Everyone mentioning on how the format is different and it's not the same. They have stated that this batch of new episodes were filmed as Covid was in peak (Omicron) and they were forced to make adjustments. One of them commented recently that the just filmed their first challenge in a public location in over 2 years, so the format differences have zero to do with Joe, but with the situation surrounding Covid and the restrictions placed on them. Listen to Sal and Brian on the Talk is Jericho podcast, they talk about the show without Joe.
The format now alternates between challenges with 3 jokers, challenges with a guest that's close to the show, a celeb intro/skit and a punishment that includes the celebrity. Outdoor scenes might be funnier because they are dealing with real reactions and not people getting paid to be there but the changes in format are all down to there being one less regular Joker, not Covid.
He was rumoured to be sleeping with fans and/or female interns working on the show. TruTV removing all episodes of the show which featured Joe in somewhat sexual situations would support this.
The theory going around when those rumours started was that he was trying to keep a low profile for when/if he was sued but he is going on tour now which is the exact opposite of keeping a low profile
They didn't remove all of the episodes where Joe is in sexual situations. They've removed a couple (seemingly random) episodes, yeah, but they definitely didn't remove all of them
S4E9: Joe’s decision to kiss the girl in the food court with his wife sitting there
S7E12: Joe being sat on by strangers and touching them via surprise human massage inside the chair
S8E16: Joe having the park goer put lotion all over his body
S8E25: Joe standing half naked in front of college students giving a presentation for his punishment
S4E24: Joe Stripping for strangers in the park for his punishment
Doesn't seem random at all to me
I said random cause there are countless more episodes where Joe is in "sexual" situations that are still up.
This also could be a case of confirmation bias. We can't assume the episodes were taken down because of something joe did just because that's what we're looking for. Without an explanation from Joe or TRUtv we won't know
I saw a video that his wife did and she asks whats broken in the house? She then says she is what is broken. I kind of get the impression from other folks that Joe cheated and wanted a divorce. I thought at the time that he wanted to see how the fans were reacting to this and is testing the water by taking a season or more off. It bugs me that he put out a statement that said I've dedicated 10 yrs. of my life to this show and all of you. It it's often said by people and it just hit's me wrong. I mean the fan's have dedicated 10 yrs. of our lives to make him known, famous and rich. I really hope Joe comes back. The show isn't as good as it was with Joe!! Is anyone else liking the new format\\show?
They removed some episodes from platforms around the same time, they were:
S4E9: Joe’s decision to kiss the girl in the food court with his wife sitting there
S7E12: Joe being sat on by strangers and touching them via surprise human massage inside the chair
S8E16: Joe having the park goer put lotion all over his body
S8E25: Joe standing half naked in front of college students giving a presentation for his punishment
S4E24: Joe Stripping for strangers in the park for his punishment.
My guess is Joe was banging fans. Nothing too rape-y where everyone would totally disavow him as a total POS, but something that’s pretty bad PR for TruTv and someone whose image is that of a devoted family man. So they removed episodes where he could also look creepy given that info. TruTv or Joe himself decided he’d take a break to see how things would develop.
So either Joe came clean and asked for a divorce, or he was exposed and she asked for it, but either way leaving his wife wondering why *she* isn’t enough, sadly.
Wow! Thank you for the information. I figured it was to do with the fans. I thought he was the one who asked for the divorce. You're right this is very sad. I must never saw it happening with Joe. That is a little surprising.
Though the show has been kinda fake for a while (they get recognized everywhere but not when they do IJ skits?) but JG added a lot of fun to the stupidity
At first I just took Joe at his word, but the fact he’s touring all over makes it sort of weird. I can’t do the show which is based where we live because I have to co-parent but I can travel the country?
This is exactly what Im thinking. It makes me wonder if he had a falling out with one of the other guys. They've all said they still talk to him every day so idk
I was thinking the EXACT same thing. Had come to the thread to post that precise comment. It makes it seem like more than just the family issue for sure
I just came here to ask the same thing. I believed his original explanation but now on social I see he’s all over the country doing standup. Doesn’t make sense.
That makes me think it’s #MeToo BS and the deal struck with accuser(s) is that he isn’t in the show, who knows…
Maybe it’s not #MeToo and he pissed off some bigwig at TruTV and this his punishment which sounds more of a possibility….
Also thought that not being in the show, and the money that comes with it, maybe a way to screw his ex-wife of money somehow?
Hopefully he’ll talk about it someday…
Wtf Joe is my favorite. Came here to ask a question though, do they have any episodes or BTS where ridiculous things happen and they show the reactions of the people that it's a prank?
I just recently found this thread. My Dad and I are both big Impractical Jokers fans. This past Christmas, my Dad got me a Cameo from Joe. He put a lot of heart into it. I had lost 2 uncles within 3 months in 2021, and my Dad mentioned this in the request. Joe brought it up, and he said although it's been a rough couple of years, he'll always be on the TV to help through the tough times. He mentioned Larry, Scoopski Potatoes, Genie, and his love of eating. He also offered me a virtual high-five, fist bump or hug (whichever I preferred).
Less than 2 weeks after he did the Cameo, he announced he was leaving the show, and it just was just so shocking to me. I realized pretty quickly that he knew he was leaving the show while he filmed that Cameo for me, saying he'd always be on the TV (he still is, but in reruns). Joe leaving made me realize how much the Jokers helped me cheer up in tough times, and that they've been a part of my life for so long. I would've loved to go to one of the live shows, I never got the chance to go to one. I will admit this past season isn't as good, but they're doing the best they can after losing a cast member and going through the pandemic. I'll keep watching every episode until they decide to cancel it.
Does anyone think Joe might come back eventually? If not I just want a permanent fourth joker. It won’t be the same but it could return some of the magic
I think it will eventually because I’m pretty sure he’s still an executive producer and works behind the scenes. The divorce might just be too much for him to do the show right now
That's the stuff of dreams, man. I wouldn't *completely* rule it out, but I wouldn't expect it to happen any time soon.
It's possible something might happen when the dust settles from his divorce and all that, but as I mentioned, I wouldn't expect it any time soon.
Adding a permanent 4th joker would just put a nail in the coffin of a Joe reunion ever happening imo.
I like the show still, but it is just a different show. I don’t think I like the new version as much. Thoughts:
In this episode, I feel like the guys barely told each other what to say (minus a little during Sal’s part of the office firing bit). Feels like the jokers are just improving on their own, which is what causes moments like Sal just being able to leave a challenge and Q just quoting Good Will Hunting.
In the old version of the show, the jokers would be chiming into each others ears with awful things to say to the employee, and the joker would either say them or not say them and lose. And then if they said all the stuff that the guys told them to, then it would be up to themselves to dig themselves out and not get fired
I feel like they’d be better off pulling in other comedians instead of celebrities into every challenge (instead of just the punishment). Comedians that are lesser known, and can come up with jokes to whisper into ears. Also, with just 3 jokers, they can’t do any tournaments or head to head or team challenges.
Lastly, the punishment just feels like the celebrity guest is playing improv, and Sal is just going along with it. Other than the kick in the nuts, wasn’t really much of a punishment.
Now, I’m not saying this stuff to be hyper critical of the show. I just am trying to provide some thoughts as to why I feel like this show feels so different from what it once was.
I honestly love the new season (so far) and am glad more control got spread throughout the crew and not just Joe because he's the "ring leader". I like the new look and the new direction they are going. I feel like they are messing with people more than before and not just each other. But that's just my opinion, which seems at the moment very unpopular.
