Yeah. I might be either misremembering the earlier chapters because I don't remember something like that said in the manga, and/or wondering if that is a retcon of sorts.
I still can't believe this is the Pucci's stand parallel of this world...
Hmm, wait.
If Johnny is the Jonathan parallel for being a "traditional hero", then is Josuke the Joseph parallel for being a somewhat derivative of that and that derivativeness is done by Josuke being a bit of a Dio-like...