Controversial Jordan Peterson tears up as he agrees he’s an ‘hero to incel men’

The controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson welled up as spoke about Don’t Worry Darling director Olivia Wilde calling him an ‘insane pseudo-intellectual hero’ to the ‘incel’ community.

Peterson agreed that he was a ‘hero’ to incels or ‘involuntary celibates’ – a mostly online group of young men who believe society unjustly denies them sexual or romantic attention. 

Wilde revealed earlier this month that Peterson was the inspiration for actor Chris Pine’s terrifying character Frank in the movie Don’t Worry Darling.

‘We based that character on this insane man, Jordan Peterson, who is this pseudo-intellectual hero to the incel community,’ Wilde said, adding that incels are a community of ‘disenfranchised, mostly white men, who believe they are entitled to sex from women.’

When asked whether he agrees with Wilde’s assessment that he is an ‘intellectual hero’ to incel men, Peterson became emotional and had tears in his eyes, before insisting that her comments ‘really didn’t bother me’.

Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored last night, Peterson said: ‘Sure, why not. People have been after me for a long time because I’ve been speaking to disaffected men – and what a terrible thing to do that is.’

Peterson then paused as he became emotional and tried to fight back tears, before adding: ‘I thought the marginalized were supposed to have a voice.’

Wilde (pictured in New York on September 19) revealed earlier this month that Peterson was the inspiration for actor Chris Pine’s terrifying character Frank in the movie Don’t Worry Darling

‘We based that character on this insane man, Jordan Peterson, who is this pseudo-intellectual hero to the incel community,’ Wilde said. Pictured: Chris Pine and Wilde from a scene in Don’t Worry Darling

Incels consider themselves unable to attract women sexually and are hostile towards those who are sexually attractive. 

They communicate with each other online, with an array of forums that promote male-dominant views, extreme ideologies of anti-woman hatred and sexual objectification of women, and calls for violence.

But Peterson said that incels are ‘alienated’ and ‘they don’t know what to do and everyone piles abuse on them’.

Peterson paused as he became emotional and tried to fight back tears, before adding: ‘I thought the marginalized were supposed to have a voice’

Speaking with tears in his eyes, Peterson said: ‘Well god, it’s very difficult to understand how demoralized people are and certainly, there are young men who are part of that category. 

‘You get these casual insults, like ‘you incels’. What does that even mean?’

He continued: ‘These men don’t know how to make themselves attractive to women and they are picky. And good for them, women you be picky, that’s your gift. Demand high standards from your man, fair enough.

‘But all these men who are alienated it’s like, they’re lonesome and they don’t know what to do and everyone piles abuse on them.’

A number of ‘incels’ have gone on to murder and attack women. In 2018, Scott Paul Beierle, an incel, murdered two women and injured four more at a Florida yoga studio before killing himsef. 

Last year, 21-year-old Tres Genco, from Ohio, was charged with planning a mass shooting of women college students in Ohio and the illegal possession of a machine gun.

British activist Patsy Stevenson slammed Peterson for his comments, saying: ‘The way Jordan Peterson cries about incels being ‘misunderstood’ men who don’t know how to ‘make themselves attractive to women’. 

‘Then doesn’t understand why people hate him. Jordan babe incels are f***ing murdering women because we say no to them.’

Peterson, a psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, is a controversial figure due to his conservative views on free speech, gender identification and climate change. 

During his rise to fame, Peterson has described himself as a ‘professor against political correctness’. The 60-year-old has been particularly outspoken about masculinity and has previously stated that the masculine spirit is ‘under assault’. 

Speaking about how Wilde branded him ‘this insane man’ and a ‘pseudo-intellectual’ who appealed to an ‘incel community’, Peterson said: ‘You know, as far as critique goes, that was kind of low level. 

‘I mean, once I got painted as ‘Red Skull’, you know, a magical super Nazi, that was kind of the end of the insults. There’s no place past that.

‘So, when Olivia Wilde made those comments, first thing I did was go look at the preview for a movie, which I quite liked. I thought, ‘I would go see that movie probably’. And perhaps I will. It didn’t really bother me.’