It’s shocking how far Jeremy Renner has fallen in public esteem. Or maybe it’s just my esteem for him that has fallen. I used to genuinely like Renner and think that he was a good/weird/funny guy. Nowadays? Not so much. Renner was the one calling Black Widow a “slut,” then doubling-down on his name-calling by mansplaining how and why she’s totally “slutty.” Add to those incidents the most recent thing, where Renner was asked about his American Hustle costar Jennifer Lawrence and her essay about wage equality. Renner was asked if he would join Bradley Cooper in helping female costars get paid fairly, to which Renner replied, “That’s not my job.”
Anyway, Renner gave a new interview to Maxim to promote his new advertising contract with Rémy Martin Cognac. Rémy Martin Cognac: When You Need A Stiff Drink To Deal With Sluts. In the Maxim interview, Renner says some words. Words like… his favorite curse word. It’s exactly what you would expect it to be. Some highlights from Maxim.
His Remy Martin commercial: “They’re celebrating my life, which is great. The message is ‘None of us should be pigeonholed or identified by any single thing we do. Everything we do should be celebrated.’ I thought this was a beautiful concept, one that seemed to fit into my life. The company itself, hearing how its run and how it appreciating of the aging process and quality, really spoke to me. In today’s world, how fast-moving it is, people look past where quality really comes form. I really appreciated all of these aspects of the brand.”
The essential items he carries every day: “Gee, I don’t actually know…a credit card, I suppose? A wallet? I always wear an elastic around my ring finger for my baby daughter. Her hair is quite long and I’m always tying it back. That’s a must. I always have that on my person.
His favorite curse word: “I think all of them are equally amazing. ‘C-nt’ is pretty good.”
What he has to say about the backlash he’s gotten for various controversies: “I don’t really pay attention to that stuff. I only pay attention to things that are ultimately really important to me. We all have freedom of speech, and I’m very proud of that in this country.”
The only time I genuinely say the C-bomb aloud, directing it another person, is when I’m driving and screaming at some horrible driver. That’s when the C-bombs flow like wine. To be fair, I’m alone in the car and the other drivers can’t hear me. But of course Jeremy’s favorite curse word is See-You-Next-Tuesday. That’s how he probably thinks of most women. Sluts, See-You-Next-Tuesdays and bitches who whine about their paychecks.
Here’s his Remy Martin commerical. It is hilariously bad.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
Damn, got it on the first try!
Does that say more about me or him?
I knew what it was, too, as he’s seeming more and more misogynistic every day.
and that word isn’t really a “curse” word…vulgar, sure, but it’s a derogatory term, an insult…not a curse word.
Everyone got it. He’s that predictable.
But Lord, that commercial. At first, I thought this HAS to be tongue in cheek. But no, no it’s serious.
The part where HE is directing a Brad Pitt/Benecio DelToro hybrid? That was the most insane.
They should have given that lookalike the commercial, he’s infinitely hotter and more interesting than Renner…just in that quick shot.
Doofus, you have got to hear a Trinidadian use c-nt together with Mother as a curse word and you would cringe curled up in a corner. Yup, it is definitely a curse word.
Lol got it first try too! He’s a ….
First try here too. I have no clue why I want to hit this repeatedly. Hate F maybe?
MoochieMom
We’re all entitled to our HF’s here and there. No judgement!
Yup, i knew it going in. What a loser, made all the loser-ier by virtue of fanboying himself this way.
Yo, Jeremy? C U Next Tuesday, a’h@le.
PS) Look at that face! Yeeeeek. It really is true that everyone ends up with the face they deserve.
Me too! I guest it as soon as I saw the headline. It’s not you, it’s him. This guy is as transparent as the clearest of waters. His hatred for women just shines through.
Yep I didn’t even have to click on the article. That was the first word that popped into my mind.
Damn Jeremy, you’re so disappointing. I was really trying to see the good in you but I just can’t.
It says more about him. I thought about it for a split second and thought it was either that or b**ch.
Count me in; I also immediately knew what it would be – and that DEFINITELY says a lot, if not everything we need to know about Jetemy Renner at this point.
