I can’t imagine what was going through the minds of Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner during this interview they did with Digital Spy when they called Black Widow and “slut” and a “whore.” Granted, they were joking around about a fictional character, but dudes, what the hell? Are you new to how this whole interview thing works?
Evans going along with this joke might come as a bit of a shock, but Renner is already no stranger to causing controversy with his comments. Remember his Golden “Globes” joke?
Here’s how it went down…
When the interviewer brought up the idea of Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, hooking up with Bruce Banner, Renner deadpans, “She’s a slut.”
Evans, for some reason, reacts as of it’s the funniest damn thing he’s ever heard and adds, “I was gonna say something along those lines. A complete whore.”
Renner, not content with leaving it there, drops, “A trick, man,” as the two of them yuck it up heartily.
Oh, and then they made a joke at the expense of those with prosthetic legs. So again, what exactly were they thinking?
Naturally, these comments did not go over too well with fans.
https://twitter.com/greyishpuddle/status/591250395894276096
https://twitter.com/Sprigglecakes/status/591249037661229056
I'd like to think Chris Evans is just dumb and drunk in that interview and Jeremy Renner is just a bulldog-faced dickhead
— Ian Carlos (@ianxcarlos) April 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/kristinamonllos/status/591244962672553984
https://twitter.com/caIedonia/status/591243176217862144
i feel like the lesson to be learned here is to not pair up chris evans and jeremy renner during any press tour ever
— the log lady's log 🪵 (@estherannaa) April 23, 2015
To be fair, though, there seem to be an awful lot of people out there who feel this way as well…
Everybody is taking what Jeremy Renner and Chris Evans said WAY out of context. It's so obvious they were being sarcastic. Lighten up ppl
— Stella (@HausOfSP) April 22, 2015
Yep, this Avengers press tour is going just great, isn’t it?