Venom sparks 'woke' debate for unlikely reason over pronouns Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 21:12 EDT, 25 October 2024 | Updated: 21:36 EDT, 25 October 2024 e-mail 7 shares View comments Tom Hardy 's new movie Venom: The Last Dance has set off a ' woke ' debate for an unlikely reason on X, formerly known as Twitter .
The poster features the supervillain Venom and his alter ego Eddie Brock, both played by Tom Hardy, accompanied by the tagline: ''Til Death Do They Part' - with the plural pronoun used to refer to Eddie and Venom as two separate characters. However one social media user used the catchphrase to take aim at the trans movement and nonbinary pronouns, writing: '‘TIL Death Do THEY Part" sealed the deal for me. Not accepted THEY Pronouns they tried squeezing in there and I’ll bet others ain’t either.
Movies were overrated anyway. #Venom #Venom3.' A furious backlash followed in the replies, where other X users accused the original poster of being an 'imbecile' and pointed out that 'they' was used because Eddie and Venom are widely regarded as two different people.
However the original poster insisted that his initial tweet was a 'joke' and that he was also 'showcasing how they SQUEEZED it in.' Tom Hardy 's new movie Venom: The Last Dance has set off a ' woke ' debate for an unlikely reason on X, formerly known as Twitter Read More Tom Hardy admits he always tries to 'swerve' weddings as he shares the awkward rea.
