--- ---  # 'The Fat Jew' Is Being Called Out for Plagiarism After Talent Deal ## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:39 PM UTCPublished: Aug 17, 2015 7:57 PM UTC  Josh "The Fat Jew" Ostrovsky at the 2015 Nike Basketball 3ON3 Tournament on Aug. 7, 2015 in Los Angeles. Josh "The Fat Jew" Ostrovsky at the 2015 Nike Basketball 3ON3 Tournament on Aug. 7, 2015 in Los Angeles.David Livingston—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:39 PM UTCPublished: Aug 17, 2015 7:57 PM UTC Josh Ostrovsky, better known on the web as the Fat Jew, made TIME’s list of the [most influential people on the Internet](http://time.com/3732203/the-30-most-influential-people-on-the-internet/) this year because brands were shelling out big bucks to get the attention of his audience. The only problem is, as TIME noted, comedians have long accused Ostrovsky of ripping off their jokes and posting them without credit. The backlash against him has renewed since last Thursday, when the 30-year-old [signed a deal with CAA](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fat-jew-josh-ostrovsky-signs-815198), one of Hollywood’s top talent agencies. A man named Kevin Kelly assembled a Storify post featuring fifty jokes Ostrovsky has [posted without attribution](https://storify.com/KKelly/the-fat-jew-cometh) alongside their sources, while comedians such as Michael Ian Black and Paul Scheer have spoken out against Ostrovsky [on Twitter](http://www.avclub.com/article/anti-fatjew-twitter-sentiment-reaches-fever-pitcha-223953). One Facebook post calling Ostrovsky out, from Maura Quint, [was widely circulated](https://www.facebook.com/MauraQuintEssence/posts/891704754253894): --- > “” --- The backlash appears to be making an impact now. Comedy Central confirmed to the website Splitsider that it is [no longer developing a project](http://splitsider.com/2015/08/comedy-vs-the-fat-jew/) with Ostrovsky, though the network told _Entertainment Weekly_ that the it fell through [“several months ago.”](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/17/josh-ostrovsky-fat-jew-comedy-central-deal-dropped) A rep for Seamless, which featured Ostrovsky in an marketing campaign, told _Death and Taxes_ that the company has [“no current plans to work with him in the future”](http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/259908/seamless-is-no-longer-working-with-the-fat-jew/) but that it was “unable to comment” on the plagiarism accusations. ### Biopic Actors and Their Real-Life Counterparts  Meryl Streep plays Emmeline Pankhurst in Suffragette Focus; Topical Press Agency/Getty Images  Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs in Steve Jobs Universal; Bob Riha Jr—Getty Images  Ellen Page plays Stacie Andree in Freeheld Lionsgate; Tom Spader—AP  Joseph Gordon Levitt plays Philippe Petit in The Walk Sony Pictures; Dave Pickoff—AP  Johnny Depp plays James 'Whitey' Bulger in Black Mass Warner Brothers; AP  André Benjamin plays Jimi Hendrix in All Is By My Side Patrick Redmond—XLrator Media; Photoshot/Getty Images  Adrien Brody plays Harry Houdini in Houdini. 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