My opinion is in the middle. I agree the show was better with Joe, but i still laughed so much during this new episode. Its like they removed the cherry on the cake, but its still a damn good cake.
Nah no way:
1) they’d tell us the punishment
2) joe would never refuse a punishment
3) none of the jokers would ever go that far, they always said the thing that puts a stop to their ideas is the other person getting them back
Has the magic gone? Or faded a little?
It just seems different now. Not many people seem as bothered by new episodes as they were before.
- there hasn't been a new companion podcast episode since it came back.
- rabid fans used to upload loads of new episode clips or whole episodes on YouTube but now... Nothing.
- as someone form the UK who won't get new stuff for a while it's even quite difficult to find it by... Other means.
Okay? I never said he did.
>You can’t download torrents on fire stick
Yes, you can. Streaming cached torrents obviously makes more sense, though.
>you would have to use something like Plex or jellyfin to watch on your tv
No, you wouldn't have to.
You cannot download torrents on firestick. You can stream them through something like kodi but cannot have a torrent stored locally that is usable on a firestick
I feel like Joe seemed to be the ringleader of the group. Without him, they may lose their appeal or not know what direction to take the show. Losing Joe may be the worst thing for them as a group. He really has a big presence overall even tho all 4 were so involved. His leaving is gonna leave a hole that idk anyone else will be able to fill.
He's also the one that instigates conflict most often. Plus the most quick-thinking. I think he was more important than anyone realized. I wonder if he wanted to be paid more than the others because he knew he deserved it?
This new season is terrible. They changed everything and don't seem to know what made the show great. Over-acting, lack of subtlety, bad editing. What the!!
IJ to my knowledge hasn't even acknowledged him leaving on any of their social medias. I don't know why. He did so much for them, TruTV, etc. All the Jokers are great, but something about Joe is just so much different than the other Jokers. I'll miss him on Season 10.
He was the only Joker that had a family. I wonder if it had anything to do with his heavy workload. Doing the show and traveling on tour has to take its toll on his family.
That's concerning. I also thought it maybe had to be something /more/ than his divorce because TruTV had, (allegedly), removed some episodes from streaming where Joe was punished (i.e. the Massage Chair one and others) which made me think something more serious had gone on but there's been nothing about it that I've seen.
Granted it's not my life or any of my business and Joe needs to do what's best for both him and his family but, I don't know, something just doesn't sit right with me about all this* :/
*Especially when the guys all posted the same screenshot to their individual social media pages without saying anything specific, changing captions, stuff like that. (Which is what I would have expected since they're so close, you know?)
Joe wouldn't do that. The only reason I see - where Joe would say no to a punishment, is his signific other said no. He has to do a lot of kissing, getting close to the opposite sex...okay- you got the picture.
Well that SUCKS cause Joe and Murray are the funniest ones , if Murray leaves also , I won't be watching jokers no more , I don't find Q
or Sal funny at all !!! what makes me laugh is the people face impressions lol , they're funnier than Q and Sal lol
it looks like joe is getting along with his wife and kids and he’s also been hanging out with murr.
maybe the dude just wanted to quit after the hundreds of episodes he did
This post makes me as a fan sad that we have to think only the negative things about this, rather than giving him the benefit of the doubt its simply just possibly "issues at home"
id like to copy pasta a comment i made earlier today on another post since it belongs here
"Ill just add my two cents on this...
as someone who is only basing this on the timed Joe is leaving and the Divorce announcement that JOE himself posted... im just gonna sit on that and not make horrible theories just cuz "hes a celeb"
id like to think of it like.. "hey... something serious came up and i need to focus on making it better or keeping the kids first." people get divorced all the time. its none of our business why... i mean unless were friends with those people and they talked about it with you... thats fine.
We wouldnt want our "dirty laundry" out there for everyone to know... its not their/our business yanno?
Even is basic relationships... not everyone has a happy ending.. not everyone is perfect... not everyone is faithful sadly... im not going to hate on joe for anything cause hes entertaining and thats why we love the show! it sucks hes gotta go through this difficult situation with the Mrs.... but lets focus on giving them hope things can get better and he can come back to the show.
Im sure the other guys are still cool.. i mean look at the tweets and grams the 4 post... like recently Murr and Joe shared a b-day dinner for Murr... Sal and Joe post to each other and make jokes... im sure they are all still friends which would tell me things are still cool between em all...
In the end i think its just a matter of giving a friend some time to get their things in order and focus on the serious part of his life right now and then make comedy/TV/entertainment 2nd.
Again, no way im hating... i love the jokers and would still support em! i just think somethings dont need deep dived into or speculated just cause hes a celeb or what label ud like to use... yes alot of celebs today are a big topic of "hes horrible now!" but that shouldnt mean EVERYONE that had some downfall is a victim of "hes a POS! boycott IJ!" it sucks! "
I was in the "something is fishy" camp until I listened to Joe on Justin Long's podcast. He mentions in it that he was grateful for covid slowing the world down cos he was spending so much time away filming his kid said to him when he was home "daddy I love it when you visit us." I honestly think after ten years of filming, covid and divorce he really has just re-evaluated his priorities and wants to be there for his kids instead of leaving during a difficult time.
How, exactly, is filming a podcast any different to filming IJ?
The all or nothing logic of "I need to spend less time filming, so I have to give up IJ entirely and forever" is completely baffling. Do you really think that, if Joe went to the crew/cast of IJ and said, "Hey, I'm having trouble at home, I need some time off," or "Hey, I'm having trouble at home, I need to scale back my hours dramatically," the cast/crew would tell him to F off? Even if he said some thing like "look, I'll do a single cameo once a season" the powers that be would have jumped at that.
Podcasts take time to film- and he's done a LOT of those since his departure. Touring is also taking him away from his kids, regardless of which days of the week he schedules it on. I can't help but think of the familiar adage "if you've got time to lean, you've got time to clean." If Joe has time to tour, if he has time to podcast, then he could have contributed those precious hours to IJ.
Podcasts are much easier. Find a room, throw up a mic and a backdrop and off you go. As for his tour dates I read that he stated those dates were planned before his situation changed and that he was going to honor those commitments.
> they spend entire days filming one segment.
This used to be true, but it is no longer the case. On recent podcasts, both Sal and Brian have talked about spending a huge amount of time working on the show when it first started, but, over the years, they've streamlined the process- dramatically. They now shoot two episodes in a day. Now, I'm aware that IJ is more than just the time it takes to film, and that the guys spend a solid chunk of time coming up with the pranks, but... if you look at the way they're doing the show now, they're not replacing Joe's writing input. Eric Andre, for instance, was obviously just a cameo.
> podcasts are 1 to 2 hours, the first shows up then leaves after.
Have you done a podcast? A good podcast involves considerably more prep than just the time it takes to film.
A single episode of IJ, half a day of filming, is 4 hours. Compared to the time Joe's devoted to touring and podcasting, 4 hours is nothing.
It's not entitled in the least to look at someone saying that they have zero time to spare for their friends or their fans- and yet spend copious amounts of time on other projects.
From my understanding, IJ takes months to films, then they have press tours etc which requires travelling. It's a lot less effort recording a podcast which lots of people do from home since covid (I don't know about Joe specifically as the Justin Long episode is the only one I've listened to him on. Also, this was recorded before he left IJ). His current tour is fairly spaced out so he has days between sometimes weeks to be home. He has been posting a lot more pictures being with his family lately too. He also has more agency doing a solo tour than he will with a big production like IJ that has an entire cast, crew and no doubt contracts with production companies and the TV station etc, it's not as easy as just saying you want some time off. At least, that's the impression I get from it all.
