrospect:
Anonymous said: How do you deal with people that are fearful and hateful towards strong women in your… https://t.co/bBJZXuTD5i
— Joss Whedon (@joss) November 7, 2016
His response: I honestly don’t have those people in my life. not for very long, anyway.
And here he is mansplaining feminism to women:
Honoring #InternationalWomensDay, being an ally, this is your day, let me explain how
— Joss Whedon (@joss) March 8, 2017
And this is funny as it’s Whedon who is most like Bill Clinton:
You know, I think people are just pissed they're rebooting the Clinton administration with a female lead
— Joss Whedon (@joss) October 18, 2016
And finally, here’s the hypocrite hitting Trump for the president’s treatment of women:
When trump says he has respect for women #internationalwomensday pic.twitter.com/kNYqEpqFvv
— Joss Whedon (@joss) March 9, 2017
Whatever, hypocrite. Seek. Help.
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