Jonah Hill “used therapy speak to manage” his ex-girlfriend, Sarah Brady, a therapist claims.
The 39-year-old actor’s former flame recently accused him of “emotional abuse,” sharing some text messages he sent her on Instagram Stories.
One alleged screenshot showed Hill informing Brady of what he considers unacceptable behaviors for a romantic partner including “posting pictures of yourself in a showering suit,” “browsing with men” and modeling.
“If these items bring you to a spot of happiness I support it and there might be no hard feelings. These are my boundaries for romantic partnership,” Hill reportedly wrote within the text message.
Brady, who’s an expert surfer, dated the “Superbad” actor for one 12 months in 2021 — and a few fans are pushing back against her, saying Hill was simply expressing his limits.
But Hill “was using therapy speak to manage” Brady, and his use of the word “boundaries” is a “misuse of the concept,” or so claims therapist Jeff Guenther, who goes by @TherapyJeff on TikTok.
“A boundary is a healthy limit an individual sets for themselves to guard their well-being and integrity,” he explains within the video. “It’s a rule or guideline that one creates to discover reasonable, protected and permissible ways for others to behave towards them, and the way they’ll respond when someone passes those limits.”
Nonetheless, Guenther alleges that this will not be what Hill did in his messages to Brady.
“As an alternative, he’s dictating what behaviors and friendships Sarah is permitted to have. He’s essentially instructing Sarah on who she will be friends with, what she will be able to do professionally, and the way she will be able to show up online,” the therapist says of Hill.
Moderately than attempting healthy-boundary setting, he claims these texts show the “21 Jump Street” star’s attempt at control, and it “demonstrates a scarcity of respect for Sarah’s autonomy and individuality.”
Guenther adds that Hill’s list of parameters is supposedly “more about restricting Sarah’s behavior to suit his comfort levels and insecurities relatively than expressing his feelings or needs in a healthy manner.”
The therapist advises that a “healthier and fewer manipulative approach” for Hill can be to precise how her actions make him feel without the usage of ultimatums.
“Side note, I bet he loved how hot Sarah looked in her posts before they got together,” he adds. “So this can be a bunch of bulls – – t.”
Guenther says that Hill “needs to think about Sarah’s needs and feelings and never just concentrate on his own, which it looks like he’s selfishly doing.”
At the tip of the video, he references Hill’s 2022 Netflix documentary called “Stutz,” featuring conversations between the actor and his psychiatrist Dr. Phil Stutz.
“It’s a shame to see him weaponizing what he learned to try to control his girlfriend,” Guenther says. “That sucks.”
While Hill has indirectly addressed the text messages on social media, his streetwear brand Meaningful Existence — which he launched under an alter-ego called Prophet Ezekiel Profit — began selling an “emotional baggage tote” that reads, “Complete Unrelenting Control.”