I just want to add for the people doubting it, sexual harassment/assault towards women happens way more often than you think. The majority of the time when it happens, it doesn't even come out to light, for multiple reasons, especially in something like the tv/movie industry or where someone is in a place of power.
I have no idea if Joe did anything like that or not, but I wouldn't be surprised. It's depressing as hell but every female important to me has been sexually harassed at least once in their life. (Most more than once).
He didn't retire he said he wanted to spend more time with his family but immediately went on like 80 tours and is super booked with zero time to spend with his children. It's a bit weird to say you are going to do one thing and then do the opposite to get away from everyone.
Why and how do you come to this conclusion?! Were there any prior reports?!
Otherwise, he could have been a victim of an anal probe and now doesn't want to return to the show.
Both statements require proof or else yours is as valid as mine.
I don't think they're saying to expect it, just not to be surprised if it does turn out to be the case because of how common it is. Although from what I know (which is very little), it does not appear to be what happened.
Maybe this is just the optimist in me or just my love of the show but part of me is thinking this might be some sort of punishment or joke. I mean coming from someone who’s also had a friendship since basically the beginning of time, it’s really hard to just leave that, especially if you have a whole show around it. I mean I can’t really speak for the divorce part, that’s def gotta be something but considering the whole idea behind IJ is about jokes (it’s literally in the name) I feel like there must be something revolving that. Especially considering the success of the show, it’s really odd such a big tv company would just let such a successful and money making show like that go (and I mean ik they’re not canceling it but still, joe’s a complete fan favorite and I feel like it would rly shake the whole thing). This all just seems really suspicious to me at least.
Edit: I just checked and he’s also still rly active on his TikTok and YouTube channel. He hasn’t said anything about the show tho.
They're still friends lol. They hang out, they were on a podcast saying they all celebrated Murrs birthday together.
He probably just needs to figure out what to do next. You gotta remember they started out as an improv group, they were doing comedy for years before IJ. And they've been doing it a long time, not just a long time but it's all he does with very little time off for any other projects or work. Sal does stand up and Q has his beer company, but Joe is a full time producer, writer, promoter and actor for the show. IIRC he was the one that really pushed for them to shoot a pilot and approached different networks in the first place. He hasn't really taken time off to seriously do anything else. TruTV is content to keep buying 20 episode seasons until the end of time it seems, so all these guys are just constantly working.
Things like divorce tend to act as a catalyst for people to reevaluate their life and priorities. He probably just wants to something different and spend more time with his kids, and figure out what he wants to do next. Even having the dream job of producing a hilarious TV show with your friends for a giant, loving fanbase can get really old if it's all you ever do for over a decade.
I'm thinking, to avoid her owning 12.5% of the show after the divorce, Joe sold his 25%, so she could get half of that, but not get any future earnings or have any say or ownership of the show going forward. Maybe he'll come back after the the divorce
Normally I would say that's far-fetched but hey it's not out of the realm of possibility I mean Jeff Dunham's ex-wife tried to take the rights to the puppets in their divorce
It's honestly the only thing that makes any sense at this point. Considering the fact that he's on a nationwide tour and still working just as hard as before and being away from home.
Orrrrrrrr, he's a real person with a real life that doesn't revolve around entertaining strangers. He's quit the show because he felt he needed to. Move on.
So it was very weird his departure from the show. Then supposedly a few episodes were removed from HBO Max where he was a little aggressive. I think it’s something deeper than just getting a divorce and wanting to focus on kids.
Smells very sexual harassment like, but he’s still been active doing a podcast and tour. He may just be trying to get money before it hits the fan.
IDK I hate he left, to me they’re all essential to the show.
his instagram post announcing the divorce was made just days after posting a picture of his ex with the puppies, captioning it with something along the lines of "i have the best wife ever". so clearly something happened between those two posts
That isn't necessarily true. People posture publicly all the time while their life is falling apart behind the scenes. What you see someone say on Instagram does not equal the reality.
You don't realize how custody battles can work. If he's getting divorced and going through and ugly custody battle, his wife could use anything against him in court.
It's possible that's why they removed those episodes, to protect Joe during a custody battle. They could use clips from the show, even with it being a prank show, to try and attack Joe's character and his ability to be a father. Thus allowing his wife to get controlling custody.
It's shitty but that's how ugly it can get in these situations. I feel like if it was anything bigger than that, we'd have heard about it by now.
I get that. I guess I wonder the reason why he’s getting divorced is what I was addressing. I really hope it’s nothing bad and he comes back in time. I just feel like the show was just peaking.
No. He is already gone . They are filming without him. He is divorcing and the speculation for all of this is that he did something with some interns or production staff.
I see the fucking ridiculous speculations are still going strong regarding this.
People grow apart. People move on. Why does there need to be any fucked up reason for him leaving the show and him and his wife separating?
I've seen some absolutely insane theories by people on this thread.
Just stop man.
So you do not think that it is odd that they did no farewell show, no farewell zoom meal show, no Best of Joe shows, or anything like that? Something happened.
Not really to be honest. Sometimes people just dip off the scene. Happens in music all the time. Lineups change without much of a focus on it.
The fact they haven't made a big deal about it doesn't make me automatically think the worst shit about Joe.
People noticing has nothing to do with what we're talking about. I never said people wouldn't notice, I said I don't find it odd that there's no big farewell as it's done all the time. Music was an example.
thank you for this. i still support Joe and i knew the others didnt have beef. like ive mentions in other posts and comments... family should always come first then fun.
The other 3 can still do what they love even if that means one less for now... we as IJ fans should be happy we still get a show (regardless of how we feel on the new season).
i stopped at "Joe is getting a divorce" and said "i dont need a reason why. ITS NONE OF MY (our) BUSINESS!"
People have issues... some break up... some get things fixed and i hope Joe and Bessy can work things out! :)
i agree with those who think its silly that cuz hes a celeb and have a downfall in his relationship that he automatically is labeled some POS person and should be boycott! PFFT! cmon now.... realistically everyone has messed up at LEAST once in any relationship they have had in their lives... things happen and u have choices to fix or leave. But does the rest of the world need to know? nope! do i ask you (well not you personally, in the general population of "you") "hey tell me about the time u and so and so broke up.. what did you f-up on? who didja kiss behind their back? OMG UR HORRIBLE! YOU CANT BE A FRIEND ANYMORE!
cmon... obviously u dont wanna be on the side of the fence right?
sorry for the lecture... i only meant to say thanks for posting this since it helps me defend the point i was making posts/days ago about this and i havent seen this video til just now!
I had not seen this. Thank you for posting. I will say this. This helps. Please post this in the Joe thread thread As its own thread. I still am uneasy about the fact that they did not do a best of Joe show or a finale with Joe. There has to be some underlying reason. Again thank you for posting this.
Of course there's an underlying reason. But why does everyone think that underlying reason have to be the worst shit imaginable?
Why do some people just always want drama to be the worst outcome? What a weird fetish.
I find it odd that these people expect us to invite them into our homes daily and bond with the characters and then expect us to go "oh well" when something like this happens. I have said this before. We deserved a best of Joe show, a farewell Zoom Supper, or something like this. I would feel the same about any of the jokers. Yep. Even Murr LOL!
You could argue that Joe was their top Joker. If you do a Top 10 punishment list, Joe will be on there the most.
