The inexplicably-attractive-to-certain-women Josh Hartnett was involved in a NYC bar melee on Feb. 17. Initially he was touted as a peace keeper or he defended some chick's honor or some shit. It turns out the gang of pinheads he was with might have started the fracas and he ended up standing by while people "stepped outside" and said things like "you got a problem?" and "no, f*ck YOU, man!" and some girl was all "Johnny, don't, not tonight! You promised!" and another girl was all playing with her extensions and saying "shit, why somebody gotta get shot every time we go out? Damn!".
"Hartnett was with a group of very aggressive guys and two girls," said a Whiskey Ward patron. "One of the girls in his group claimed a guy in the bar pushed her, and Josh's friends started getting really heated."According to multiple witnesses, Hartnett did play a role in cooling down an argument inside Whiskey Ward at 2 a.m. But by closing time early Sunday morning, when the boys took their rumble outside, the actor stood quietly by, we're told.
"At about 4:15, a group of guys jumped [a fellow patron]," said a female witness to the incident. "They threw him to ground and kicked him. And Josh was just standing by and watching," said the observer, who recounts that the whole fight lasted about four or five minutes.
Friends of Hartnett, along with his reps, denied that account, and said he tried to stop the fight by loudly saying, "Everyone just relax and grow up." His pals also claim the other guys were the aggressors, and that one of them "cold-clocked" a member of the actor's crew in the head. But witnesses for the other side said Hartnett's friends "were aggressive jerks."
It would have been worth its weight in gold if at the very end of Josh saying "grow up..", he got punched dead in the face. I think anyone saying that in a bar fight who doesn't look like The Rock should have that happen to them. I've never been in a bar fight, though I do know I would quickly throw a chair and then steal all the liquor. That's just me.
picky says:
I think he looks so skeezy. He hasn't looked good since Pearl Harbor, and that was a LONG time ago.
Loob says:
Dayum! Hire a wrangler for those eyebrows, dude!
Elaine says:
J. Harvey, I'm with you. If you say "just grow up" in any sort of fight, violent or not, it automatically makes your opponent even shittier with you. And in Josh Harnett's case, since he wasn't actively participating in the beat down, he really shouldn't be drawing any attention to himself. You never want to be the douche-a-saurus on the side saying, "Gosh, come on guys, this is sooo immature. Grow up already." That's what gets you pistol whipped. Or at least that's what I always do to that guy in this situation.
Randi says:
I'd like to punch him just because of his facial hair. It's no sin if you can't grow a mustache and beard. Admit to it and move on. And wash your hair every now and then.