NYT: Jeremy O. Harris Is Arrested in Japan on Suspicion of Smuggling Drugs- Page 4

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 12:38am

having just visited japan, it truly is such a different culture with such different norms/rules- i agree that the "war on drugs" has failed and that our punitive system for drug use is out of whack

but its the HEIGHT of ignorance to waltz into another country with drugs on you. and its uniquely American to just assume that the USA is the toughest most draconian society when it comes to law and order--- it isnt, and Americans ought to learn that the world does not revolve around their connections, assumptions, stupidities.

alot of focus in this thread about what a jerk JOH is, and maybe he is, but so what? even the most wonderful beloved person is too dumb for words to land at a Japanese airport with a bag of party goods on them. i doubt his career is cooked, and i doubt he will do many years in prison, but i dont see the Japanese legal system caring one whit about JOH's resume when they consider punishment. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 1:10am

He was scheduled to appear at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia this month to promote Erupcja, the road movie he cowrote/stars in with Charli XCX. While the festival hasn't said anything, he has been removed from all promotional material. If they were going to let him go, they would have done it in the 3 weeks before they officially charged him. And I'm pretty sure the Japanese authorities don't give a rat's ass that he knows Madonna.....

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 7:33am

Ha, I guess he had planned on using all that MDMA in Japan because even someone as thick as JOH must know that Saudi Arabian drug laws make the Japanese looks positively Dutch. 

[blug]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 7:44am

TotallyEffed said: "blug said: "To those delighting in this:

How do you think a gay black man will be treated in a Japanese prison?"



Why are you acting like he was framed?

Jeremy O. Harris is an incredibly entitled and mean spirited person, and I know this from my own personal experience, long before he was "famous." If people are delighting in this, it is certainly due to a feeling that maybe karma is, in fact, real.We are living in a time where the rich and famous have zero consequences for any unlawful or immoralactions. If you have money or power, it seems you can get away with anything.It is weighing heavily on the psycheof this country, thanks to our commander in chief.

He completely ignored the laws and culture of another country and is now suffering the consequences. He is not above the law. Spare us your tiny violin -he brought this upon himself.

He isn't Leo Frank.

I never once said he was above the law or didn't break the law or that what he did wasn't stupid but the fact that you're calling a playwright rich and famous (ha!) and equating what he did with white collar crime is proof positive that you're grasping at straws to enjoy someone's suffering.  You're right.  He's not Leo Frank.  He's not the Sacklers, either.

Enjoying someone's suffering because he rubbed you the wrong way...MAGA has taught you all very well.

 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 8:12am

“After years in which he earned very little making theater — he said his total commissions over four years amounted to about $22,000 — this year he made nearly $1 million, primarily from collaborations with the fashion industry and an HBO deal. (Fashion and television pay better than Broadway.)”

[spicemonkey]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 8:24am

kdogg36 said: "quizking101 said: "I will never understand why people think it’s okay to bring illicitsubstances across international borders while traveling."

And I will never understand why anyone would think it's okay to throw someone in a cage because they're carrying... well, whatever the **** they want to carry as long as it's not actively hurting you."

Maybe because you are used to living in an uncivilized society 

[spicemonkey]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 8:28am

Well

considering the history: the US supported and collaborated with the Empire Japan in WWII with steel, oil etc, til Pearl Harbor happened, JOH may be free pretty soon

[MezzanineSandwiches]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 8:34am

blug said:

Enjoying someone's suffering because he rubbed you the wrong way...MAGA has taught you all very well.

It’s funny you mention MAGA because while JOH politics might be different, he operates much like certain leaders of that cult. He’s ruthlessly for himself and only himself, always. You cross him and he will spend all his energy destroying you. For those who don’t know this, watch out. This isn’t hyperbole. He really is quite the monster. You sound like MAGA a bit in your defense of the guy. It’s okay to acknowledge your experience of him may not be the whole truth here. I’ve noticed most ppl who defend his behavior are either similar to him, working with him, or have aspirations to ride his coattails in some capacity. 

Updated On: 12/6/25 at 08:34 AM

[MB124]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 8:52am

“blug said:

Enjoying someone's suffering because he rubbed you the wrong way...MAGA has taught you all very well.”

