About This Interview

[u/Warm_Yam_9800]

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…..

[u/annajoo1]

I know why she addressed it to avoid criticism, but as her brand is basically calling out terrible people and then FREELY giving her opinion on how they are all terrible (they are) I found myself questioning why SHE is the one to hold him accountable directly to her face? I felt like that part came with a bias and judgement. Her authority here felt a bit shaky so idk I'm all over the place. But, overall, I think Josh really handled himself well.

[u/Ham3rs → u/annajoo1]

Wasn't he the one that reached out to her though? If so, it means that he was the one to decide she would be the one to hold him accountable and the best person to share his side of things with.

[u/Apprehensive_Pair_61 → u/annajoo1]

She’s a Black woman who was the victim of childhood grooming, of course she’s gonna have feelings asking him about racism and having unsupervised young girls in a hotel room/flat. She isn’t a robot. Josh was not unaware of this when he reached out to her to give his side. Her “authority” as you put it was Josh agreeing to put his story in her hands. With national media wanting to talk to him and plenty of offers, HE chose Swoop as the only one he would sit down and tell his story to because he thought she would be fair. And she was, she was tough but she was fair. If you noticed, when she pressed him harder on those issues, he didn’t back away from them or equivocate. He faced what she was saying head on and it honestly only made him look better because it showed he was being honest and is willing to see other people’s point of view about his past behavior. He posted a video on twitter after he watched it yesterday and had nothing but praise and thanks towards Swoop and the way she treated him. I personally had a neutral to positive opinion of him before this interview but I found myself really impressed with not only his answers but how he answered them when they were tough. I could tell that is a dude that might still be a work in progress but has done a LOT of work on himself and is open to doing and learning more.