I was also sure that was the word. I never say it outloud or to anyone, but for a guy to admit he likes that. It’s just. ugh.
He’s gross.
Whoa!! I didn’t even read the post and I got it. High fives all around, guys.
“the c-bomb”
Christmas?
I say C-nt a lot too. Don’t blump me in with that guy. Some us use it the same way others say assh0le. Funny thing is that I don’t say/call people bitches. That seem more disrepectful of women to me.
My husband curses less than me but he is imaginative ” fond de capote trouée” ” face de cul” ( i don’t translate)
fond de capote trouée ahahahah.. I don’t know if you can even translate that. Now… face de cul is easily and often used in english too, no?
Aw man. I wanna know what that means. Tried google translate and got background perforated top, which is pretty funny. 🙂
For some Britons c.nt is a term of endearment almost from what I gather. I doubt however his love for this word comes from this.
Yup, that’s exactly what I expected. I feel like that hair band mention was inserted to try to get us to like him more. I don’t.
I will say that I’ve used that word myself, but more often directed at men than women. I guess it means different things to different people, but I don’t see that as a women-hating wording. I think of it as a few notches up from d-ck, which I also use gender-indiscriminately.
I used that very word as a drove home today, directed at a bloke driving dangerously fast in a residential area. I also called myself a d**k when I forget to back up a file this morning. I don’t think there is any swear word I use in a gender specific way. B***h I use very rarely and it is a specific response to catty behavior, regardless of the gender of the person. It must be 20 years since I actually swore directly at anyone, it is done 95% affectionately, with the rest aimed at drivers, cyclists and idiots on TV, none of whom can hear me. I don’t tend to use s**t but ‘you old t**t’ is a favourite, as is ‘you utter, utter b*****d’. I will try to find a link for a Pete and Dud clip; two of the British education system’s finest, developing that word to its fullest.
PS, you do occasionally see photos of him and his daughter and he does usually have a coloured band on his ring finger.
edit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYGy-j_oH5Q
There you go, that is many years ago from a couple of Oxbridge graduates. It is no big deal here.
Oh, I don’t doubt that he has the band. I just meant that including the mention of it seems forced, but I probably feel that way because I don’t like him.
Also I should say that when I say it is “directed at men,” I don’t mean that I actually say it to them, but about them. More like, “Omg, he is such a c–t.” I can’t remember the last time I swore at somebody who could actually hear me saying it hahahaha.
This f*cking guy.
He sucks.
This. Why is this misogynistic fool a “thing”? I don’t understand it. His performances are underwhelming and his personality is awful. I wish he’d go away.
This guy really has a problem with women. I think he’s one of those closeted/gay men who hates women. He’s just an actor but God forbid someone with his mentality get some real power like becoming POTUS or something. He’s just so repulsive in every way.
Not sure about his sexual orientation but he def seems to have issues with women.
Agreed. He acts like a “bitchy queen”- I’m surprised I find him so repugnant, I usually love a bitchy queen.
Then you get things like this facebook entry
Sarah Dunn Photography
26 June 2012 ·
Love to The Renner, never worked with such an incredible, focused, respectful man before. Never questioned any of my ideas, trusted my judgement at all times!
It is a rare find in this industry…….
Sarah is probably one of the UK’s top portrait photographers to the stars. She is the one who does most of the Empire Magazine covers. This is what she wrote after the first time they met and she has now worked with him a lot and calls him her favourite subject.
Plus he seems to hold the genuine affection of many of his female colleagues. Maybe there has been a shift in attitude since his divorce or maybe he is no different from most of us, he just doesn’t censor himself or feel the need to apologise.
Interesting.
That’s what I was going to post. He’s a woman-hating (barely) closeted gay. Just because he had a baby with a woman doesn’t change that. I worked with a guy who was openly gay, and he had sex with women when he got drunk enough. He said “a hole is a hole.” Jeremy’s long-time “room mate” is a guy. They’re in business together, too.
If he keeps it up, his career won’t last much longer. No one can get away with that much trash talk. But as his ego gets bigger and bigger, he thinks he’s invincible.
At least he’s upfront about his asshole-ness.
I commented above about how I had no idea why he’s on my list but you nailed it. He owns his shiz and I can use his shower and toothbrush and walk away.
