Top 5 Vomit-Inducing Defenses From Liberal Monster Joss Whedon’s Self Defense

Joss Whedon, the liberal celebrity monster Joss has spoken. After years of being accused of abuse, harassment and misconduct by scores of women, of racism by Black actor Ray Fisher, the Buffy the Vampire SlayerIn a bizarre interview, Monday’s publication that featured a pathetic debacle, he attempted to defend himself New York magazine. 

Whedon made Gal Gadot look like a foreigner, despite the sympathy of Lila Shapiro. He claimed to be “powerless” as he coerced women to have sex with him on the set of Buffy. 

I read all 17 pages of Whedon’s disgusting, self-aggrandizing defense of himself so you don’t have to. The worst parts of Whedon’s defense are next. Avengers director, let’s quickly recap: In 2017, the misogynistic Whedon smeared Mike Pence as a “loathsome swine.” The man who wasn’t allowed to be in a room of the underage Buffy actress Michelle Trachtenberg called Trump voters “uncaring and obnoxious.” The defender of women called Ivanka Trump a “dog.” 

Here’s the top 5 most horrific moments in Joss Whedon’s New York His conduct was defended by the magazine: 

Gal Gadot Is an Annoying Foreigner Who Doesn’t Speak Clearly

Refer to Wonder Woman actress Gadot’s claims that feminist Whedon threatened to destroy her career, the director insisted that the very articulate, Israeli-born Gadot is actually a hard-to-understand foreigner: (Click “expand” to read full quote.)

Gadot didn’t care for Whedon’s style either. Last year, she told reporters Whedon “threatened” her and said he would make her “career miserable.” Whedon told me he did no such thing: “I don’t threaten people. Who does that?” He realized she misunderstood his words. “English is not her first language, and I tend to be annoyingly flowery in my speech.” He was recalling a fight over the scene she wanted to film. Jokingly, he told her that she had to tie him up to the railroad track to remove it. “Then I was told that I had said something about her dead body and tying her to the railroad track,” he said. (Gadot did not agree with Whedon’s version of events. “I understood perfectly,” she told New York in an email.)

Feminist Whedon Was ‘Powerless’ as He Coerced Women to Have Sex With Him

Whedon, however, is really the victim. The ex-progressive icon, when asked about forcing young actresses into his bed with him explained that it was because he couldn’t choose. He was “powerless.” Even the sympathetic Shapiro was shocked at this defense: 

On our second day, Whedon spoke to me about the Buffy set. He was worse looking than he looked the day prior. He had faintly been bloodshot in his eyes. He hadn’t slept well. “I feel fucking terrible about them,” he said. When I pressed him on why, he noted “it messes up the power dynamic,” but he didn’t expand on that thought. Instead, he quickly added that he had felt he “had” to sleep with them, that he was “powerless” to resist. I laughed. “I’m not actually joking,” he said. He had been surrounded by beautiful young women — the sort of women who had ignored him when he was younger — and he feared if he didn’t have sex with them, he would “always regret it.” 

No, Wait. Maybe It’s His Mom’s Fault. Perhaps it’s his bullying brothers 

Whedon clearly shopped around for a writer who wouldn’t scoff at his pathetic defenses. She should be commended for speaking to many people about Whedon’s vile claims. Shapiro also used paragraphs to allow the filmmaker, who was then unable to speak out about his terrible behavior, blame his parents and siblings. (Click “expand” to read full quote.)

Whedon was the youngest boy of his three brothers. Soft and slight and anxious, he had long red hair that caused people to mistake him for a girl, which he says he didn’t mind. He identified with “the feminine” — a testament, maybe, to his connection with his mother. She was “capricious and withholding,” but she frightened him less than his father and, especially, his brothers — “admirable monsters” who “bullied the shit” out of him. On weekends and in summers, he would pass his mornings pacing the long driveway of the family’s second home, a farmhouse near Schenectady, “making up science-fiction universes or plotting elaborate revenges on my brothers.”

Whedon now uses a term to describe the harm he caused in his childhood. He says he suffers from complex post-traumatic-stress disorder, a condition that can lead to relationship problems, self-destructive behavior, and addictions of various kinds. I asked him if he was willing to share with me his most traumatizing memory. “I’m going to run to the loo,” he said. He would later reveal that someone told him to act like he was going to the loo if he was feeling uncomfortable.

A Progressive Hero Was a Womanizer

MSNBC brought Whedon on television to tell Americans what a monster Trump was. I guess it takes one to know one: (Click “expand” to read full quote.)

BuffyCynthia Bergstrom was the costume designer for season 5. One episode features Spike asking a sadistic scientist nerd for help in creating a sex robot version of Slayer. Whedon and Gellar didn’t agree on Buffybot’s attire. “Sarah was adamant about it being a certain way,” Bergstrom said. “The costume she wanted was a bit grandma-ish — a pleated skirt and high neck. He definitely wanted it to be sexier.” On the day Gellar tried the different options, Whedon grew frustrated. “I was like, ‘Joss, let’s just get her dressed,’ ” Bergstrom recalled. “He grabbed my arm and dug in his fingers until his fingernails imprinted the skin and I said, ‘You’re hurting me.’ 

Firefly writer remembered him belittling a colleague for writing a script that wasn’t up to par. Instead of sharing her notes in private, he called an all-staff meeting. “It was basically 90 minutes of vicious mockery,” the writer said. “Joss pretended to have a slide projector, and he read her dialogue out loud and pretended he was giving a lecture on terrible writing as he went through the ‘slides’ and made funny voices — funny for him. The men were staring at the pages while this lady was crying. I’ve had my share of shitty showrunners, but the intent to hurt — that’s the thing that stands out for me now.”

Finally, given how much Whedon hates Trump, it’s remarkable how Trump-y he sounds in this article-ending quote about how misunderstood and kind he really is: 

People had been using “every weaponizable word of the modern era to make it seem like I was an abusive monster,” he said. “I think I’m one of the nicer showrunners that’s ever been.”

Next time an American celebrity from Hollywood wants to preach morality, remember Joss Whedon’s disgusting example.