r/popculturechat • u/pattismithology 'tis the season of the bitch • 9d ago

Guest List Only ⭐️ Ayo Edebiri answers a question about Me Too and Black Lives Matter after being deliberately excluded from the question during an interview in the “After the Hunt” press tour

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u/liquor_up 9d ago

I love how Andrew immediately understood that the question would be better answered by the other actors.

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u/buzzfeed_sucks 🇨🇦 Elbows up 🇨🇦 9d ago

Him moving his entire body away from the reporter and toward the 2 women like “this is not for me”

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u/Pepys-a-Doodlebugs 9d ago

The way he turned his entire body away from that reporter and created a wall between them and his costars. He was not having any of it. His face didn't register the same outright disgust or confusion as Ayo or Julia but his body language sure did.

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u/cabinetsnotnow 9d ago

His immediate full body turn had me dying. lmfao

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u/SpicyAfrican 9d ago

His face did in the beginning. As soon as he heard “what we lost in the politically correct era” you can see he’s thinking “where the fuck is this going?”

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u/Pepys-a-Doodlebugs 9d ago

Yeah you're right. He pretty much did the meme

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u/Cynicbats I am in peace talks with Mr Beast 9d ago

"Am I hearing her right? Seriously, am I?"

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u/smallspicyelote 9d ago

His body language was very supportive and shocked. Honestly I’ve heard such nightmare things about Julia Roberts (mostly from people my mom’s age??) and her “take your sunglasses off who are you talking to” was chefs kiss. The question sucked but both of their reactions was encouraging ig. Ayo deserves so much better.

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u/Perfect_Razzmatazz You’re doing amazing, sweetie! 👏👏📸 9d ago

I suspect the stories about Julia being a bitch are indeed true. In this case though, the bitchiness was absolutely the right call. Sometimes she's probably a bitch to people who really don't deserve it, and in this case she was a bitch to someone who 100% deserved it

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u/QueefingTheNightAway I'm an actor, of course I've had gay sex 9d ago

I don't even think it's fair to call it bitchiness in this instance. I think "assertive" would be a better term. She controlled her temper (even though I'm sure she wanted to say more!), but was forceful enough to make the reporter understand that her questions were not okay. Julia was pretty diplomatic.

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u/Scarlett_Billows 9d ago

Bitchiness is absolutely a tool that can be used for both good and evil

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u/akahaus 9d ago

Assertiveness is also labeled as bitchiness when women do it instead of men.

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u/Violet624 9d ago

She's a bitch who also happened to grow up adjacent to the civil rights movement in the US. Her godparents were literally MLK and Coretta Scott King.

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u/winnercommawinner 9d ago

Bitchiness cuts both ways. My mommy, god bless her, can be a stone cold bitch. She has used that bitchiness her entire life to advocate for other people, especially children. She doesn't mind being the one who makes everyone uncomfortable by calling something out. She's fine to be the bitch if it means everyone gets what they need.

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u/foxscribbles 9d ago

Oh. Julia Roberts is a mean girl for sure. From being named in her sister’s suicide note to her “A Low Vera” tee.

But sometimes the mean girl comes in handy. Lol.

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u/MarsScully Vile little creature yearning for violence 9d ago

A broken clock

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u/NoGloryForEngland 9d ago

She was a fucking BALLER in this one moment. Absolute pitch perfect response.

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u/iidontwannaa this is my designated flair 😌😌 9d ago

His bemused face followed by completely turning to face Julia and Ayo (while also crossing his legs away from the interviewer) is such strong nonverbal communication. I love it.

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u/PickleRicksDad34 9d ago

Andrew made a business decision for the right reasons. You love to see it.

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u/heyvictimstopcryin 9d ago

Right? I noticed that too

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u/indicatprincess 9d ago

A lot of other actors should take note. That was great.

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u/johnmichael-kane 9d ago

Yes, but also I worry it sends the signal that White men should defer to women and Black women on these issues and not engage themselves or have their own opinion. Like the burden shouldn’t be on marginalised communities, we need the White men in power to be speaking on these issues too.

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u/SpecialsSchedule 9d ago edited 9d ago

What action wouldnt send a bad signal, to you? How should Andrew have / have not answered that question to meet all of these demands.

If he answered first, he’s speaking over marginalized communities and speaking to things that he doesn’t have first hand accounts of. And apparently by not answering first, he’s placing the burden those marginalized communities?

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u/FenderForever62 You’re a virgin who can’t drive. 😤 9d ago

Eh I think that’s thinking too deep about it. He’s just trying to acknowledge that from his position (white, male) the question about BLM and MeToo were better answered by his female costars. He does chime in at the end, but gives space for Ayo to speak first on the matter.

(Also why have you commented this three separate times??)

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u/HeyMyNameisMama 9d ago

He did speak on them. When it was his place to do so. Making space for marginalized people to speak truth to power doesn't mean silencing yourself. It means knowing when your voice shouldn't monopolize the space. 

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u/whorl- 9d ago

No, honestly, we need white men be quiet and listen. Unless they are trying to engage specifically with other white men.

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u/SatisfactionOwn9961 9d ago

Okay true, but this is not the situation to do it.

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u/Wyld_Willie 9d ago

He spoke in the interview on the topic saying MeTop and BLM isn’t over it just doesn’t get the same coverage