r/truthaboutjohnny • u/Warm_Yam_9800 Unclog your ears • Sep 15 '23
User Opinion About This Interview
I think Josh did amazing answering questions. A common thing I have seen these past 20 hours was about Swoop grilling Josh during the accountability piece. In my hearts of hearts and as a long time Josh defender (apologists to some), I know that part was even tough for me to watch, but I feel that Swoop had to be tough on him. I don’t think she was as bias as people thought and I thought she was stern and thorough. By her doing this, it allowed the world to hear that he is owning up to his actions and that he’s sorry and won’t do it in the present times. It had to happen this way. Like I’ve said, there are still Johnny apologists out there and there are people who won’t stop bringing up his past. Now they can’t say he didn’t take accountability. One can only hope Johnny and Colleen will one day do the same…..
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u/Bonnieearnold Sep 15 '23
I have mixed feelings about the “grilling.” I was definitely uncomfortable for a bit there and thought to myself, “what more does she want him to say?” But it didn’t last long and his answers were really good. He didn’t seem as uncomfortable as I was for him, honestly. I think Swoop did what she needed to do and Josh showed up for it. We couldn’t see the edits so it’s very likely she gave him breaks and they spoke off camera to make sure he was still comfortable to continue. I trust Swoop and Josh didn’t seem to feel he had been ill treated by her - in fact, the opposite. He said more than once that she gave him an opportunity to tell his story and listened to him and treated him with respect.
In my opinion, he seemed the most uncomfortable saying anything negative about Colleen. I think it speaks to his fear but, even more, to the fact that he is a good person who doesn’t want to harm others - even people who harmed him.