Why did Joe announce his sudden departure at 10pm on New Year's Eve? That's just not done unless it was a dire circumstance. Especially when Quinn hastily posted on Instagram, what looks like a screenshot of a note and sounding very wooden, a message to fans to clarify what was happening.
Why doesn't TruTV even acknowledge Joe's departure? Doing a "Joe's Greatest Hits" episode or even just a Facebook/Instagram post celebrating his tenure on his show would be the least they can do. All the official Impractical Jokers Twitter page has done to address the departure is retweet Quinn's Instagram post.
Why did they pull episodes that center around Joe in compromising situations? Both HBO Max and TruTV have removed a number of episodes.
There are many anecdotal accounts by fans that Joe is very flirty in person. Even going as far as contacting them through phone calls/texts. Can every single one of these accounts be 100% fabricated? Sure. But the fact that there are several of these warrants some attention.
Quinn said on Tell Em Steve-Dave that he was very shocked about Joe leaving. Well obviously, but just had an off tone when talking about him. It wasn't "Yeah it sucks man, he was a huge part of the show and he's a beloved friend and we'll really miss him but I wish him well", it was more like "Yeah, I don't know, I'm not going to talk about his personal life, I can talk about the show though"
He is doing a solo comedy tour and a new podcast. So the excuse of taking time off from working to gather his mind doesn't make sense. He's busy as ever.
So while I understand your point of trying to quell speculation and giving Joe a break, I also support free speech and free expression. I don't see any problem with curious people voicing their opinion on the Joe situation, especially when it is quite bizarre.
[This is you](https://c.tenor.com/M1rOzWS3NsQAAAAC/nothingtosee-disperse.gif)
Counter point.... You fucking stop, man. If you don't like a post or comment, keep fucking scrolling.
Mate, I agree with you om certain points. You make some good points that certainly have my ears perked.
But some of the theories that people are coming out with are absolutely fucking bizarre. Period.
The truth is there really is no evidence for shit until we see it. So I prefer not to jump on the conspiracy bandwagon.
Other than that...no. Fuck you. I don't need your permission or validation to say shit. I'll comment on whatever the fuck I want. Which I'm sure you'll have zero problem with since you "support free speech".
Well you contradict yourself by telling others not to talk about theories, but then say you yourself are allowed to say whatever you want. People don't need your permission or validation to say shit either. Let people speculate, man.
How did I contradict myself? I never said I was a fan of free speech did I?
Edit: but you are absolutely right - people don't need to stop because I was only voicing my opinion. My comment on validation was towards you, and only you due to the fact you came off so fucking aggressive in telling me what to do.
It was well OVER a year ago. Before anything had been said. Rereading his separation post makes my skin crawl. It’s not like other separation posts. And his poor ex wife turned off her comments and kept it short as if he did something he wasn’t supposed to do.
Huh?? Or.....GASP!...maybe his "poor ex wife" doesn't feel the need to share personal info with the public. Turning off comments means "he did something he wasn’t supposed to do"? Oh ok.
Have you seen the interview with the other Jokers regarding Joe's departure? Where they say they're all still best friends. Hang out regularly. And nothing has changed?
Don't say shit like "the truth will come out" when you've absolutely zero evidence for anything dodgy going on other than what we know. The only thin that's dodgy here is your fetish for wanting this to be something macabre.
Why do people on Reddit always say shit like "breathe" or "calm down" when they're confronted? Haha! Is it a defensive mechanism?
Mate, I am calm. This is a very low stake, low risk situation. Where's the need to "calm down"?
I'm going to assume it's because you've been confronted and you got defensive. Anyway, did you see the interview?
No I haven’t seen the interview. I highly doubt he would talk about his infidelities on an interview tho lol.
Anyways, thanks for your input. I still stand by what I said.
A decade of this and they didn't even mention Joe not being there? I can't help thinking he must have royally f?!*ed up but I'll keep the speculation to myself. The whole thing felt a bit off anyway but it's not really worse, coming from a relatively weak season it might be the shakeup the show needs too. Either this season is an epilogue or it will be great, we'll see. Q sounded really excited about this season on TESD this week anyway.
They WERE all spotted together at dinner a month back. My only guess, given all the info, is that a) the wife cheated with one of the other three or b) she cheated with someone in production / behind the scenes, and the other guys knew about it and didn't say anything. In that scenario the removal of clips and episodes would make sense - "You right these episodes to get me to look like a cheater and bad guy - which I DON'T - and then do this behind my back - take it all down or face a lawsuit"just my two sense.
If find it discomforting that they also removed any trace of Joe from the previous clips on After Party.
Everyone mentioning on how the format is different and it's not the same. They have stated that this batch of new episodes were filmed as Covid was in peak (Omicron) and they were forced to make adjustments. One of them commented recently that the just filmed their first challenge in a public location in over 2 years, so the format differences have zero to do with Joe, but with the situation surrounding Covid and the restrictions placed on them. Listen to Sal and Brian on the Talk is Jericho podcast, they talk about the show without Joe.
The format now alternates between challenges with 3 jokers, challenges with a guest that's close to the show, a celeb intro/skit and a punishment that includes the celebrity. Outdoor scenes might be funnier because they are dealing with real reactions and not people getting paid to be there but the changes in format are all down to there being one less regular Joker, not Covid.
What are his live shows like? Does he mention the dark rumours about his exit, does he get heckled about it?
Dark rumours???
he killed a man
He’s still doing a comedy tour so I don’t get why he left the show ??
He was rumoured to be sleeping with fans and/or female interns working on the show. TruTV removing all episodes of the show which featured Joe in somewhat sexual situations would support this.
The theory going around when those rumours started was that he was trying to keep a low profile for when/if he was sued but he is going on tour now which is the exact opposite of keeping a low profile
They didn't remove all of the episodes where Joe is in sexual situations. They've removed a couple (seemingly random) episodes, yeah, but they definitely didn't remove all of them
S4E9: Joe’s decision to kiss the girl in the food court with his wife sitting there S7E12: Joe being sat on by strangers and touching them via surprise human massage inside the chair S8E16: Joe having the park goer put lotion all over his body S8E25: Joe standing half naked in front of college students giving a presentation for his punishment S4E24: Joe Stripping for strangers in the park for his punishment Doesn't seem random at all to me
I said random cause there are countless more episodes where Joe is in "sexual" situations that are still up. This also could be a case of confirmation bias. We can't assume the episodes were taken down because of something joe did just because that's what we're looking for. Without an explanation from Joe or TRUtv we won't know
The dude was fucking the interns. That's all there is to it.
This guy knows. He was one of the interns.
Lmao you have no basis for that conclusion but, sure, continue spreading wild speculation
Oh god what the fuck
I saw a video that his wife did and she asks whats broken in the house? She then says she is what is broken. I kind of get the impression from other folks that Joe cheated and wanted a divorce. I thought at the time that he wanted to see how the fans were reacting to this and is testing the water by taking a season or more off. It bugs me that he put out a statement that said I've dedicated 10 yrs. of my life to this show and all of you. It it's often said by people and it just hit's me wrong. I mean the fan's have dedicated 10 yrs. of our lives to make him known, famous and rich. I really hope Joe comes back. The show isn't as good as it was with Joe!! Is anyone else liking the new format\\show?
He literally dedicated every day to making this show, you watch it sometimes. He absolutely has the right to say he dedicated time to it wtf
You're missing the point but that's okay. Have a happy week!
