He’s not a stand-up comedian, though. Why would he have to have a witty comeback when he’s there to stump for his movie?

Why is punching Jonah hill punching upwards?

I’m saying this joke was inappropriate, and he was well within his rights to be offended by it. Is that a difficult concept for you to understand?

If this was aimed at say Melissa McCarthy or Leslie Jones, Jezebel would be in stage three meltdown right now.

You’re losing the trees for the forest as it were...punching up/down means fuck all when we’re talking the in-person insulting (in front of an audience, no less) of someone with as much right have feelings and be hurt as the penis-less.

Yes, which is in response to the man telling her that he first decided he liked her when she did a scene where she got fucked in the ass first. That’s totally appropriate, right?

Are you fucking kidding me?

No, it’s not about his weight.

Was about to comment the same thing. Having lived in France, been married in France and worked in French companies for even longer, I can tell you most of French humor is about “taking the piss out of” people. Sorry to use a British-ism, but it just doesn’t translate to American. It’s the teasing you give your best…

No, it’s not, because if the genders had been reversed, the focus here would have been on the inappropriateness of the joke. Because the gender dynamic is what it is, the focus of this article, and these comments is on Hills inability to “take a joke.”

I think this is absolutely about his weight. I don’t even understand how that could not be the case.

If someone made a similar joke at Melissa McCarthy’s expense this place would be up in arms.

This wasn’t a joke about power dynamics. This was an insult to his appearance, and he didn’t appear to have done anything to deserve it. This isn’t some sort of feminist stand she’s taking. This is just a mean-spirited “joke” at the expense of someone who was just trying to do his job. It’s inappropriate in either…

There’s a huge difference between a person who is uncomfortable about their weight making a self deprecating joke about it to pretend they are not, and someone else coming in and saying “no one wants you because you’re fat.”

I get the idea that punching up is better than punching down. However, you’re really saying it’s okay to fat shame a dude, who is probably very insecure about his weight, by telling him he completely undesirable just because women get that kind of thing much more than men? That seems bizarre.

Maybe, but I don’t think it’s particularly appropriate to directly insult the appearance of anyone who is just trying to promote their movie. It’s shitty either way, and he did nothing to deserve it.

Yeah, I don’t get this. The joke was “I want you. Just kidding, no one wants you because you’re fat and ugly.” How is that a joke anyone here can stand up for?

Yeah, no, that was inappropriate as hell. You’re interviewing someone to help promote a film, not projecting your sexual fantasies on them, or making jokes at the expense of whether or not you perceive them as sexually attractive or not. I don’t care who it is, or what gender they are. That should not have been said,…

Can’t help but feel the response to this “joke” would be less positive had the genders been reversed.

OK, but how much would Jez be freaking out if the roles and genders had been reversed?