Controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson spoke up when he spoke about Don’t Worry Darling director Olivia Wilde, who called him a “insane pseudo-intellectual hero” to the “Incel” community.
Peterson agreed that he was a “hero” for incels, or “involuntary celibates” — a mostly online group of young men who believe society is unfairly denying them sexual or romantic attention.
Wilde revealed earlier this month that Peterson was the inspiration for Chris Pine’s terrifying character Frank in the film Don’t Worry Darling.
“We based this character on this crazy man, Jordan Peterson, who is this pseudo-intellectual hero of the incel community,” Wilde said, adding that incels are a community of “disenfranchised, mostly white men who believe that they have a right to sex from women.’
When asked if he agreed with Wilde’s assessment that he was an “intellectual hero” for teasing men, Peterson got emotional and had tears in his eyes before insisting her comments “really didn’t bother me.”
Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored last night, Peterson said: “Sure why not. People have been after me for a long time for speaking to disaffected men — and what a horrible thing to do.”
Peterson then paused as he got emotional and tried to hold back tears before adding, “I thought the marginalized should have a voice.”
Controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson spoke up when he spoke about Don’t Worry Darling director Olivia Wilde, who called him a “insane pseudo-intellectual hero” to the “Incel” community
Wilde (pictured in New York on September 19) revealed earlier this month that Peterson was the inspiration for Chris Pine’s terrifying character Frank in the film Don’t Worry Darling
“We built this character on this insane man, Jordan Peterson, who’s this pseudo-intellectual hero of the incel community,” said Wilde. Pictured: Chris Pine and Wilde from a scene in Don’t Worry Darling
Incels consider themselves unable to sexually attract women and are hostile to sexually attractive ones.
They communicate with each other online, through a series of forums that promote male-dominated views, extreme ideologies of misogyny and sexual objectification of women, and incite violence.
But Peterson said incels were “estranged” and “they don’t know what to do and everyone is berating them.”
Peterson paused as he got emotional and tried to fight back tears, before adding, “I thought the marginalized should have a voice.”
Peterson’s past scandals on gender, race and masculinity
2016: Blamed on proposed Canadian legislation that would outlaw discrimination based on “gender identity or sex expression,” claiming it would threaten freedom of expression
2017: Claims that “the idea of white privilege is absolutely reprehensible” because “most people have all kinds of privilege”
2018: Told Britain’s Channel 4 TV that men need to “fuckingly grow up” and “take responsibility” while debating the crisis of manhood. Also claimed that the gender pay gap is not “just due to gender”.
2019: Cambridge University withdrew Peterson’s grant after facing angry backlash over the announcement of a ten-part lecture series
2020: Peterson’s daughter Mikhaila announced that he had been hospitalized in Russia after developing a severe addiction to benzodiazepines for anxiety. She claimed that he “nearly died several times… from what the medical system did to him in the West.”
Late 2020: Penguin Random House Canada employees attempt to block publication of his self-help book Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, slamming Peterson as an “icon of white supremacy and hate speech.”
2021: Tells The Sunday Times that he became suicidal as a result of his benzodiazepine addiction and said he had to be placed in an induced coma while hospitalized in Russia
May 2022: Calls Sports Illustrated’s plus-size swimsuit cover model “not pretty” and goes on to claim “no amount of authoritarian tolerance will change that.”
With tears in his eyes, Peterson said: “Well, God, it’s very difficult to understand how demoralized people are, and certainly there are young men who fall into that category.
“You get these casual insults like ‘you incels.’ What does that even mean?’
He continued, “These men don’t know how to make themselves attractive to women and they are picky. And good for them women, be selective, that’s your gift. Demand high standards from your husband, fair enough.
“But all these estranged men are lonely and don’t know what to do and everyone berates them.”
A number of “incels” have taken to murdering and assaulting women. In 2018, Scott Paul Beierle, an incel, murdered two women and injured four others at a Florida yoga studio before killing himself.
Last year, 21-year-old Ohio resident Tres Genco was accused of planning a mass shooting of female students in Ohio and illegally possessing a machine gun.
British activist Patsy Stevenson slammed Peterson for his comments, saying: “The way Jordan Peterson cries about incels being ‘misunderstood’ men who don’t know how to ‘make themselves attractive to women’.
“Then he doesn’t understand why people hate him. Jordan Babe Incels murder women because we say no to them.
Peterson, a psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, is a controversial figure for his conservative views on free speech, gender identification and climate change.
During his rise to fame, Peterson has dubbed himself a “professor against political correctness.” The 60-year-old has been particularly outspoken on the subject of masculinity, previously explaining that the male spirit is being “attacked”.
Discussing how Wilde branded him “that crazy man” and a “pseudo-intellectual” who appealed to an “incel community,” Peterson said, “You know, as far as criticism goes, that was kind of low.
“I mean, once I got painted as ‘Red Skull,’ you know, a magical super Nazi, that kind of ended the insults. There is no space behind it.
“When Olivia Wilde made these comments, the first thing I did was watch the preview for a movie that I really liked. I thought, ‘I would probably watch this movie’. And maybe I will. It didn’t really bother me.’
‘He’s depressed, spare him’: Jordan Peterson explains why he visited Cristiano Ronaldo
Jordan Peterson has claimed he “helped out” Cristiano Ronaldo during a two-hour meeting after the star had “some troubles in his life”.
Ronaldo was criticized after the footballer posted a picture of himself next to Peterson on Instagram, where he called the controversial professor a “friend”.
Peterson said Ronaldo invited him over to his home and the two talked for two hours about the footballer’s companies and what he hopes for in the future.
When asked about the footballer’s private visit and the backlash the visit had caused, he said: “Well he invited me to visit him. He was having some troubles in his life a few months ago and a friend of his sent him some of my videos and he said he watched them and then he read my book or one of my books and found them very helpful and he wanted to talk .
“So I went to his house and we talked for about two hours and he showed me all his gear to keep himself in top shape.
“And we talked a bit about his businesses, but mostly we talked about what he wanted going forward and some of the obstacles he’s facing in doing so. And so for about 90 minutes we had a strategic conversation about these issues, I would say.’
Piers added that after the well-documented loss of his child and criticism of his football, his sporting friend appeared to be doing much better since speaking to Peterson.
The professor admitted that they had discussed trying to figure out a way forward from some of his current problems.
Morgan said he found it interesting that someone with that much mental and physical toughness needed his help, Peterson replied, “Well, I don’t know if he needed me because he’s a pretty competent guy, but … that’s something very Competent people do – you can always improve, you know.
“So his life is put together very well and he’s had some issues.”
He continued: “We talked a lot about what he wanted, how he wanted his career to end with dignity and how that could be optimized.”
Peterson added, “For people with a stellar career, especially one that is to some extent based on youth, it’s difficult to figure out what to do with the rest of their lives.
“Now he’s well positioned because he’s a very smart businessman and he has a young family and lots of friends and from what I can tell he’s positioned himself extremely intelligently on that front. So I think to me it looks like the transition is going to be pretty smooth for him.
“But that’s a testament to his wisdom, because he made sure his life was based on more than one dimension of attainment, and that was very wise.”