It was a productive thing that happened,” he adds, admitting that while some people still hate him after the allegations, as long as he has “15-year-old Koreans and 70-year-old white moms with plastic surgery sloshing around white wine,” he’s got all the support he needs. “I feel like everyone kind of came out understanding each other. “You have to get so deep in the net to really find the origin of something,” says Ostrovsky, who now credits the creator of each and every joke he posts on Instagram. There’s really, like, no rules on the Internet,” he says. “The Internet is like the f - - king Wild West, and s - - t gets crazy. This summer, he came under fire for passing off other comedians’ content as his own. Like any good celebrity, Ostrovsky’s experienced the inevitable backlash of fame. Kevin was a Jonas Brother, and now he’s a contractor in Jersey? That guy’s a f–king great American!” And then like five years later, somebody spots me coaching JV girls basketball. “I always talk about how my goal would be to hit the pinnacle of fame and disappear. The Fat Jew declares Kevin Jonas his favorite JoBro. And that is so f - - king inspirational,” gushes Ostrovsky. “ send each other really obscene photos that no one should be looking at on the Internet,” says Ostrovsky who, nonetheless, declares Kevin his favorite Jonas brother. In recent months, he’s gotten a pedicure with Katie Couric, had Brooke Shields declare her love for him on live TV and appeared in Joe Jonas’ band’s new music video “Cake by the Ocean.” “Real life is about to make a huge comeback,” declares the first-time author.Īnd if anyone’s life is worth writing about, it’s his. Ostrovsky, who also produces a wildly popular wine called “White Girl Rose” and plans to introduce a cologne in 2016, says despite being an Internet demigod, online content is passé. “She’s like an 85-year-old woman, so I knew she was going to fact-check.” “I put stuff in the book that I knew couldn’t make the cut because I liked to have the lawyer read it out loud to me,” says Ostrovsky. Stories include the time he hired prostitutes to re-enact a scene from “Braveheart” and when his father hijacked a 13-year-old Ostrovsky post-bar mitzvah to really “become a man” at a Brighton Beach strip club.Īnd then there are the tales he spun for sheer amusement. “You can’t tell those stories on YouTube. and how I’m aging in reverse, and now I’m a giant baby. “I figured I would put a little pathos in it, a little bit of f - - king truth, a little bit of emotion. Thank God I got a book, so I didn’t make so many bad decisions for nothing,” says the Fat Jew. “I’ve been doing dumb s - - t just for the story, just for the memory, so that I could tell it in a book, hopefully. And now, the Chelsea resident is transcribing all of his 33 years worth of booze-soaked antics, tears and drugs in his new memoir, “Money Pizza Respect,” out Tuesday. “Me and him in a photo is one of the weirdest pairings of human beings of all time,” he says. Ostrovsky’s memoir includes stories such as the time he hired prostitutes to reenact a scene from “Braveheart.” Grand Central Publishing via AP But they think you’re really funny so they want me to take a picture with you,’ ” recalls Ostrovsky, who has more than 6.5 million followers on Instagram. I just looked at your Instagram, and I don’t really get it. “He was like, ‘Hey, my daughter’s a big fan of yours. But he reached a whole nother level of celebrity this past summer when Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia went fan girl on him in Italy. Instagram sensation Josh “The Fat Jew” Ostrovsky is a pretty big deal. The Fat Jew teams up with Tommy Hilfiger on 'cute, secret' project 'Fat Jew' rents 'hot fire' $12K/month penthouse Artist Marika Wagle lists colorful Noho duplex for $2M
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