LMAO

ok, girl. 

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 9:23am

blug said: "
Enjoying someone's suffering because he rubbed you the wrong way...MAGA has taught you all very well.
"
he committed a crime and is going to pay the consequences. That's not "suffering". That's called being an adult.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 9:34am

And he’s lucky this wasn’t Saudi Arabia, he wouldn’t be coming back from that. I’d rather be in a Japanese prison. 

[blug]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 12:00pm

MezzanineSandwiches said: "blug said:

Enjoying someone's suffering because he rubbed you the wrong way...MAGA has taught you all very well.

It’s funny you mention MAGA because while JOH politics might be different, he operates much like certain leaders of that cult. He’s ruthlessly for himself and only himself, always. You cross him and he will spend all his energy destroying you. For those who don’t know this, watch out. This isn’t hyperbole. He really is quite the monster. You sound like MAGA a bit in your defense of the guy. It’s okay to acknowledge your experience of him may not be the whole truth here. I’ve noticed most ppl who defend his behavior are either similar to him, working with him, or have aspirations to ride his coattails in some capacity."

Can all these people who claim to have experiences with him provide receipts?  I really need to get to know this "monster".  And no, "Google is your friend" is not an answer.  Personal stories, please.  Many of you seem traumatized.

[quizking101]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 1:27pm

1) Nobody owes you receipts for anything. This isn’t a court of law.

2) I’m pretty sure people are going into an interaction with JOH thinking they would need to document his jackassery for the sake of posterity

[blug]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 2:01pm

I'm just trying to parse out why it is people feel so vitriolic towards this guy.  This has gone on LONG before this ecstasy debacle.  I only ask for receipts because several people have stated they have had personal interactions with him that were so awful they walked away shaken.  If they can't provide anything but evasions, well...

It's sort of ridiculous.  He's just a playwright and screenwriter.  Even Scott Rudin doesn't get this level of sheer froth-mouthed hate.  Why?

[SteveSanders]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 2:15pm

Scott Rudin has definitely received this level of response and beyond in earlier threads.

[MezzanineSandwiches]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 2:34pm

blug said: "I'm just trying to parse out why it is people feel so vitriolic towards this guy. This has gone on LONG before this ecstasy debacle. I only ask for receipts because several people have stated they have had personal interactions with him that were so awful they walked away shaken. If they can't provide anything but evasions, well...

It's sort of ridiculous. He's just a playwright and screenwriter. Even Scott Rudin doesn't get this level of sheer froth-mouthed hate. Why?"

Man, you’re trying to be dense. There’s a reason this kind of crazy response only comes out in anonymous forums. It’s because he is dangerous to other artists and their reputations and careers. He will weaponize his massive following against anyone who publicly says something about him. If you honestly think this many people feel this way and claim to have been harmed just because he “rubbed them the wrong way,” then I realllly have to question what your connection to him is. There’s a reason you don’t want to believe it if you’re going so far as to assume there is a mass JOH-derangement syndrome (see previous MAGA comparison you made) going on. Yes we’re all just soooo mad he has a big ego. Please. Had this happened to say Lin Manuel Miranda (also big ego but not an ass to others) would you expect the same vitriol? What you’re seeing is an insider understanding of what’s really going on. You either don’t want to believe the negativity or you’re intentionally denying it because it disturbs whatever feelings youd like to maintain about the guy. No one’s asking you to have a problem with him. But don’t tell us ours is invalid. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 2:38pm

I'm just trying to parse out why it is people feel so vitriolic towards this guy.  This has gone on LONG before this ecstasy debacle.  I only ask for receipts because several people have stated they have had personal interactions with him that were so awful they walked away shaken.  If they can't provide anything but evasions, well..

No one owes you an explanation or reliving of their trauma. Jeremy's entitlement and stupidity as an American (just like Britney Griner) is funny and shows he thought he was untouchable as a celebrity. He was wrong. If ecstasy isn't even legal in AMERICA, why did he suddenly think it was legal in countries like Japan and Saudi Arabia? This man went to YALE, people. But I do hope he gets the help he needs for his substance use disorder.

[binau]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 3:47pm

Does he have a substance use disorder? Is this public knowledge? 

