Jordan B Peterson quits Twitter after comments on plus-sized model, Yumi Nu

Jordan Peterson claims to have quit Twitter after he was lashed for his comments over a plus-sized model. But the model has had the last laugh.

Controversial psychologist and writer, Dr Jordan Peterson, 59, has quit Twitter after his tweets about plus-sized model Yumi Nu saw him cop fierce backlash.

On Tuesday night, Dr Peterson shared his thoughts on Nu’s Sports Illustrated cover, saying he didn’t find the 25-year-old attractive.

“Sorry. Not beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that,” he wrote to his 2.7 million followers.

Sorry. Not beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that. https://t.co/rOASeeQvee

— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) May 16, 2022

Dr Peterson double-downed on his comments, blaming the outrage on “politically correct” woke culture.

“Rage away, panderers. And tell me you believe that such images are not conscious and cynical manipulation by the oh-so virtuous politically correct,” he tweeted.

Nu’s fans immediately came to her defence. Some called the writer out for his hypocrisy, throwing a few jarbs at Dr Peterson’s appearance, while others retweeted his tweet using photos of Dr Peterson himself.

“I’m not sure what’s worse, that a man publicly shames a woman he doesn’t find attractive (while wanting to leave a site he calls ‘vicious’), calls it ‘authoritarian tolerance’ when others find her attractive, or that he lures men into believing his words or ideas have validity,” one commenter wrote.

“Sheesh. Big fan here. I find my girlfriend with a body type like this quite beautiful. Dial it back a bit homie,” shared another.

“Why do men feel it’s their duty to publicly pronounce their view on the attractiveness of women? Couldn’t you just keep it to yourself?,” another wrote.

Sorry. Not beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that pic.twitter.com/XGIk7b1kLu

— hasanabi (@hasanthehun) May 16, 2022

Later Nu also responded to Dr Peterson’s comments, appearing unfussed.

“Hoes mad,” she wrote.

She later included a link to her Spotify profile, and asked fans to stream her music.

Hoes mad 💅😌 https://t.co/NRqXaUjYIK

— Yumi Nu (@_yumi_nu) May 16, 2022

The backlash proved too harsh for Dr Peterson, who announced he would be temporarily leaving the social media platform. He claimed the “endless flood of vicious insult is really not something that can be experienced anywhere else,” and would continue communicating with his fans through articles or videos.

“So I told my staff to change my password, to keep me from temptation, and am departing once again,” he tweeted.

“If I have something to say I’ll write an article or make a video. If the issue is not important enough to justify that then perhaps it would be best to just let it go.”

However, Dr Peterson appears to be continuing to use Twitter. Since his “bye for now” tweet, the ‘12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos’ author has shared at least 27 tweets. His latest post is from 5am Wednesday morning in which he thanked his supporters for reaching 5 millions subscribers.

And I plan to write an article on the technical reasons that Twitter is maddening us all very soon. Bye for now. https://t.co/naJnLabtqz

— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) May 17, 2022

Dr Peterson is no stranger to controversy. He’s been critiqued for his controversial claims, which include committing to an all-meat diet to cure benzodiazepine withdrawal and discounting climate change.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the divisive figure also slammed Australia’s coronavirus management strategy, accusing us of operating under a “police state”.

“Australians (and perhaps all in the west): are you being asked to choose between the dangers of a police state vs the dangers of Covid?” his shared in a tweet.

“I would certainly prefer the relatively low risk of the latter to the increasingly unpleasant certainty of the former).”