Is it me or is he wearing *a lot* of make up in that first picture? Like a Liberace amount of lipgloss?
@Bread, who wrote: “Is it me or is he wearing *a lot* of make up in that first picture? Like a Liberace amount of lipgloss?”
He was a makeup artist while still a struggling actor and, I’m not entirely sure of this, but I believe I read somewhere that he worked at a makeup counter as well.
Lots of guyliner! He looks like Liberace because of it. And C–t is one of my favorite swear words too. Just below the all-purpose f–k.
He always wears eyeliner – every pic shows it. Bugs me.
He wears an elastic around his ring finger… his daughter’s hair is long, it is A MUST!!1 LMAO, he sounds like my best friend (who is gay).
Such great role model for his little girl . . . .
Right? Shame on him. Ugh.
I don’t think that is on his mind.
He is the male equivalent of his fellow avenger ScarJo (which is ironic considering that is her character that he called ‘slut’): they understand they get payed a lot for relatively easy work so they concentrate solely on banking on that. There is no higher purpose, no using his visibility to promote a good cause or wanting to change things.
It’s about him and his money and about the fact that all this money will go to his daughter. As for everyone else’s daughters…all c***s.
If money stopped rolling he would change his tune.
Anyway, ever since his ‘it’s not my job’ line I keep telling the old people that need my help crossing the street: it’s not my job! Hoping to get as rich as Renner.
Please. Whatever beef you have with Scarjo, she does not belong in the same club with this dbag.
Yes, of course. Let’s sum it up and call it ‘beef’, specifically with ScarJo. I am ScarJo’s number one hater.
Actually, what I wanted to write is ‘I hate ScarJo’. It couldn’t be that her name popped in my head when I read this post. It just couldn’t be!
I don’t know why I bothered with all the rest of the words in my comment.
I’m sorry, has Scarjo demonstrated a pattern of misandry (or any other form of bigotry) over the last few years? Because if not, she really doesnt belong in this conversation anymore than say Channing Tatum or pretty much any other Hollywood actor. Stomping your feet isnt going to help us understand your point any better btw.
I used to love Jeremy Renner and now I can’t stand him. When I first heard about his divorce I believed pretty much everything he said and now I’m sure what Sonny was saying the whole time is actually the truth
Oh me too..
I don’t usually do a full 180 on celebs but I did so with JR. I mean so much so that merely seeing a picture of him now makes me stabby.
He’d lost me completely at “Black Widow is a slut.” The thought of all the mothers who would have had to explain to their sons why Captain America and Hawkeye were referring to women as sluts made me f*cking sick.
He lost me with his non-apology for saying Black Window was a slut. It was something like “”I am sorry that this tasteless joke about a fictional character offended anyone.” That a sorry/not sorry line. Chris Evans took ownership of his part by apologizing and saying what they said was juvenile and offensive, but Jeremy acted like it was our problem if we got offended.
Oh me 2…I am with you Sistahs. He totally lost me…….
I think his favorite curse word is a dig at his ex wife, as well as most of his tweets and hashtags. He is underhanded and abusive. She has wayyy more support than she thinks!
I bet HER favorite curse word is c word tooo……… C*******ER, lol.
Me too. He was my favourite pocket rocket to borrow a term that Kais uses. And now I’m like man, what a turdblossom he turned out to be.
I feel like that too. And my language is terrible but I avoid the Cee word, it’s too effing much….
What a hateful, mean little man.
Pug face strikes again.
I was trying so hard to still like him. If that’s really his slogan how can the company go along with that?
There was a very small window of time where he could have won me back but instead he just kept being a d*ckbag.
I have nothing bad to say about this guy. I like him as an actor and whatever he does in his off screen life is none of my business unless he commits a crime or lies about something big.
He’s a misogynist closet case.
in british english it means “hello”
So true! And almost always directed at men.
Scottish english too.
Sorry, but I’m here for c**king Vegemite, a thousand times better than Marmite on one’s luncheon sarnies! I was raised on it.
But he’s not British and we know what definition he is using it for.
This exactly.
Yes. Two different things.