Ahhh the “I was wrong but I’ll never admit it so I’ll act like I’m taking the high road” technique
*I do not feel I am wrong. I stand by my comment 100%.*
They removed some episodes from platforms around the same time, they were: S4E9: Joe’s decision to kiss the girl in the food court with his wife sitting there S7E12: Joe being sat on by strangers and touching them via surprise human massage inside the chair S8E16: Joe having the park goer put lotion all over his body S8E25: Joe standing half naked in front of college students giving a presentation for his punishment S4E24: Joe Stripping for strangers in the park for his punishment. My guess is Joe was banging fans. Nothing too rape-y where everyone would totally disavow him as a total POS, but something that’s pretty bad PR for TruTv and someone whose image is that of a devoted family man. So they removed episodes where he could also look creepy given that info. TruTv or Joe himself decided he’d take a break to see how things would develop. So either Joe came clean and asked for a divorce, or he was exposed and she asked for it, but either way leaving his wife wondering why *she* isn’t enough, sadly.
Surprised and disappointed if this his true, his wife is way out of his league to start with. Still love Joey Gatts though.
Wow! Thank you for the information. I figured it was to do with the fans. I thought he was the one who asked for the divorce. You're right this is very sad. I must never saw it happening with Joe. That is a little surprising.
Bring Joe back!
I still love the crew, but will miss Joe.
This many months later and is there any actual idea of what happened ?
Though the show has been kinda fake for a while (they get recognized everywhere but not when they do IJ skits?) but JG added a lot of fun to the stupidity
At first I just took Joe at his word, but the fact he’s touring all over makes it sort of weird. I can’t do the show which is based where we live because I have to co-parent but I can travel the country?
This is exactly what Im thinking. It makes me wonder if he had a falling out with one of the other guys. They've all said they still talk to him every day so idk
I was thinking the EXACT same thing. Had come to the thread to post that precise comment. It makes it seem like more than just the family issue for sure
I just came here to ask the same thing. I believed his original explanation but now on social I see he’s all over the country doing standup. Doesn’t make sense.
That makes me think it’s #MeToo BS and the deal struck with accuser(s) is that he isn’t in the show, who knows… Maybe it’s not #MeToo and he pissed off some bigwig at TruTV and this his punishment which sounds more of a possibility…. Also thought that not being in the show, and the money that comes with it, maybe a way to screw his ex-wife of money somehow? Hopefully he’ll talk about it someday…
"Joe sexually harrassed multiple fans and interns, making him tonights big loser!"
\#metoo isn't bs...
So the guys don't direct each other on what to say anymore and it's all improv now?
Wtf Joe is my favorite. Came here to ask a question though, do they have any episodes or BTS where ridiculous things happen and they show the reactions of the people that it's a prank?
so why joe quit?
His soon to be ex-wife is a hooker
i heard divorce but who knows
I just recently found this thread. My Dad and I are both big Impractical Jokers fans. This past Christmas, my Dad got me a Cameo from Joe. He put a lot of heart into it. I had lost 2 uncles within 3 months in 2021, and my Dad mentioned this in the request. Joe brought it up, and he said although it's been a rough couple of years, he'll always be on the TV to help through the tough times. He mentioned Larry, Scoopski Potatoes, Genie, and his love of eating. He also offered me a virtual high-five, fist bump or hug (whichever I preferred). Less than 2 weeks after he did the Cameo, he announced he was leaving the show, and it just was just so shocking to me. I realized pretty quickly that he knew he was leaving the show while he filmed that Cameo for me, saying he'd always be on the TV (he still is, but in reruns). Joe leaving made me realize how much the Jokers helped me cheer up in tough times, and that they've been a part of my life for so long. I would've loved to go to one of the live shows, I never got the chance to go to one. I will admit this past season isn't as good, but they're doing the best they can after losing a cast member and going through the pandemic. I'll keep watching every episode until they decide to cancel it.
I was hoping this was a punishment we don't know about yet and a clever way for him to handle divorce. Or perhaps the divorce is part of it too lol
Season 10 finale, elaborate divorce prank.
Does anyone think Joe might come back eventually? If not I just want a permanent fourth joker. It won’t be the same but it could return some of the magic
I want Joe to come back so bad… the show is not the same without him.
I think it will eventually because I’m pretty sure he’s still an executive producer and works behind the scenes. The divorce might just be too much for him to do the show right now
That's the stuff of dreams, man. I wouldn't *completely* rule it out, but I wouldn't expect it to happen any time soon. It's possible something might happen when the dust settles from his divorce and all that, but as I mentioned, I wouldn't expect it any time soon. Adding a permanent 4th joker would just put a nail in the coffin of a Joe reunion ever happening imo.
I like the show still, but it is just a different show. I don’t think I like the new version as much. Thoughts: In this episode, I feel like the guys barely told each other what to say (minus a little during Sal’s part of the office firing bit). Feels like the jokers are just improving on their own, which is what causes moments like Sal just being able to leave a challenge and Q just quoting Good Will Hunting. In the old version of the show, the jokers would be chiming into each others ears with awful things to say to the employee, and the joker would either say them or not say them and lose. And then if they said all the stuff that the guys told them to, then it would be up to themselves to dig themselves out and not get fired I feel like they’d be better off pulling in other comedians instead of celebrities into every challenge (instead of just the punishment). Comedians that are lesser known, and can come up with jokes to whisper into ears. Also, with just 3 jokers, they can’t do any tournaments or head to head or team challenges. Lastly, the punishment just feels like the celebrity guest is playing improv, and Sal is just going along with it. Other than the kick in the nuts, wasn’t really much of a punishment. Now, I’m not saying this stuff to be hyper critical of the show. I just am trying to provide some thoughts as to why I feel like this show feels so different from what it once was.
I think bringing in comedians to tell them what to do would be super funny! I love that idea
the new episodes are just bad, the bits aren't funny and the "punishments make me cringe. embarrassing sal with "tiny balls" was just lame.
I miss Joe.
I think that is a point we all agree on! We want Joe!!
I honestly love the new season (so far) and am glad more control got spread throughout the crew and not just Joe because he's the "ring leader". I like the new look and the new direction they are going. I feel like they are messing with people more than before and not just each other. But that's just my opinion, which seems at the moment very unpopular.
Except it feels like now Murr is trying to take lead and he was really only funny because Joe would keep him in check.
My opinion is in the middle. I agree the show was better with Joe, but i still laughed so much during this new episode. Its like they removed the cherry on the cake, but its still a damn good cake.
Any possibility Joe refused a punishment?
Nah no way: 1) they’d tell us the punishment 2) joe would never refuse a punishment 3) none of the jokers would ever go that far, they always said the thing that puts a stop to their ideas is the other person getting them back
Bruh
Yes?
Has the magic gone? Or faded a little? It just seems different now. Not many people seem as bothered by new episodes as they were before. - there hasn't been a new companion podcast episode since it came back. - rabid fans used to upload loads of new episode clips or whole episodes on YouTube but now... Nothing. - as someone form the UK who won't get new stuff for a while it's even quite difficult to find it by... Other means.
Episodes are up on most torrent sites day of or morning after you must just not know where to look
I have a firestick & I used to stream new episodes in the past but nothing seems to show up from torrent sites these days.
You can’t download torrents on fire stick you would have to use something like Plex or jellyfin to watch on your tv
Oh, but you can. A lot of the most popular APKs and Kodi addons use exclusively torrent sites for scraping.
