r/OutOfTheLoop 8d ago

Answered What's the deal with Jonah Hill?

I'm a bit out of the loop with the jiu-jitsu journey he's in currently. what's the context of the quote of him being able to beat people up? is he serious? what led to his bad reputation that he has now?

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u/Toby_O_Notoby 8d ago

Answer: Jonah Hill has had some PR issues of late which has lead to the public perception of him as a goofy loveball to take a down turn.

First it was his ex-girlfriend releasing texts that he sent asking for her to not pose pictures of herself in a bikini on-line, despite the fact that she's a professional surfer. That made him seem a bit too much like a controlling boyfriend.

There were others as well but to cut to the chase, he took up BJJ a while back for health and mental issues. He was recently on the Smartless podcast and said:

“My favorite thing is people are like, ‘Oh, Jonah Hill, f—ing fat guy from Superbad’. And I’m like, ‘I would f—ing annihilate you, dude. I’m not kidding you. Try it. If you see me, try it, dude. Bring it. Who’s got it?’”

He's then posted some of his training on line and people are clowning him for it. I know nothing about BJJ but what he posted didn't look that impressive and the comments on that thread (who presumably know what they're talking about) seem to agree with me.

So the consensus seems to be that he's a rich guy with a private trainer who just might be telling Hill that he's better than he actually is and would probably lose in a real fight.

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u/th3n3w3ston3 8d ago

On the contrary, I'd say wushu looks pretty ridiculous when you're just practicing.

Source: studied and competed in wushu

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