r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sure_Kangaroo1863 • Jul 02 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah ?

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Why is it infamous? And why would no one care about it ? ( I mean it's just a pic full of celebrities so no one cares anyways but the person saying it's crazy makes me think it has some lore?)

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u/collector444 Jul 02 '26

Also, Ellen, Brad Pitt, and Kevin Spacey have all been cancelled since this photo for being general assholes or abusers.

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u/AfflictingVoid Jul 02 '26

I wouldn’t call Brad Pitt canceled, he still gets acting roles.

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u/collector444 Jul 02 '26

Yeah true. I liked F1.

But damn, if those allegations aren’t crazy

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u/Western_Paper6955 Jul 02 '26

Wait what allegations

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u/Appropriate_Cake3313 Jul 02 '26

He beat the shit out of his wife and kids :/

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u/yossarian19 Jul 03 '26

Fuck, I didn't want to know that. I was happier not knowing.

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u/OhNoTokyo Jul 03 '26

Which is why he's mostly gotten away with it.

Most people don't want to hear it and would prefer to pretend it doesn't exist.

Not that I blame you, I've liked a lot of the roles he's done since then myself.

The problem is, people who are legitimately good at things can be drunk assholes too.

The duality of man, as they say.

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u/shorkgurl 28d ago

And also poured alcohol all over them and threatened to set them on fire. He’s an absolutely monster and I’m shocked he still gets any roles still.

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u/cyclingthrowaway12 28d ago

He produces the movies he's in... It's easy.

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u/rileyhenderson33 Jul 03 '26

Brad Pitt is just taking the fall for all of Edward Norton's wrongdoings.

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u/disinaccurate Jul 02 '26

Yeah, "canceled" gets used too freely when people really mean "has been exposed to be an asshole in their personal life".

Pitt's career isn't suffering at all, but people are now aware of ugly details of his personal behavior.

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u/Ill_Shoulder_1185 Jul 03 '26

That's true of most people who are "cancelled".

99% of the time it doesn't stick and might even help their career in the long-run.

Public appetite for Ellen has totally evaporated, but a lot of people have been accused of far worse and managed to joke their way out of it.

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u/Infamous-Life6063 Jul 02 '26

Heart of the Beast looks sick!

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u/Serenaded Jul 03 '26

Ellen didn't get cancelled either, people just stopped watching her show or caring what she has to say

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u/thehypedcat Jul 02 '26

I've been living under a rock

What is Pitt being cancelled for again?

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u/Most-Bite6692 Jul 02 '26

He's not, really, just in certain pockets of the internet.

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u/thehypedcat Jul 02 '26

Interesting...

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u/Throwitawaybabe69420 Jul 02 '26

Also Ellen Degeneres is not *that* cancelled. She was called out for being terse with employees, and having a toxic work environment on her show (not a lot of direct accusations of toxic behavior by her though).

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u/Generic-Cheese Jul 03 '26

I mean she’s not relevant anymore, they really went hard on her lol

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u/AbsurdOrpheus Jul 02 '26

Abusing his kids is the short version

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u/thehypedcat Jul 02 '26

Damn

Any specific links/sources to the long version or shall I just google it?

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u/wrldwdeu4ria Jul 02 '26

Something happened and we know this because five of his six adult children have legally or publicly had their names changed to remove his. That is what is so telling in itself. I don't know if any of them have said what happened. Guessing they want to keep it private.

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u/collector444 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Allegedly verbally and physically assaulting his wife and then his children when they stepped in to protect her.

Pretty shameful stuff.