This viral Jonah Hill clip is embarrassing people

People are suffering from a serious case of secondhand embarrassment after a clip Jonah Hill’s live presence on smartless The podcast went viral on X earlier this year.

In case you missed it, Jonah, 42, joined hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett on stage for a live recording of their podcast in May, and his comments about jiu-jitsu have now made waves online.

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In the video, Jonah begins: “I love Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu… except my body is begging me not to love it, not at 42… My wife often says: ‘You’re not going to be like a professional fighter, you know that, right? Like, you’re a comedian.'”

At this point, Jason asked: “But, I have to ask you something, if we got into this…” Jonah quickly interjected: “Oh, I would fuck you. I would fuck all three of you.”

“And this is the best part,” he bragged. “My favorite thing is that people are like: ‘Oh, Jonah Hill, there’s a big fat guy. the worst,’ and I say: ‘I will completely destroy you, buddy, I’m not kidding, buddy. If you see me, try it, try it, buddy.”

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He then clarified: “Unless you’re older than me, fuck off and find out.”

As mentioned, the whole thing arguably didn’t go the way Jonah had hoped, with the star being torn to pieces for his extreme reaction to being recognized for his breakout film.

And it didn’t take long for the clip to go viral, with many people highlighting Jonah’s apparent insecurities in the reactions. One reads: “I think that’s the shortest word ever. Don’t live your life like this.” somebody else echoing: “Brother you are a middle-aged man, you don’t have to live like this anymore.”

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one more noted: “Except for embarrassing insecurities, it’s funny that he said he could fuck all three of them, while Arnett would probably crush him to fine powder.” while another Tweeted: “I was really surprised to learn that he has been doing BJJ since 2018, you would have to be a real psychopath to maintain this mentality even after the first few months of training.”

Jonah Hill says Jiu Jitsu is ready to “destroy” everyone who still sees him as the fat guy from Superbad. pic.twitter.com/tDnNTRHTOo

– Yonan (@yonann) 1 August 2026

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One of the most popular quote-tweets with over 132K likes poked fun at Jonah’s comment Making fun of: “This man’s incredibly pathetic aura reminds me of that fat man the worst.” somebody else claimed: “Deep inside, you know he still feels exactly like the same fat guy the worst“

Other Compare Jonah’s comments about Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to fellow actor tom hardy’sWho opened up About his passion for martial arts in 2024. At the time, Tom said of joining the jiu-jitsu club: “I started to enjoy the community, and it gives me a confidence level because I always get beat up, but it’s OK because I kept joining the club.”

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Tom said, “We’ll never be the best, it’s impossible, but you can be better than before.” “I have no competitive spirit, I don’t even need one [be the best] …I think it’s good to start at the bottom and fail at something, but if you keep going, you get better.”

Well – there is definitely a huge difference between the two! Are you afraid that Jonah will destroy you? Let me know in the comments below!

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