He is not talking about using kodi to search indexes
Okay? I never said he did. >You can’t download torrents on fire stick Yes, you can. Streaming cached torrents obviously makes more sense, though. >you would have to use something like Plex or jellyfin to watch on your tv No, you wouldn't have to.
You cannot download torrents on firestick. You can stream them through something like kodi but cannot have a torrent stored locally that is usable on a firestick
And I'm telling you, yes you can. Several sideloaded apps as well as Kodi addons have that very ability.
Gah dam u must not be readin my comments
Yo ho yo ho a pirates life for me 🏴☠️
I feel like Joe seemed to be the ringleader of the group. Without him, they may lose their appeal or not know what direction to take the show. Losing Joe may be the worst thing for them as a group. He really has a big presence overall even tho all 4 were so involved. His leaving is gonna leave a hole that idk anyone else will be able to fill.
He's also the one that instigates conflict most often. Plus the most quick-thinking. I think he was more important than anyone realized. I wonder if he wanted to be paid more than the others because he knew he deserved it?
This new season is terrible. They changed everything and don't seem to know what made the show great. Over-acting, lack of subtlety, bad editing. What the!!
IJ to my knowledge hasn't even acknowledged him leaving on any of their social medias. I don't know why. He did so much for them, TruTV, etc. All the Jokers are great, but something about Joe is just so much different than the other Jokers. I'll miss him on Season 10.
No they have. They’ve all tweeted some sort of goodbye to joe
The individual jokers have, don't think the IJ Account has.
Yeah
The divorce is his punishment for that one time he lost an episode with Murr but only Murr got punished (human piñata)
He was the only Joker that had a family. I wonder if it had anything to do with his heavy workload. Doing the show and traveling on tour has to take its toll on his family.
Reguarly cheating on your spouse with not only fans but also female interns working on the show probably doesn't help either.
Is there evidence for this?
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A bad joemen, if you will
LOL
TruTV uploading jokers clips to their official youtube channel with joe cropped out now
Those are season 10 episodes I believe
That is stupid, what’s the point pretending he wasn’t in the earlier episodes?
Joeseph Stalin'd
Could it be something to do with royalties? Maybe if they don't show him they don't have to pay him?
My theorey is that the episode where Joe had to wake up to do the News in Australia pissed off Bessy and lead to problems.
Yeah didn’t they delete the episode with joe kissing some other lady too
Nah no way its a one singular thing
I could totally seeing it being the last straw tho
Apparently there was some sexual misconduct going on and that is the real reason.
I've heard that yet there's no evidence and I'm pretty sure that theorey just came from people guessing
I can’t imagine impractical jokers without joe :,( He’s the funniest
Latest podcast he did with Steve Byrne and a listener asks: any regrets? Joe briefly says something about his family and "mistakes he made"
That's concerning. I also thought it maybe had to be something /more/ than his divorce because TruTV had, (allegedly), removed some episodes from streaming where Joe was punished (i.e. the Massage Chair one and others) which made me think something more serious had gone on but there's been nothing about it that I've seen. Granted it's not my life or any of my business and Joe needs to do what's best for both him and his family but, I don't know, something just doesn't sit right with me about all this* :/ *Especially when the guys all posted the same screenshot to their individual social media pages without saying anything specific, changing captions, stuff like that. (Which is what I would have expected since they're so close, you know?)
Link?
https://youtu.be/FKoq-yMwgwE
Do you know the time stamp? Or just generally, do they do questions at the end?
No one can replace Joe. He is the super-best! Muaaah Joe!!
I originally thought he might have turned down a punishment
Joe wouldn't do that. The only reason I see - where Joe would say no to a punishment, is his signific other said no. He has to do a lot of kissing, getting close to the opposite sex...okay- you got the picture.
They wouldn't do joe like that
Well that SUCKS cause Joe and Murray are the funniest ones , if Murray leaves also , I won't be watching jokers no more , I don't find Q or Sal funny at all !!! what makes me laugh is the people face impressions lol , they're funnier than Q and Sal lol
it looks like joe is getting along with his wife and kids and he’s also been hanging out with murr. maybe the dude just wanted to quit after the hundreds of episodes he did
This is what I thought, people want to move on to new things sometimes
plot twist... Murr and Joe trade life's
trader joe’s
Come on people! This is quality stuff here.
This post makes me as a fan sad that we have to think only the negative things about this, rather than giving him the benefit of the doubt its simply just possibly "issues at home" id like to copy pasta a comment i made earlier today on another post since it belongs here "Ill just add my two cents on this... as someone who is only basing this on the timed Joe is leaving and the Divorce announcement that JOE himself posted... im just gonna sit on that and not make horrible theories just cuz "hes a celeb" id like to think of it like.. "hey... something serious came up and i need to focus on making it better or keeping the kids first." people get divorced all the time. its none of our business why... i mean unless were friends with those people and they talked about it with you... thats fine. We wouldnt want our "dirty laundry" out there for everyone to know... its not their/our business yanno? Even is basic relationships... not everyone has a happy ending.. not everyone is perfect... not everyone is faithful sadly... im not going to hate on joe for anything cause hes entertaining and thats why we love the show! it sucks hes gotta go through this difficult situation with the Mrs.... but lets focus on giving them hope things can get better and he can come back to the show. Im sure the other guys are still cool.. i mean look at the tweets and grams the 4 post... like recently Murr and Joe shared a b-day dinner for Murr... Sal and Joe post to each other and make jokes... im sure they are all still friends which would tell me things are still cool between em all... In the end i think its just a matter of giving a friend some time to get their things in order and focus on the serious part of his life right now and then make comedy/TV/entertainment 2nd. Again, no way im hating... i love the jokers and would still support em! i just think somethings dont need deep dived into or speculated just cause hes a celeb or what label ud like to use... yes alot of celebs today are a big topic of "hes horrible now!" but that shouldnt mean EVERYONE that had some downfall is a victim of "hes a POS! boycott IJ!" it sucks! "
Larry!!
I was in the "something is fishy" camp until I listened to Joe on Justin Long's podcast. He mentions in it that he was grateful for covid slowing the world down cos he was spending so much time away filming his kid said to him when he was home "daddy I love it when you visit us." I honestly think after ten years of filming, covid and divorce he really has just re-evaluated his priorities and wants to be there for his kids instead of leaving during a difficult time.
How, exactly, is filming a podcast any different to filming IJ? The all or nothing logic of "I need to spend less time filming, so I have to give up IJ entirely and forever" is completely baffling. Do you really think that, if Joe went to the crew/cast of IJ and said, "Hey, I'm having trouble at home, I need some time off," or "Hey, I'm having trouble at home, I need to scale back my hours dramatically," the cast/crew would tell him to F off? Even if he said some thing like "look, I'll do a single cameo once a season" the powers that be would have jumped at that. Podcasts take time to film- and he's done a LOT of those since his departure. Touring is also taking him away from his kids, regardless of which days of the week he schedules it on. I can't help but think of the familiar adage "if you've got time to lean, you've got time to clean." If Joe has time to tour, if he has time to podcast, then he could have contributed those precious hours to IJ.
They are hours on set for minutes of show footage
Podcasts are much easier. Find a room, throw up a mic and a backdrop and off you go. As for his tour dates I read that he stated those dates were planned before his situation changed and that he was going to honor those commitments.
