Editing Joss Whedon (section)

== Personal life ==
In 2013, Whedon said that he is a [[workaholic]]. This arose during the time that followed the completion of ''Much Ado About Nothing'', which was made in the span of a two-week vacation from ''The Avengers'',<ref name="Indiewire; pl">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2013/06/from-avengers-to-shakespeare-if-joss-whedon-can-do-it-all-5-film-projects-wed-love-to-see-him-tackle-97324/|title=From 'Avengers' To Shakespeare: If Joss Whedon Can Do It All, 5 Film Projects We'd Love To See Him Tackle|first=Drew|last=Taylor|date=June 4, 2013|publisher=IndieWire.com|access-date=November 23, 2021|archive-date=June 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611082925/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/from-avengers-to-shakespeare-if-joss-whedon-can-do-it-all-5-film-projects-wed-love-to-see-him-tackle-20130604|url-status=dead}}</ref> and after making the pilot for ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' amidst the pre-production for ''Avengers: Age of Ultron''. "It is actually a problem. Sometimes it's adorable ... and sometimes it's not ... Not to get all dark and weird, but it is something I need to address."<ref name="TimeOut London; pl">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/joss-whedon-interview-from-buffy-to-the-bard|title=Joss Whedon interview: from Buffy to the Bard|first=Tom|last=Huddleston|date=June 10, 2013|work=Time Out|access-date=July 15, 2014|archive-date=December 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213201834/http://www.timeout.com/london/film/joss-whedon-interview-from-buffy-to-the-bard|url-status=live}}</ref> He has been a member of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] in its Writers' branch since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stedman|first=Alex|date=June 28, 2017|title=Academy Invites Record 774 New Members|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/academy-new-members-class-of-2017-1202481404/|access-date=February 16, 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Marriages===
In 1995, Whedon married Kai Cole, an architect, producer and co-founder of [[Bellwether Pictures]].<ref name="vulture-kai">{{Cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/joss-whedons-ex-wife-calls-him-a-feminist-hypocrite.html |title=Joss Whedon's Ex-Wife Writes Essay Accusing Him of Feminist 'Hypocrisy' |last=Kiefer |first=Halle |date=August 20, 2017 |publisher=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture.com]]  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170821014556/http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/joss-whedons-ex-wife-calls-him-a-feminist-hypocrite.html |archive-date=August 21, 2017 |url-status=live|access-date=August 22, 2017}}</ref> They have two children together.<ref name="The Telegraph; personal life">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8157067/Joss-Whedon-The-man-behind-the-Buffy-series.html|title=Joss Whedon: The man behind the Buffy series|first=Daisy|last=Dunn|date=November 24, 2010|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| access-date=December 6, 2013|archive-date=November 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127164249/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8157067/Joss-Whedon-The-man-behind-the-Buffy-series.html|url-status=live|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2013-may-31-la-et-mn-ca-much-ado-house-20130602-story.html| title='Much Ado About Nothing': A DIY film project at Joss Whedon's home| date=May 31, 2013|first= Rebecca|last= Keegan|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date= August 22, 2017| archive-date= July 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708125838/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/31/entertainment/la-et-mn-ca-much-ado-house-20130602 | url-status=live}}</ref> Whedon and Cole separated in 2012 and divorced in 2016.<ref name="us-divorce">{{Cite news |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/avengers-director-joss-whedon-quietly-separated-from-his-wife-five-years-ago-w482770 |title=Avengers' Director Joss Whedon Quietly Separated From His Wife Five Years Ago |date=May 8, 2017 |work=[[Us Weekly]] |access-date=August 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170722043932/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/avengers-director-joss-whedon-quietly-separated-from-his-wife-five-years-ago-w482770 |archive-date=July 22, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Cole claimed that Whedon had repeatedly been unfaithful to her and that he "does not practice what he preaches" in regard to feminism.<ref name="kai-on-joss">{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/joss-whedon-feminist-hypocrite-infidelity-affairs-ex-wife-kai-cole-says/|title=Joss Whedon Is a 'Hypocrite Preaching Feminist Ideals', Ex-Wife Kai Cole Says (Guest Blog)|first=Kai|last=Cole|date=August 20, 2017|publisher=[[TheWrap.com]]|archive-date=August 20, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170820213216/https://www.thewrap.com/joss-whedon-feminist-hypocrite-infidelity-affairs-ex-wife-kai-cole-says/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Whedon married Canadian artist [[Heather Horton]] in February 2021.<ref>{{cite news | title=Joss Whedon facing immigration troubles for new wife | newspaper=Toronto Sun | date=May 10, 2021 | url=https://torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrity/joss-whedon-facing-immigration-troubles-for-new-wife | access-date=July 22, 2021}}</ref>

===Religious and philosophical views===
