Stop Objectifying Jacob Elordi, Maybe

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Jacob Elordi is under police investigation after he was accused of assa*lting a radio producer in Australia on Saturday over a "Saltburn" joke.

Elordi was at the Clovelly Hotel in the Sydney suburbs when he was approached by Joshua Fox, a producer for "The Kyle & Jackie O Show." Fox said on the radio show Monday he jokingly asked Elordi for his bathwater to give host Jackie O, a reference to a scene in the movie "Saltburn," when the situation started escalating.

Fox claims he stopped recording their interaction at Elordi's request and agreed with not using the video. That's when Elordi "gets up in my face" and "demands I delete the footage," Fox said.

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*Just a note here folks, I meant to say "investigated" at 9:30 instead of arrested there. My bad, still shaking off the flu brain lmao

[BryonyClaire]

I don't get why people think it's so ok to objectify anyone, whatever gender. Its particularly puzzling when women do it because we've spoken up against that happening to us, just because someone's gender is different doesn't make it OK. This weird fandom issue just doesn't make sense to me, if you're a fan of someone, doesn't that mean you're a fan of them as a person? So why dehumanize them like this?

[originaozz]

As a Pedro fan, I felt like the daddy talk was cute and funny in the beginning until it got downright weird and fetishizing. I think we just don't know how to treat human as human anymore; everything's content.

[calliebration]

when do they burn the salt. im 3 minutes into the movie

[SpoonG]

It happened to Justin Bieber too, during his teens. I think that his overall a-holeyness comes from the fact that he was repeatedly harassed by ANYONE, known or unknown, since he was 13. This doesn't justify any of his horrible behaviors, but it's a thing to be taken into account, especially since we berate these things when they happen to girls and women.
People should calm down.

[SkyeD.Hikaru]

I remember watching a clip of Chris Evans on Ellen, where she put up all these shirtless pics of him and commented on his body, and everyone was eating it up. I just sat there thinking "Isn't this gross? Would they do this with a female celebrity?" I just think there's such a double standard. The whole "thirst" culture for these famous guys is just so lecherous and objectifying. You're allowed to think someone is hot, but they need to start giving assemblies on parasocial relationships fr. It's creepy.

[dovestone_]

people obsessing over whether celebrities are secretly queer is so bizarre and inappropriate

not to mention it will probably discourage celebrities that ARE closeted from ever coming out

[MollyKillers]

I just feel bad for Jacob because that bath water is going to stick with him forever. And it’s interesting as people have really run with him and that but not Barry even though Barry’s character actually did all the crazy stuff in the movie… I just don’t get it like leave people alone. You can find celebrities hot and all but just leave them alone it’s not that hard.

[mplbooks]

A lot of the time, men in Hollywood are told not to discourage this kind of thing because the women sexualizing them are the reason they get jobs. It's a shame, but they do have a fear of losing their ability to open/star in movies if they speak out against this kind of fan behavior.

[chippenwhale]

Australian Radio is a horrid breeding ground for "shock jocks" - where radio hosts do the most deranged pranks, calls or interviews for the ratings, so I'm not surprised that this happened. Not condoning aggression, but I can see why there's a sympathetic lens on his response.

[claire_]

I really don’t think it’s prudish to say “Hey, maybe over-sexualizing someone else is dehumanizing and not okay.” Whether they’re in on the “jokes” or not, there’s still a high likelihood that these comments could be messing with their self image and overall mental health. Famous or not.

[Olivia-jwsd]

I am so confused about saltburn because everytime I hear someone talk about it it sounds like a different movie. Is it gross? Is it sexy? Is it scary? Is it a comedy? Is it a drama? The tiktok girlies said something about mansions and pretty dresses? Who wears the pretty dress? Is it Jacob?


No I won't watch it, I'm just going to continue to be confused.

[MelEnvision]

Jacob actually has spoken about how uncomfortable he feels being objectified. Search "Jacob Elordi speaks out against objectification he faces as a man in Hollywood".

[court]

I CRINGE about how some women act online towards men and especially when that is then conveyed to these male celebrities by the media in the form of interviews. A great example of this is Hozier, it feels like almost every interview across his entire career is filled with how obsessed his female fans are of him, showing him examples and asking him for his opinion on his popularity.

Of course he takes it well everytime it’s brought up, but you can just tell that there is a sense of discomfort.

He’s voiced on several occasions that he’s glad he’s managed to separate who he is personally to who he is an artist so much due to his identity often being assumed by his fans, based on the character he personifies. But I still think a lot of fans (often *grown* women) simply cannot behave themselves towards him both online and in person and I feel when celebrities are subjected to this kind of parasocial behaviour.

[IvellScarlett]

About the daddy meme: I think it is important to keep in mind that Pedro Pascal might have found the meme funny the first few times he heard it. That's why he leaned into it. However, if you hear the same meme every single day as just a nonstop wave from the internet, it starts being less funny.

[ghostrouxinol]

I get celebrity crushes ... but i wish people stop talking about celebrities' sex life or bodies. If it'snt important to the actual conversation, just don't bring it out.

[annaisntcool]

I’m on Jacob’s side, people need to respect others’ boundaries. Celebrity or not, don’t sexually harass a person because you think they’re hot

[OverthinkingConde]

7:54 🤮 Countdown for the first online countdown to a boy actor becoming "legal" like those about girl actors. Equality wasn't supposed to be this people.

[lifeonabudget]

This same thing happened to the R&B/neo soul singer D'Angelo. He couldn't handle the sexualization that was put upon him during his massive heyday. It was one of the reasons why he disappeared for as long as he did.

[hasnaabdirahman]

Love the video but I would argue that despite not being remembered that fondly, The Kissing Booth was his breakout role!