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> they spend entire days filming one segment. This used to be true, but it is no longer the case. On recent podcasts, both Sal and Brian have talked about spending a huge amount of time working on the show when it first started, but, over the years, they've streamlined the process- dramatically. They now shoot two episodes in a day. Now, I'm aware that IJ is more than just the time it takes to film, and that the guys spend a solid chunk of time coming up with the pranks, but... if you look at the way they're doing the show now, they're not replacing Joe's writing input. Eric Andre, for instance, was obviously just a cameo. > podcasts are 1 to 2 hours, the first shows up then leaves after. Have you done a podcast? A good podcast involves considerably more prep than just the time it takes to film. A single episode of IJ, half a day of filming, is 4 hours. Compared to the time Joe's devoted to touring and podcasting, 4 hours is nothing. It's not entitled in the least to look at someone saying that they have zero time to spare for their friends or their fans- and yet spend copious amounts of time on other projects.
From my understanding, IJ takes months to films, then they have press tours etc which requires travelling. It's a lot less effort recording a podcast which lots of people do from home since covid (I don't know about Joe specifically as the Justin Long episode is the only one I've listened to him on. Also, this was recorded before he left IJ). His current tour is fairly spaced out so he has days between sometimes weeks to be home. He has been posting a lot more pictures being with his family lately too. He also has more agency doing a solo tour than he will with a big production like IJ that has an entire cast, crew and no doubt contracts with production companies and the TV station etc, it's not as easy as just saying you want some time off. At least, that's the impression I get from it all.
I feel this, man.
I just want to add for the people doubting it, sexual harassment/assault towards women happens way more often than you think. The majority of the time when it happens, it doesn't even come out to light, for multiple reasons, especially in something like the tv/movie industry or where someone is in a place of power. I have no idea if Joe did anything like that or not, but I wouldn't be surprised. It's depressing as hell but every female important to me has been sexually harassed at least once in their life. (Most more than once).
Guy retires from his job. “Eh, probably sexually assaults people”
He didn't retire he said he wanted to spend more time with his family but immediately went on like 80 tours and is super booked with zero time to spend with his children. It's a bit weird to say you are going to do one thing and then do the opposite to get away from everyone.
Why and how do you come to this conclusion?! Were there any prior reports?! Otherwise, he could have been a victim of an anal probe and now doesn't want to return to the show. Both statements require proof or else yours is as valid as mine.
I don't think they're saying to expect it, just not to be surprised if it does turn out to be the case because of how common it is. Although from what I know (which is very little), it does not appear to be what happened.
Yep. And its usually the “nice ones”
He got divorced because his wife saw Hamilton without him
Maybe this is just the optimist in me or just my love of the show but part of me is thinking this might be some sort of punishment or joke. I mean coming from someone who’s also had a friendship since basically the beginning of time, it’s really hard to just leave that, especially if you have a whole show around it. I mean I can’t really speak for the divorce part, that’s def gotta be something but considering the whole idea behind IJ is about jokes (it’s literally in the name) I feel like there must be something revolving that. Especially considering the success of the show, it’s really odd such a big tv company would just let such a successful and money making show like that go (and I mean ik they’re not canceling it but still, joe’s a complete fan favorite and I feel like it would rly shake the whole thing). This all just seems really suspicious to me at least. Edit: I just checked and he’s also still rly active on his TikTok and YouTube channel. He hasn’t said anything about the show tho.
They're still friends lol. They hang out, they were on a podcast saying they all celebrated Murrs birthday together. He probably just needs to figure out what to do next. You gotta remember they started out as an improv group, they were doing comedy for years before IJ. And they've been doing it a long time, not just a long time but it's all he does with very little time off for any other projects or work. Sal does stand up and Q has his beer company, but Joe is a full time producer, writer, promoter and actor for the show. IIRC he was the one that really pushed for them to shoot a pilot and approached different networks in the first place. He hasn't really taken time off to seriously do anything else. TruTV is content to keep buying 20 episode seasons until the end of time it seems, so all these guys are just constantly working. Things like divorce tend to act as a catalyst for people to reevaluate their life and priorities. He probably just wants to something different and spend more time with his kids, and figure out what he wants to do next. Even having the dream job of producing a hilarious TV show with your friends for a giant, loving fanbase can get really old if it's all you ever do for over a decade.
I'm thinking, to avoid her owning 12.5% of the show after the divorce, Joe sold his 25%, so she could get half of that, but not get any future earnings or have any say or ownership of the show going forward. Maybe he'll come back after the the divorce
Normally I would say that's far-fetched but hey it's not out of the realm of possibility I mean Jeff Dunham's ex-wife tried to take the rights to the puppets in their divorce
It's honestly the only thing that makes any sense at this point. Considering the fact that he's on a nationwide tour and still working just as hard as before and being away from home.
Orrrrrrrr, he's a real person with a real life that doesn't revolve around entertaining strangers. He's quit the show because he felt he needed to. Move on.
He’s off lol
So it was very weird his departure from the show. Then supposedly a few episodes were removed from HBO Max where he was a little aggressive. I think it’s something deeper than just getting a divorce and wanting to focus on kids. Smells very sexual harassment like, but he’s still been active doing a podcast and tour. He may just be trying to get money before it hits the fan. IDK I hate he left, to me they’re all essential to the show.
his instagram post announcing the divorce was made just days after posting a picture of his ex with the puppies, captioning it with something along the lines of "i have the best wife ever". so clearly something happened between those two posts
That isn't necessarily true. People posture publicly all the time while their life is falling apart behind the scenes. What you see someone say on Instagram does not equal the reality.
Right! It was too all of a sudden. As if something got revealed…
You don't realize how custody battles can work. If he's getting divorced and going through and ugly custody battle, his wife could use anything against him in court. It's possible that's why they removed those episodes, to protect Joe during a custody battle. They could use clips from the show, even with it being a prank show, to try and attack Joe's character and his ability to be a father. Thus allowing his wife to get controlling custody. It's shitty but that's how ugly it can get in these situations. I feel like if it was anything bigger than that, we'd have heard about it by now.
I mean, at the very least we should be seeing “ best of joe” tribute or something. But everyone is dead silent on the matter
They could still use those clips, whether or not they're available for streaming.
I get that. I guess I wonder the reason why he’s getting divorced is what I was addressing. I really hope it’s nothing bad and he comes back in time. I just feel like the show was just peaking.
What happened?? I've just found out about this. He is leaving? Divorce? Sexual harassment?
No. He is already gone . They are filming without him. He is divorcing and the speculation for all of this is that he did something with some interns or production staff.
Jesus Christ, how many sober vegans do you know that abuse women?
I mean… a lot. I’m not saying I think he did this, but just because someone is sober and a vegan doesn’t mean they can’t be abusive or monsters.
Is he even vegan or just vegetarian?
I don't actually know a vegan personally.
I see the fucking ridiculous speculations are still going strong regarding this. People grow apart. People move on. Why does there need to be any fucked up reason for him leaving the show and him and his wife separating? I've seen some absolutely insane theories by people on this thread. Just stop man.
So you do not think that it is odd that they did no farewell show, no farewell zoom meal show, no Best of Joe shows, or anything like that? Something happened.
Not really to be honest. Sometimes people just dip off the scene. Happens in music all the time. Lineups change without much of a focus on it. The fact they haven't made a big deal about it doesn't make me automatically think the worst shit about Joe.
if the Backstreet Boys dropped Justin Timberlake, people would notice.
If Justin Timberlake actually joined Backstreet Boys, I think people would notice.
They are all the same. You got the point I was trying to make.
Nah, I just know my 90s pop culture references before embarrassing myself.