Whedon has identified himself as an [[atheism|atheist]].<ref name="The New York Times; religious and philosophical views">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/magazine/must-see-metaphysics.html|title=Must-See Metaphysics|first=Emily|last=Nussbaum|date=September 22, 2002|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=December 6, 2013}}</ref><ref name="absurdist">{{cite web|url=https://ffrf.org/news/day/dayitems/item/14791-joss-whedon|title=Joss Whedon|first=Eleanor|last=Wroblewski|website=Freedom From Religion Foundation|access-date=May 12, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100625/https://ffrf.org/news/day/dayitems/item/14791-joss-whedon|archive-date=May 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name="no">{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/is-there-a-god-1798208251|title=Is There A God?|first=Stephen|last=Thompson|date=October 9, 2002|newspaper=The A.V. Club|access-date=June 10, 2020|archive-date=October 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019035241/http://www.avclub.com/article/is-there-a-god-1413|url-status=live}}</ref>
Whedon has identified as an [[Absurdism|absurdist]] and [[existentialist]].<ref name="absurdist"/> A committed [[Humanism|humanist]], Whedon was presented with the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism by the Humanist Chaplaincy at [[Harvard University]] in 2009.<ref name="boston.com; religious and philosophical views">{{cite news|first=Hayley|last=Kaufman|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/more_names/blog/2009/04/harvard_to_honor_buffy_creator.html|title=Harvard to honor 'Buffy' creator Joss Whedon|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=July 13, 2014|archive-date=April 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414064429/http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/more_names/blog/2009/04/harvard_to_honor_buffy_creator.html|url-status=dead|date=April 10, 2009}}</ref> He has spoken about [[existentialism]], explaining in detail how it, and more specifically [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]'s ''[[Nausea (novel)|Nausea]]'', was used as a basis for the ''Firefly'' episode "[[Objects in Space]]". He called it "the most important book" he ever read,<ref name="DEN of GEEK!; religious and philosophical views">{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/21020/looking-back-at-firefly-episode-14-objects-in-space|title=Looking back at Firefly episode 14: Objects in Space|first=Caroline|last=Preece|date=December 1, 2011|website=Den of Geek|access-date=December 6, 2013|archive-date=June 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610031311/http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/21020/looking-back-at-firefly-episode-14-objects-in-space|url-status=dead}}</ref> and said it was given to him right after he saw [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'', whose impact, he recalls, had made him an existentialist.<ref name="theguardian; religious and philosophical views">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/apr/15/joss-whedon-film-changed-spielberg|title=Joss Whedon: the film that changed my life|first=Gemma|last=Kappala-Ramsamy|date=April 15, 2012|work=The Guardian|access-date=December 6, 2013|archive-date=October 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030041610/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/apr/15/joss-whedon-film-changed-spielberg|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Political views===
In July 2012, at San Diego Comic-Con, in response to one woman who noted the [[Anti-corporate activism|anti-corporate]] themes in many of his films and asked him to give his [[Philosophy and economics|economic philosophy]] in 30 seconds or less, Whedon spoke out against [[capitalism]], saying that America is "turning into Tsarist Russia".<ref name="The Wrap">{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/joss-whedon-america-turning-tsarist-russia-47756|title=Comic-Con 2012: Joss Whedon: America Is Turning into 'Tsarist Russia'|website=The Wrap|date=July 13, 2012|access-date=July 28, 2012|archive-date=April 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411065235/http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/joss-whedon-america-turning-tsarist-russia-47756/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Endorsing [[Barack Obama]] in the [[2012 United States presidential election]],<ref name="HUFFINGTON POST">{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joss-whedon-romney-ad-zombie-apocalypse-video_n_2036055|title=Joss Whedon's Romney Ad Endorses GOP Candidate Because of Power to Bring Forth Zombie Apocalypse (Video)|date=October 28, 2012|work=HuffPost|access-date=November 23, 2021|archive-date=October 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030025257/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/28/joss-whedon-romney-ad-zombie-apocalypse-video_n_2036055.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Whedon satirically equated [[Mitt Romney]]'s future as president with a [[zombie apocalypse]], quipping, "Romney is ready to make the deep rollbacks in health care, education, social services and reproductive rights that will guarantee poverty, unemployment, overpopulation, disease, rioting—all crucial elements in creating a nightmare zombie wasteland."<ref name="YouTube; Whedon on Romney">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TiXUF9xbTo|title=Whedon on Romney|via=YouTube|date=October 28, 2012|access-date=October 28, 2012|archive-date=October 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029141803/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TiXUF9xbTo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Cinemablend; Whedon on Romney">{{cite news|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/pop/Watch-Joss-Whedon-Anti-Romney-Ad-Warns-Zombie-Apocalypse-48699.html|title=Watch: Joss Whedon Anti-Romney Ad Warns of a Zombie Apocalypse|website=Cinemablend|date=October 28, 2012|access-date=October 28, 2012|archive-date=November 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101232723/http://www.cinemablend.com/pop/Watch-Joss-Whedon-Anti-Romney-Ad-Warns-Zombie-Apocalypse-48699.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2015, Whedon signed a petition as part of a political campaign calling for [[Elizabeth Warren]] to run for President of the United States.