The Most Delusional Quotes From Vulture’s Interview With The Fat Jew

In an interview with New York Magazine released Friday, Ostrovsky addressed the controversy, saying, “It was never my intention for anyone to think all [the jokes were] mine”, and promising to label all of his posts with correct attribution.

Now, in an exclusive interview with Vulture, Ostrovsky is speaking out for the first time on the accusation that he built a career by brazenly stealing the work of others. But after news broke this month that he had signed with talent agency CAA, the internet erupted with vitriol from other comics who accused Ostrovsky of reposting their jokes, often word-for-word, without any credit whatsoever.

Nobody needs to yell “J’accuse!” at him anymore, especially within an email that some bleary-eyed, unpaid intern will read on The Fat Jew’s behalf. “I urge people to reach out and say, ‘That’s my thing.’ I would love to give credit”.

I mean, no, not intentionally.

The richness of a statement like “The internet is a vast ocean of stuff, and sometimes it’s hard to find the original source of something” is very special. That’s because memes. Basically, there’s a debate going on, and I wanted to share my thoughts on the matter, because it’s an important one – for both artists, writers, and commentators of popular culture.

If something was heard and written down, then that’s probably what happened. “I now realize that if I couldn’t find a source for something, I probably shouldn’t have posted it in the first place”, Josh told Vulture.

I have never done that. Absolutely. It’s important to note that Instagram – social media in general – is just a part of what I do. “I’ve been sitting in hot tubs of guacamole for years”.

If I can be someone who eventually helps this problem get solved, then I’m so fucking down for that.

So, unless he’s blaming his army of anonymous interns, the only way his argument makes any sense is if he’s claiming that he got ALL his content from a third-party social media players, and that they’re the evil ones who did all the malicious cropping, whereas he was just innocent passing stuff along.

Ostrovsky also had a script development deal with Comedy Central, though it fell through – reportedly before the brouhaha about his content generation strategy erupted.

Ostrovsky, also a plus-size male model, doesn’t think of himself as a comedian – although much of his social media banter leans toward the hilarious. “I’d like to set that standard”.