Chris Hardwick (Nerdist, @midnight) accused of emotional/sexual abuse by ex - Sensationalist Headlines

https://news.avclub.com/chloe-dykstra-details-emotionally-and-sexually-abusive-1826860866 https://medium.com/@skydart/rose-colored-glasses-6be0594970ca in hindsight, i met both of them together one time, long before Hardwick was ever famous, and i'm trying to avoid projecting as much as possibly, but i don't think Chloe said anything, it was only Chris talking ever.

I dont know who any of these people are, but that guy sounds like a total dick

He always looked like he had termites in his smile

Your favorite celebrities? Creeps. Your favorite YouTubers? Creeps. There are probably people looking at this thread RIGHT NOW who are creeps but we simply don't know. I'm starting to lose trust in anybody with a bit of fame these days.

Hardwick's name has been scrubbed from the Nerdist while the investigation takes place

If this is true, it explains a lot about their relationship. I remember when they broke up she just vanished from everything. Just, instantly.

Christ, he's 46!? That's just so counter to the way he acts and comes across. That actually kinda makes his on-screen behavior kinda fucking weird.

Wow, if this turns out to be all true this guy is a total scumbag. I read over her original post and Christ there is some pretty awful stuff on it.

Isn't this the guy who said Hulk Hogan was killing the first amendment for suing over his sex tape? Not surprised he doesn't understand these boundaries

Can we just all take a moment to realize he doesn't act his age? I don't mean in that middle-aged typical dad kinda way. Just that he seems to not at all have progressed socially and emotionally from like 25 or something. His stage and social media vibe is just not right to me anymore. I cannot articulate this.

It's kind of his schtick. He's famous for being the kinda weird but cute and enthusiastic geeky/nerd culture dude.

Huh, I really only remember this guy from the G4 TV back in the day. Sucks if he really is this kind of scumbag. A lot of personalities from that channel had something off-putting about them though, honestly.

I thought that was joco

Update: he's denying all the claims. Chris Hardwick Denies Sexual Assault Claims From Ex “When we were living together, I found out that Chloe had cheated on me, and I ended the relationship,” Hardwick asserts. “For several weeks after we broke up, she asked to get back together with me and even told me she wanted to have kids with me, ‘build a life’ with me and told me that I was ‘the one,’ but I did not want to be with someone who was unfaithful,” he added in the carefully crafted response. “I’m devastated to read that she is now accusing me of conduct that did not occur. l was blindsided by her post and always wanted the best for her. As a husband, a son, and future father, I do not condone any kind of mistreatment of women.”

I still have no clue who he is/what he's from.

He does/did all those Talking shows on AMC (Talking Dead, Talking Saul, Talking Preacher, Talking with Chris Hardwick), @midnight on Comedy Central and The Wall on NBC. He got around.

This seems like complete he said she said right now, no way to know who's telling the truth until others can back up one or the other.

hey you wanna explain the last part of this post?

I don't know. Hardwick has always seemed really fake to me. He tries so hard to be the silly likeable nerd fanboy in everything I see him in. Not going to believe he's guilty until its proven but I wouldn't be surprised.

Good to know that going through sexual abuse and exposing an abuser makes a woman spineless sissy. Your takeaway was not what was done to her, but how she expresses herself about it (and at most, he's just a control freak?). Cool

The words you chose to use, your gut reaction, your minimizing of his abuse, your immediate harshness of the victim, all stink. You're entitled to your impression but it still sucks.

She has nothing to do with the emotional and sexual abuse she suffered. That is all on Chris. She shares absolutely no guilt in that. You continue to act like this abuse is a two way street. You keep saying that both suck to cover the fact you're clearly implying on some level she did something to deserve it. It's disgusting.

Isn't it a gut reaction to just immediately take a side in an issue without knowing anything other than he said/she said?

Her story is being corroborated with people they know on twitter. She's also likely to cop a lot more abuse for coming forward, she has nothing to gain by making anything up. I'm not going to walk back on the assumption a victim is telling the truth, especially when other accounts come forward to confirm it. But what I'm not doing is saying derogatory stuff about either of them, minimising alleged abuse, or calling an alleged victim a sissy.

Your assumption she's automitically telling the truth without the slightest shred of objective evidence is just as immature as the diatribe you're castigating.

I doubt she saw his post or that he hurled it in her general direction, not that I'm defending him because I also think that was pretty unnecessary, but replying to him to start an argument that you're sure you'd come out on top wasn't really necessary either.

personally i think it is necessary to call people out on saying gnarly shit. ignoring those kind of comments and leaving them unchallenged is part of the problem. you're entitled to disagree man but i'm always gonna call that stuff out

Who would trust a man who has a Funko Pop of himself? https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/219023/9560380d-ebec-45c5-935f-743f6ecefb65/image.jpeg

considering that all of a sudden after they break up, she no longer got jobs in the entertainment business for a few years she has admitted to not having a period for a year 5 years ago on the podcast with him (talking about the pregnancy story). the timeline related facts are provable, but it's still unclear whether or not it happened the way chloe said

Isn't this the guy that said Hulk Hogan suing Gawker for leaking a sex tape was an affront on the first amendment and then immediately after called the fappening a sex crime and showed an uncensored picture of Lenny Kravitz's dick on his show? Yeah nah good riddance. What a fucking weirdo.