Another day, another Hollywood star was exposed for his misogyny and horrible ways behind closed doors. This time it was Jonah Hill the one exposed by his ex-girlfriend Sarah Brady, with whom he dated for about a year in 2021. The comedian and actor recently released a documentary on his journey battling with mental health issues, which made Brady’s accusations even more controversial.
Professional surfer, Sarah Brady, posted some screenshots of texts allegedly sent by the Superbad actor during their relationship. Although the relationship was short, the few moments they shared a glimpse of their ‘love’ things seemed to be perfect. But the texts Hill constantly sent Brady show it was a toxic and manipulative relationship.
Jonah Hill’s Violent Texts
Brady started her posts on July 7, saying she hoped these could be seen as a “warning to all girls.” She revealed that the relationship was “emotionally abusive” and that she keeps working on her mental health after the terrible and coercive control she endured during her relationship with Jonah Hill.
“This is a warning to all girls. If your partner is talking to you like this, make an exit plan,” said Brady on Instagram. According to Brady, problems began when Hill asked her to remove all her posts in which she was showing her “ass in a thong,” meaning all the photos where she appeared wearing a bathing suit… she’s a professional surfer.
Wanting to make things work, Brady agreed to take down some of her content but this wasn’t enough for the actor who said to her via texts that it wasn’t his “place to teach you. I’ve made my boundaries clear.” In a text from December 2, 2021, Hill tells her: “Plain and simple: If you need: surfing with men, boundaryless inappropriate friendships with men, to model, to post pictures of yourself in a bathing suit, […], I am not the right partner for you.”
At one point, Brady tells him that her job is surfing and that he should understand that, to which he replies: “I respect your love of surfing, but I respect myself as well. This isn’t me. I have my own issues that I own. If you want marriage and family you can’t use the 25 card. Step up and cut the shit.” Brady clarifies that most of her colleagues and friends he often refers to as “these people” were simply relationships he didn’t approve of, showing that he was trying to cut her off from her support system.
Besides surfing, Brady is also a model, a career path, Hill was also against as he states in another of the texts: “Oh and modeling which is the last professional I would be with as a partner. But LOL must be hard feeling so trapped.” At this point, Sarah is getting tired of the manipulations and decides to talk back telling him that he “should’ve asked me more about what I do for work before you decide to date me then. A little late now.” Of course, he replied in the same condescending and manipulative way we’ve seen throughout the texts: “Keep taking me for granted. Go, model! It’s a fulfilling life you’ll love it. Real depth and substance and sustainability for relationships. But actually, I’m done with this convo.”
Jonah Hill Profiting of Mental Health Issues?
Johah Hill has been quite vocal about mental health and his issues in the past years. As mentioned, he even released the documentary Stutz in which he documented his sessions with psychiatrist Phil Stutz. However, as many on social media have agreed, having mental issues is no excuse to bring down another person. Brady herself added that she also struggles with mental health “but I do not use it to control people like he did to me.”
Therapist Jeff Guenther explained on his social media the difference between boundaries and coercive control: “A boundary is a healthy limit a person sets for themselves to protect their well-being and integrity. It is a rule or guideline that one creates to identify reasonable, safe, and permissible ways for others to behave towards them, and how they’ll respond when someone passes those limits.” That’s an important difference.
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What Jonah Hill was doing was “weaponizing what he learned to attempt to manipulate his girlfriend,” Guenther concluded. Although shocking for many, sadly this is a very common practice many people endure in toxic relationships. Manipulation and coercive control can start with very small things that the person allegedly wants to change in their partners, but as we can see in these messages it can escalate to forcing the person to end personal relationships and even stop doing their work.
Sarah Brady concluded his posts by saying that “it’s been a year of healing and growth with the help of loved ones and doctors to get back to living my life without guilt, shame and self-judgment for things as small as surfing in a swimsuit rather than a more conservative wetsuit. And I’m sure there’s still much more healing from this abuse ahead of me.”
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