Pacific Rim, Triple Frontier, and Sons of Anarchy actor Charlie Hunnam was blasted after he admitted he was a “big fan” of University of Toronto Psychology Professor Dr. Jordan Peterson.
In an interview with Men’s Health while promoting his recent Netflix movie Triple Frontier, Hunnam was asked about his training for the film with a SEAL trainer.
Hunnam responded:
I really love the sense of seriousness with those guys—there’s no sense of life being trivial. There’s no flippancy, no triviality to those guys. They were just very, very serious. I really enjoy that. I’m a big fan of Jordan Peterson, as are a lot of people right now—he’s become quite an internet phenomenon, a card-carrying member of the intellectual dark web.
He continues:
“I love the message that he promotes, which is, “Take your life seriously.” Carry as much responsibility as possible. I think in his words he says, pick up the heaviest thing that you can and carry it.
That was very much the philosophy and mentality of these Special Forces guys. I really enjoyed being around that sensibility. In this day and age, everyone’s gown soft and entitled. It’s like, no, guys, you’re not entitled to anything.”
Hunnam concludes:
It’s like, “By your fruits you shall know them.” And that just speaks to the importance of getting out there and working for yourself. From living in Hollywood and being exposed a lot to the people of the film industry, I found the attitude of those Special Forces guys to be really, really refreshing.
It wouldn’t take long for Hunnam to be put on blast on social media for simply stating that he’s a “big fan of Jordan Peterson, as are a lot of people right now.”
Tonight We Cancel Charlie Hunnam (For being a Jordan Peterson/Intellectual Dark Web fanboy)https://t.co/FdB9piREHJ
— NESbot Etc (@NESbot_OT) March 15, 2019
I’m not saying all male actors who do these dumb machismo military movies have terrible politics, but Charlie Hunnam isn’t helping https://t.co/Xb5s28C2kd pic.twitter.com/FESQYe9blE
— Pessimist (@pessimism) March 16, 2019
damn now I gotta go back and delete everything nice I ever said about him. the stench is STRONG with this one
— teresa (@IoversIive) March 16, 2019
I KNOW, RIGHT??? 😭😭😭 Im hurrrting. Fucking shitty ass pseudo-canadian jordan ‘PENIS PUMP’ peterson RUINED Hunnam for me now. Fuck that PENIS PUMP and fuck that dummy Charlie Hunnam. #FuckJordanPeterson #JordanPenisPumpPeterson
— Daedric Siren (@DaedricSiren) March 16, 2019
Oh fer fuck sakes. Charlie Hunnam is a fan of jordan ‘fuck-face’ peterson??? What a giant disappointment! What a penis pump. Such a shame. https://t.co/LMywV9D0Jo
— Daedric Siren (@DaedricSiren) March 16, 2019
this is a BAD LOOK, Charlie Hunnam. pic.twitter.com/pUvG8iL5HE
— Alicia Lutes (@alicialutes) March 15, 2019
You know, here I thought Charlie Hunnam is probably a decent white guy and stays in his lane. Then he goes and fucks up my 18 years of stanning.
— hoedarte (@entimalommek) March 16, 2019
I’ve defended Charlie Hunnam’s acting ability for a few years now. Never again. He can fuck off. https://t.co/NTFVJi6xOq
— Jameson Parker Steed (@LastNobleSteed) March 15, 2019
Ok, FUCK Charlie Hunnam.
I wasn’t that invested in him outside of PACIFIC RIM anyways, so the loss of another generic, gormless, pretty white boy doesn’t affect me much.
Gross. https://t.co/M4hTulZWeJ
— Derek Halliday (@DTHalliday) March 15, 2019
You’re a “BIG FAN” of Jordan Peterson, Charlie Hunnam? A BIG FAN? Miss me with this. https://t.co/vprXAw0zma
— don’t 👻, vote! (@mcterzakis) March 15, 2019
You can see Charlie Hunnam in Triple Frontier streaming on Netflix now. Hunnam is currently working on Bush with Matthew McConaughey, Collin Farrell, and Hugh Grant as well as Jungleland with Jessica Barden and Jack O’Connell.
What do you make of these reactions to the fact that Charlie Hunnam is a big fan of Jordan Peterson?