He said years ago that he picked that up when he was hanging around with Colin Farrell a lot. He seems to have a lot of British, Irish and Australian friends, I even heard him say he liked Vegemite and described how to eat it; disappointing when Marmite is clearly superior. .
No.
I was about to say I grew up in a very Brit home…and the c-word was used much more freely. It’s typically more a North American thing I find. Interesting given the Saxon language roots of the word.
I realize it’s used all the time in the UK, and often at men. However, that doesn’t make it less misogynist. Basically, calling a man a c-nt is saying “I’m going to insult you by calling you by a female body part.” Being called a woman is an insult. That’s Misogyny 101.
But d-ck on c-ck are also insults. I think being called genitalia is an insult. Right?
Actually, I’d say “wanker” or “pr!ck” and “cnut” are used pretty much interchangeably here. Or, if we’re in a unisex mood, “arsehole”.
I get confused as to which ones need editing on a US website! Which are de trop and need !s or *s?!
Any genitalia reference is rude, obviously, but there’s particular contempt when men are called c-nt or bitch. Personally, I try to avoid using any gendered insult. It doesn’t help anything.
This argument always comes up. I get that it’s not a gendered thing in Britain and to me, that does make it different but that doesn’t negate what it means here in the US.
I get so exhausted by this need to equalize everything in order to scream “double standards!” Calling a man a “d*ck” is NOT the same as calling a woman the c-word much like calling a white person a “cracker” is not the same as calling a black person the n-word. It doesn’t make it right in either scenario, but it IS different using a word created by men (the term “d*ck” was also created by men BTW) to denigrate women and put them in their place, to make them feel less than.
I dunno, I ‘m in the U.S. What I’m saying is that I would call the same people d-cks and c–ts and c-cks and a–holes. I think a swear is a swear is a swear, and they each match up better with slightly different behaviors. Saying that, I wouldn’t be comfortable with a man calling me a c–t, so I do see your point. I’m just saying that there are different forms of usage.
Kitten
Who’s negating what it means in the US? Certainly not me.
BTW: interestingly, nobody calls a man a bitch in the UK. It’s only ever addressed at women and I would say that it’s not used in a lighthearted (and non-gendered) way at all, in the way we often call each other curse words almost as a term of affection. If you call a woman a bitch, 99 times out of a hundred, you’re intending to be mean.
Just different usages.
Haha @ Saphana.
I would never use it in a serious way to shout at someone. But I don’t call anybody names to be mean whether they are curse words or not. But, like a true Britisher, I swear all the time. If I stub my toe, I will say something like “cnut and bollocks, that hurt”. And if I were to call Mr Sixer a cnutly bastid, as I often do, he would take it as a synonym of darling, as it is meant. We most definitely are sweary people.
Ha! me too. My beloved and I love to throw insults at each other in as creative way as possible.
Does he have fans? Like actual people who go crazy over him, like Cumberbitches? Because other than his few roles, I don’t see his appeal. I don’t watch any of those marvel action flicks. I’ve seen him in the town, American Hustle, and Hurt Locker. All I thought he was wonderful.
It’s too bad he couldn’t just use his acting skills and act like a decent human being when not doing a movie…..
Just checking if… Yes, got it right.
What a douchebag <- my favourite swear word for guys like him.
I assumed it was going to be either the c word (ding, ding, I win) or ‘douchebag’ – that’s such an American swear word, we just don’t use it in the UK.
Renner doesn’t look like a Remy Martin drinker. He looks he drinks coors light and boone’s farm.
I thought the same. Remy Martin was my favourite nightcap for years. They are not doing their brand any favours by hitching up with prune face.
That first quote is like a truck slamming into you. Hello narcissist! He feels like he should be celebrated. WHY??? There aren’t many actors whose presence in a film will keep me from spending money on it (oh hi Tom Cruise) but he’s getting there.
I seriously don’t understand that quote. Maybe it’s because it is taken out of context, but what is their ad campaign exactly? Huh?? Seems pretty abstract.
It almost reads like a quote that was poorly translated from a different language.
Is he REALLY that into himself or is he just incredibly inarticulate?
Ugh he sucks so bad..