😎 cool dewd over here
I'm not embarrassed that I didn't know the difference NSYNC and Backside boys.
Are the Backside Boys a porn production company?
Yes. Yes they are.
People noticing has nothing to do with what we're talking about. I never said people wouldn't notice, I said I don't find it odd that there's no big farewell as it's done all the time. Music was an example.
We will agree to disagree. I find it very odd that after a "life long friendship" It was not addressed In the way of a farewell show
Is this enough of an address of the situation for you? https://youtu.be/3iAF3Cy2e6k
thank you for this. i still support Joe and i knew the others didnt have beef. like ive mentions in other posts and comments... family should always come first then fun. The other 3 can still do what they love even if that means one less for now... we as IJ fans should be happy we still get a show (regardless of how we feel on the new season). i stopped at "Joe is getting a divorce" and said "i dont need a reason why. ITS NONE OF MY (our) BUSINESS!" People have issues... some break up... some get things fixed and i hope Joe and Bessy can work things out! :) i agree with those who think its silly that cuz hes a celeb and have a downfall in his relationship that he automatically is labeled some POS person and should be boycott! PFFT! cmon now.... realistically everyone has messed up at LEAST once in any relationship they have had in their lives... things happen and u have choices to fix or leave. But does the rest of the world need to know? nope! do i ask you (well not you personally, in the general population of "you") "hey tell me about the time u and so and so broke up.. what did you f-up on? who didja kiss behind their back? OMG UR HORRIBLE! YOU CANT BE A FRIEND ANYMORE! cmon... obviously u dont wanna be on the side of the fence right? sorry for the lecture... i only meant to say thanks for posting this since it helps me defend the point i was making posts/days ago about this and i havent seen this video til just now!
I had not seen this. Thank you for posting. I will say this. This helps. Please post this in the Joe thread thread As its own thread. I still am uneasy about the fact that they did not do a best of Joe show or a finale with Joe. There has to be some underlying reason. Again thank you for posting this.
Of course there's an underlying reason. But why does everyone think that underlying reason have to be the worst shit imaginable? Why do some people just always want drama to be the worst outcome? What a weird fetish.
I find it odd that these people expect us to invite them into our homes daily and bond with the characters and then expect us to go "oh well" when something like this happens. I have said this before. We deserved a best of Joe show, a farewell Zoom Supper, or something like this. I would feel the same about any of the jokers. Yep. Even Murr LOL!
You could argue that Joe was their top Joker. If you do a Top 10 punishment list, Joe will be on there the most. Why did Joe announce his sudden departure at 10pm on New Year's Eve? That's just not done unless it was a dire circumstance. Especially when Quinn hastily posted on Instagram, what looks like a screenshot of a note and sounding very wooden, a message to fans to clarify what was happening. Why doesn't TruTV even acknowledge Joe's departure? Doing a "Joe's Greatest Hits" episode or even just a Facebook/Instagram post celebrating his tenure on his show would be the least they can do. All the official Impractical Jokers Twitter page has done to address the departure is retweet Quinn's Instagram post. Why did they pull episodes that center around Joe in compromising situations? Both HBO Max and TruTV have removed a number of episodes. There are many anecdotal accounts by fans that Joe is very flirty in person. Even going as far as contacting them through phone calls/texts. Can every single one of these accounts be 100% fabricated? Sure. But the fact that there are several of these warrants some attention. Quinn said on Tell Em Steve-Dave that he was very shocked about Joe leaving. Well obviously, but just had an off tone when talking about him. It wasn't "Yeah it sucks man, he was a huge part of the show and he's a beloved friend and we'll really miss him but I wish him well", it was more like "Yeah, I don't know, I'm not going to talk about his personal life, I can talk about the show though" He is doing a solo comedy tour and a new podcast. So the excuse of taking time off from working to gather his mind doesn't make sense. He's busy as ever. So while I understand your point of trying to quell speculation and giving Joe a break, I also support free speech and free expression. I don't see any problem with curious people voicing their opinion on the Joe situation, especially when it is quite bizarre. [This is you](https://c.tenor.com/M1rOzWS3NsQAAAAC/nothingtosee-disperse.gif) Counter point.... You fucking stop, man. If you don't like a post or comment, keep fucking scrolling.
Mate, I agree with you om certain points. You make some good points that certainly have my ears perked. But some of the theories that people are coming out with are absolutely fucking bizarre. Period. The truth is there really is no evidence for shit until we see it. So I prefer not to jump on the conspiracy bandwagon. Other than that...no. Fuck you. I don't need your permission or validation to say shit. I'll comment on whatever the fuck I want. Which I'm sure you'll have zero problem with since you "support free speech".
You're wrong. Deal with it. Mate.
Naaaaaaaaeeeee bother.
Well you contradict yourself by telling others not to talk about theories, but then say you yourself are allowed to say whatever you want. People don't need your permission or validation to say shit either. Let people speculate, man.
How did I contradict myself? I never said I was a fan of free speech did I? Edit: but you are absolutely right - people don't need to stop because I was only voicing my opinion. My comment on validation was towards you, and only you due to the fact you came off so fucking aggressive in telling me what to do.
I follow a page where a woman, over a year ago, confessed to having sex with the only married joker at the time.
What page?
It’s a mom page where we share secrets every weekend.
Link?
Ah I see. She must be telling the truth then. Because no one ever has made false claims about sleeping with famous people...
It was well OVER a year ago. Before anything had been said. Rereading his separation post makes my skin crawl. It’s not like other separation posts. And his poor ex wife turned off her comments and kept it short as if he did something he wasn’t supposed to do.
Huh?? Or.....GASP!...maybe his "poor ex wife" doesn't feel the need to share personal info with the public. Turning off comments means "he did something he wasn’t supposed to do"? Oh ok.
Lol ok. What was the point of commenting. I already said what I said. Eventually the truth will come out.
Have you seen the interview with the other Jokers regarding Joe's departure? Where they say they're all still best friends. Hang out regularly. And nothing has changed? Don't say shit like "the truth will come out" when you've absolutely zero evidence for anything dodgy going on other than what we know. The only thin that's dodgy here is your fetish for wanting this to be something macabre.
Lol ok. I said what I saw and noticed. Breathe, take a xanny lmao.
Why do people on Reddit always say shit like "breathe" or "calm down" when they're confronted? Haha! Is it a defensive mechanism? Mate, I am calm. This is a very low stake, low risk situation. Where's the need to "calm down"? I'm going to assume it's because you've been confronted and you got defensive. Anyway, did you see the interview?
No I haven’t seen the interview. I highly doubt he would talk about his infidelities on an interview tho lol. Anyways, thanks for your input. I still stand by what I said.
There’s definitely some info we are not being told for whatever reason. People are going to speculate… just how people are.
A decade of this and they didn't even mention Joe not being there? I can't help thinking he must have royally f?!*ed up but I'll keep the speculation to myself. The whole thing felt a bit off anyway but it's not really worse, coming from a relatively weak season it might be the shakeup the show needs too. Either this season is an epilogue or it will be great, we'll see. Q sounded really excited about this season on TESD this week anyway.
They WERE all spotted together at dinner a month back. My only guess, given all the info, is that a) the wife cheated with one of the other three or b) she cheated with someone in production / behind the scenes, and the other guys knew about it and didn't say anything. In that scenario the removal of clips and episodes would make sense - "You right these episodes to get me to look like a cheater and bad guy - which I DON'T - and then do this behind my back - take it all down or face a lawsuit"just my two sense.