 

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 4:10pm

MezzanineSandwiches said: "blug said: "I'm just trying to parse out why it is people feel so vitriolic towards this guy. This has gone on LONG before this ecstasy debacle. I only ask for receipts because several people have stated they have had personal interactions with him that were so awful they walked away shaken. If they can't provide anything but evasions, well...

It's sort of ridiculous. He's just a playwright and screenwriter. Even Scott Rudin doesn't get this level of sheer froth-mouthed hate. Why?"

Man, you’re trying to be dense. There’s a reason this kind of crazy response only comes out in anonymous forums. It’s because he is dangerous to other artists and their reputations and careers. He will weaponize his massive following against anyone who publicly says something about him. If you honestly think this many people feel this way and claim to have been harmed just because he “rubbed them the wrong way,” then I realllly have to question what your connection to him is. There’s a reason you don’t want to believe it if you’re going so far as to assume there is a mass JOH-derangement syndrome (see previous MAGA comparison you made) going on. Yes we’re all just soooo mad he has a big ego. Please. Had this happened to say Lin Manuel Miranda (also big ego but not an ass to others) would you expect the same vitriol? What you’re seeing is an insider understanding of what’s really going on. You either don’t want to believe the negativity or you’re intentionally denying it because it disturbs whatever feelings youd like to maintain about the guy. No one’s asking you to have a problem with him. But don’t tell us ours is invalid."

I dared to say it was ridiculous that he held the house for Rihanna with no regard for the paying audience and he saw the tweet and turned his masses against me, and of course sent a lot of accusations of racism to me because I thought it absurd to hold a house for a celeb.

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 6:05pm

he didnt just hold the house for Rihanna, he said it was perfectly appropriate for her to spend the show on her phone, scrolling through her bright screen to the distraction of the performers and audience. and because he defended her, all the usual keyboard warriors defended him--i too remember being called a white supremacist for criticizing their behavior.

but all of this is beside the point. anyone--lovable or not--that flies into another country with illegal drugs on them is dumb beyond measure. and while that certainly includes brittney griner, the comparison is unfair--she had cannabis oil in a vape, something that is legal in various parts of the world, and i can understand the ignorance in not realizing the trap she was walking into. this clown waltzed into japan with drugs that are pointedly illegal *everywhere* but a few scant spots, and JOH knew it. 

[east side story]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 6:22pm

blug said: "Can all these people who claim to have experiences with him provide receipts? I really need to get to know this "monster". And no, "Google is your friend" is not an answer. Personal stories, please. Many of you seem traumatized."

JOH is a narcissist, a thief and a liar. All that I could (potentially) overlook if he was actually talented. 

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 6:45pm

binau said: "Does he have a substance use disorder? Is this public knowledge?

"

MDMA isn't something you can actually get addicted to. You use it too much and it'll literally just stop working. You won't feel anything and doing more won't make you feel anything. Your reward is just depression.

He's a Gay Creative and enjoys party drugs. Go to literally any bar with a stick and spin in a circle, they're all gonna be on cocaine. His problem was being stupid and thinking he's gonna avoid Japan's punitive culture as if literally anybody knows who he is there. 

Updated On: 12/6/25 at 06:45 PM

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 6:48pm

east side story said: "blug said: "Can all these people who claim to have experiences with him provide receipts? I really need to get to know this "monster". And no, "Google is your friend" is not an answer. Personal stories, please. Many of you seem traumatized."

JOH is a narcissist, a thief and a liar. All that I could (potentially) overlook if he was actually talented."


You forgot obnoxious bully. I do think that is his true talent: his audacious, ruthless, pushy ambition.

[quizking101]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 7:10pm

TheatreFan4 said:

MDMA isn't something you can actually get addicted to. You use it too much and it'll literally just stop working. You won't feel anything and doing more won't make you feel anything. Your reward is depression”

*stares in mental health/substance abuse nurse*

It’s an AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE…You wanna run that back?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 12/6/25 at 7:25pm

quizking101 said: "
*stares in mental health/substance abuse nurse*

It’s an AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE…You wanna run that back?"

Sure it can lead to abuse and addiction of other substances (mainly Meth), but MDMA isn't the one. It's not usually done on It's own.

Updated On: 12/6/25 at 07:25 PM