<ref name="artists for warren 1">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2015/02/elizabeth-warren-running-for-president|title=Why Mark Ruffalo, Kim Gordon, and the Other Cool Kids Want Elizabeth Warren to Run|first=Joe|last=Pompeo|date=February 2, 2015|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=February 5, 2015|archive-date=February 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202105928/http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2015/02/elizabeth-warren-running-for-president|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="artists for warren 2">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/4/sughed-elizabeth-warren-backed-hollywood-ed-norton/|title=Edward Norton, Mark Ruffalo Urge Elizabeth Warren to Run for President|first=Jessica|last=Chasmar|date=February 4, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Times|access-date=February 5, 2015|archive-date=March 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314085230/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/4/sughed-elizabeth-warren-backed-hollywood-ed-norton/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2017, after actress [[Nicole Kidman]] publicly suggested that America should accept that [[Donald Trump]] is president, Whedon tweeted a photograph of plastic puppet [[Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward]] alongside an image of Kidman, an action some interpreted as mocking and objectifying Kidman's physical appearance.<ref name="ivankatrump1">{{cite news|last1=Bitette|first1=Nichole|title=Director Joss Whedon Under Fire for Comparing Ivanka Trump to a Dog|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/joss-whedon-fire-comparing-ivanka-trump-dog-article-1.2955312|quote=The controversial words come just days after the 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' creator compared Nicole Kidman to a plastic Lady Penelope doll after she suggested Americans accept Trump as president.|access-date=January 26, 2017|newspaper=Daily News|location=New York|date=January 25, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126021048/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/joss-whedon-fire-comparing-ivanka-trump-dog-article-1.2955312|archive-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> That same month, Whedon also received criticism for reportedly comparing [[Ivanka Trump]] to a dog and for wishing that [[Paul Ryan]] would be raped to death by a rhinoceros.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/fans-furious-over-joss-whedons-jared-kushner-and-ivanka-trump-tweet/ | title=Fans furious over Joss Whedon's Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump tweet|date=January 25, 2017 |access-date= August 22, 2017|publisher=[[Fox News Channel]]| archive-date= March 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322030135/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/01/25/filmmaker-joss-whedon-fires-after-at-first-family.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Avengers Director Joss Whedon Jokes About Death of US Republican Leader Paul Ryan|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2017/01/avengers-director-joss-whedon-jokes-about-death-of-us-republican-leader-paul-ryan.html|newspaper=Newshub|access-date=July 26, 2020|date=January 16, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211014014/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2017/01/avengers-director-joss-whedon-jokes-about-death-of-us-republican-leader-paul-ryan.html|archive-date=February 11, 2022}}</ref> Referring to Ivanka's husband [[Jared Kushner]] and Trump, he tweeted: "He's a [[Voldemort]] in training, & unlike the [[Pekingese]] he married under, can play the long game."<ref name="ivankatrump1" /><ref name="ivankatrump2">{{cite news|title=Joss Whedon Criticized for Comparing Ivanka Trump to a Dog|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joss-whedon-compares-ivanka-trump-dog-968475?facebook_20170125|access-date=January 26, 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 25, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127170135/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joss-whedon-compares-ivanka-trump-dog-968475?facebook_20170125|archive-date=January 27, 2017}}</ref> Whedon stated that he had been referring to Donald Trump.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/joss/status/824703880722157568|title=Joss Whedon on Twitter|newspaper=Twitter|access-date=January 27, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128003940/https://twitter.com/joss/status/824703880722157568|archive-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Joss Whedon insists he didn't call Ivanka Trump a dog|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joss-whedon-ivanka-trump-dog-tweet/|access-date=February 17, 2025|work=CBS News|date=January 26, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111223906/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joss-whedon-ivanka-trump-dog-tweet/|archive-date=November 11, 2020}}</ref> In April 2017, Whedon took a shot at Republicans by criticizing the physical appearance of teenage cancer survivors who were visiting then–Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hollywood Director Demeans Teenage Cancer-Survivors' Looks to Take Shot at Republicans|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/27/joss-whedon-tweet-demeans-cancer-survivors-hit-rep/|first=Victor |last=Morton|newspaper=The Washington Times|access-date=July 26, 2020|date=April 26, 2017}}</ref> He later apologized on Twitter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a827116/avengers-joss-whedon-apologises-on-twitter-for-tasteless-gag-teenage-cancer-survivors/ |title=Joss Whedon Apologises on Twitter for 'Tasteless' Gag About Teenage Cancer Survivors |work=Digital Spy |last=Hegaty |first=Tasha |date=April 28, 2017 |access-date=July 29, 2021}}</ref>