His isn’t very articulate, he usually gets there eventually, but when you listen to him and then read it written down it often comes across very differently. When he is not hyped up he comes across as quiet and thoughtful, I am pretty sure he is the sort who needs a drink to cope socially. I once heard an obscure little interview where he said he was in his thirties, could barely feed himself and it cost more to travel to work than he earned. He said he had sat there with a loaded gun in his mouth seriously thinking about pulling the trigger, but then he got a break and used the money to start his renovation business and things got better. Strange this sort of thing never gets picked up by the press.
Do you remember when he was on that reality show on (I think) Bravo about struggling actors? It was right when he got cast for that Dahmer movie. Orlando Jones’ replacement as the 7up guy was on there too (don’t remember his name at the moment). I always had a little bit of a soft spot for the guy, watching his career get bigger and bigger, but at this point… meh.
EDIT: It was “The It Factor,” there you go: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307762/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_84
I don’t watch reality TV. I do like him and I enjoy his acting style, I absolutely hate scenery chewers and he is the antithesis of that. He is also like a lot of people I know and I rather like that he would rather rub people the wrong way than suck up. I personally think that he is prepping to ‘retire’ as he said he would on his 45th birthday. Just do MI and Avengers, a film if he likes the people and the project and make up the time with producing and houses. He seems to form very close relationships with everyone he works with, so I don’t see him not getting work. Even if he ends up as a supporting actor for friends like Charlze Theron, Amy Adams and Scarlett Johnasson, then I am sure he will be kept busy and thoroughly enjoy himself.
@tealily – I thought I was the only one that saw that show! I too have been nurturing my soft spot since I saw him on it, years and years ago. At this point, his personality doesn’t even resemble the guy that first piqued my interest, which is too bad. He’s a talented guy but his success has changed him, and not for the better.
I’m more horrified by that photo of him!!! He looks bad and he’s wearing makeup!
He looks like the headliner of a bad Vegas act in the first picture.
Nope. That word is way outta my safe zone.
“I don’t really pay attention to that stuff. I only pay attention to things that are ultimately really important to me. We all have freedom of speech, and I’m very proud of that in this country.”
Ah the old Freedom of Speech schtick when you’re called out for being an ahole.
Yup. Well, he’s free to say whatever the hell he wants, but it doesn’t mean that what he says won’t make people decide not to see his movies.
So what I am thinking is leaving a post on RM’s FB page telling them that perhaps next time they choose a spokesperson they should go with someone who won’t alienate half the potential buyers. Because it may surprise them, but us people who are also female do buy premium booze, and can choose to spend our money elsewhere.
Maybe Jeremy should use this dialogue from Red Dawn:
“All right, p#ssy, p#ssy, p#ssy! Come on in p#ssy lovers! Here at the Titty Twister we’re slashing p#ssy in half! Give us an offer on our vast selection of p#ssy, this is a p#ssy blow out! Come on, you want p#ssy, come on in, p#ssy lovers! If we don’t got it, you don’t want it! Come on in, p#ssy lovers!”
Jeremy,you’re so manly! Swoon
Isn’t that from “From Dusk Til Dawn” ? (Though I do love “Red Dawn” just as much !)
His acting caliber has never deviated from ‘Dahmer’
… He’s as big as Aziz Ansari.
And just as unattractive.
So.
Who the fk cares?
Figures.
For some reason the combination of the suit, the drink advertisement and the misogyny expressed in his interview all made me wonder about him as the next James Bond. It could become the franchise of apple headed, raisin faced white guys.
Lmao. Rofl. Dead. You are perfect!
He’s really a mean little turd, isn’t he? Also, he’s getting Sean Penn face……
Well David O’Russell described him as big hearted, Gemma Arterton described him as surprisingly tender hearted and Amy Adams just came out and told an audience of people she ‘loved him so much’, something she noticably didn’t say about any of her other American Hustle colleagues who were all in the audience too. So maybe it is just superficial.
I don’t get his appeal. He’s not attractive, charismatic or interesting. Why is he a movie star?
What has he done to his face – sack the surgeon.
He always, always looks unclean….like he needs to BATHE. Plus he’s gross, for reasons we all know.