Skrillex and Jordan Peterson Photo Leaves the Internet Baffled – Newsweek

Internet users have been left baffled by a photo of clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson with musician Skrillex that the controversial Canadian author shared on Twitter on Friday.

Peterson shared the photo to his more than two million Twitter followers with the simple message "Guess who" and the image led to an outpouring of reactions from social media users.

Skrillex, whose real name is Sonny John Moore, is a DJ and musician who had significant success in the 2010s and won three Grammy Awards in 2011. He went on to win a further five Grammys.

Peterson later tweeted at Skrillex to say: "Good to see you yesterday."

Some Twitter users expressed shock and anger at Skrillex for appearing with Peterson, who has made a number of controversial statements in the past, and others suggested that the DJ had now been "canceled."

"You just got Skrillex canceled," wrote Twitter user Matt Humphrey in reply to Peterson's photo.

Drew Westmoreland seemed to agree, writing: "Well Skrillex is cancelled now" followed by a laughing cry emoji.

User @danthedirt appeared to joke that he would have to get rid of his collection of Skrillex music, tweeting: "Time to burn all my Skrillex albums" along with a photo of a public bonfire.

"Man... Why out @Skrillex like this @jordanbpeterson? Will only bring him trouble," tweeted Daniel Eskander.

Some users appeared to be confused about why Peterson and Skrillex would be pictured together.

"Soooooo... Skrillex in a photo with Jordan Peterson... I need to understand the context of that. Are they buds, or was it just a 'photo op'?" tweeted user @urzapolariz said.

"Never would I have ever thought I'd see these two in the same pic," wrote Billy Bouchard.

Twitter user @kurosomnium joked about the apparent surprise of seeing Peterson with Skrillex.

"'I wonder why Skrillex is trending, maybe people are having a nostalgia moment right now.' *sees tweet* 'Oh. Oh no,'" they tweeted.

Jared Holt, a resident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, joked about the possibility of a collaboration between the two and made reference to Peterson's voice, which has sometimes been compared to Kermit the Frog'sthat comparison has become a long-running joke among Peterson's critics.

"When do we get to watch Jordan Peterson sob and break down describing the biblical turmoil represented in the drop of 2010-era Skrillex," Holt tweeted.

"Kermit the Frog voice: 'Drops used to be drops and that was it. Now the kids talk about hyperpop. But only in the wub wub can a boy find sa,'" he joked.

Peterson has long been a controversial figure. Speaking to Joe Rogan on his podcast last week, the clinical psychologist claimed there was "no such thing as climate" and he has recently been an outspoken supporter of Canadian truckers protesting against a vaccine mandate in Ottawa.

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