Michael B. Jordan covers the March issue of GQ. He’s promoting his latest movie, Sinners, set in the 1930s Jim Crow South. It’s not exactly a historical drama, they just that as a backdrop for supernatural horror. When the trailer for Sinners came out, people joked that it looked like something Jonathan Majors was originally supposed to do, because Majors was known for enjoying vintage clothing, etc. Majors and Jordan worked together before Majors’ arrest and trial for domestic violence, and Jordan has avoided speaking about Majors publicly in recent years. He broke his silence in this GQ piece, and I found it disappointing as hell. Michael B. Jordan is such a talent, and he’s so smart about his celebrity-branding and his PR, but he really shot himself in the foot with this interview. Some highlights from GQ:
He’s not doing projects for the money: “It’s a lot easier for me to say no [to projects]. Look, if I was only moving for profit, my résumé would look a lot different. It’d have six more projects on there. [Producers] will see you in something and be like, Oh yeah, you would be great for this, because of this. It’s like, You want me to do that, again? That’s sometimes boring for us, you know?”
His history with Jonathan Majors: During the long promo rollout for Creed III, Jordan spoke often of the bond he’d formed with his costar Jonathan Majors, whose next-big-thing energy was surging thanks to another blockbuster opening that year meant to center him as a major character in the MCU. Majors’s rise came to a screeching halt soon thereafter, after an incident with his then girlfriend left him facing trial on misdemeanor assault and harassment charges. When Majors was found guilty of one count of reckless assault in the third degree and a charge of harassment as a violation (he was found not guilty of intentional assault in the third degree and aggravated harassment in the second degree), Marvel and other big studios scuttled their plans for him, and he went from ascendant leading man to pariah.
How he feels about Majors now: Today, sitting on the edge of the pool table, he solemnly recalls that it was a “tough situation” to watch unfold. “But he’s doing great, just got engaged. I’m proud of his resilience and his strength through it all, and [his] handling [of] it. I’m glad he’s good. That’s my boy,” Jordan says. Would you work with him again? “Yes. Yes.”
He’s 38 & still childfree: “Like, my dad had two kids at this age, you know what I’m saying? But you got to realize, the time you do put in, you’re building something solid.” If he had carved out time to build a family of his own by now, I offer, his head-down approach to tackling all things would mean either home or work would end up shortchanged. “And that is my perspective on raising [my stop date] a little bit. Just because I’m competitive, and I know I would want to be the best dad. But right now, I’m trying to do my best at this part [of my life] as well.”
His longest relationship—he doesn’t name names—lasted just over a year. The tone of his voice suggests he wasn’t shocked it didn’t go longer. “I’m not tripping over it. I’m so work focused. I would want somebody to fit into the flow of my life, of where I am. And that’s timing, right? You can meet the right person, and be at the wrong time, and it just doesn’t work out. I think the person that’s going to be right for me lines up with the timing with who she is as a person, where I’m at in my life, how open I am to even…to that, you know?”
The year-long relationship he references is about Lori Harvey, and despite his attitude right now, she dumped him and he was sort of devastated about it. I don’t think he’s been in a serious relationship since Lori (that ended in 2022). As for what he says about Majors… it f–king sucks. Like, it really changes my view on Jordan, that he watched the Majors situation unfold and all of those stories come out about Majors’ abusive behavior, and he’s like “that’s my boy.” I’m not saying Mike is as bad as Jonathan Majors or anything, but what a horrible way to speak about a man who assaulted a woman until she lost consciousness and has a trail of victims going back to his college days.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images, cover courtesy of GQ.
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- Los Angeles Premiere of “CREED III” at TCL Chinese Theatre on February 27, 2023 in Hollywood, California. Featuring: Jonathan Majors, Michael B. Jordan Where: Hollywood, California, United States When: 27 Feb 2023 Credit: PAPIX/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND RIGHTS ONLY**
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- 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Featuring: Michael B Jordan (right) and Jonathan Majors Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 12 Mar 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Los Angeles Premiere Of ‘The Fire Inside’ At DGA Theatre Complex Featuring: Michael B. Jordan Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 04 Dec 2024 Credit: Faye’s Vision/Cover Images
No, Michael B., no!
For some reason, I’m not surprised. I liked him in Creed and Black Panther but my sixth sense was always tingling with him. I guess I now know why.
Dang it. This is so disappointing. But I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Too many men really don’t care if their friends abuse women.
I agree to all you said Jess! So disappointing but not surprising.
All too true. A friend of mine just went through a big break-up with his long-time friend group because one of the guys in the group abused his wife. They’d all been friends since middle/high school and are now in their mid-30’s. My friend was the only one who called it out and got really upset when the rest of the friend group turned away from it and then pressured him to stop “causing drama” about it. While he felt like he didn’t have a choice to walk away from those people, they were like family to him and he’s still dealing with a lot of grief from the loss. I’m really proud of him for doing it though, especially knowing what it cost him.
I’ve never been a fan but definitely see his star power and appeal. This is a gross take on what Jon Majors did. But that industry still covers for John Depp and B. Pitt.
Exactly. Put Michael B in the same boat as George Clooney – men I thought were decent but dislike now because they’ll choose their abusive friends over the women who have been abused.
Yep, this.
Oof YIKES
I look at the Michael and Jonathan sort of the same way I see RDJ and Mel Gibson. Mel Gibson gave RDJ the support Robert needed when he couldn’t book a commercial in Hollywood at his lowest. It was due to Mel, RDJ got to work on the Singing Detective. Which is why you never heard a peep against Mel from RDJ. What do you do when the man that saved you is also a monster? Also, Mel’s career has gone on just fine after a couple of years. The man was Oscar nominated after taking a plea deal of abusing his then partner/mother of his child.
When you work so closely with someone you can’t see them in the harsh light others do. And I do think Jonathan is a very talented actor. Jonathan the person is problematic. But, If Josh Brolin can attack Diane Lane and it gets swept under the rug. And Josh is firmly in the bosom of Marvel making paycheck after paycheck.
It is just the hypocrisy of Hollywood. You’re as valuable as you are percieved to be. Jonathan is just seen as damaged goods now. I think he will still have a career but not at the level it once was.
But Jonathan does seem to be in a good place with his fiance Meagan Good. I hope they build a nice life together.
I still love Michael B. Jordan you can’t take that from me. I will go with your flow, Mikey, any flow, let’s flow togther!
My relationship to someone will be totally different than your relationship to the same person. And I doubt very seriously that Michael B and Jonathan are besties. They worked on a movie together which is probably a very intense three or four months. And that is what Michael is basing his opinion on. All the other stuff Majors did wasn’t a part of the two of theirs relationship. And that’s all Michael has to base it on. Plus he knows that articles about actors can be blown out or proportion or even flat out lies to sell articles. I’m not saying Majors isn’t horrible. But none of us even know him personally. And that could change how we feel about him.
All I see is a black man trying to support another black man in an industry that is stacked against them. There is the art and the artist. Like I said, I think he is a talented actor but a problematic man. That I hope got the help he needed to change his life for the better. Trust, I heard and read all the rumors about him going back to his Yale days.
There is a sea of men in Hollywood that gets pass after pass and Oscars as rewards for bad behavior. But for some reason Marvel decides to make an example out of Jonathan. Becuase of a misdemanor or because the fan boys didn’t embrace him?
Kevin Spacey has more imdb credits than Jonathan right now.
I still can’t reconcile Josh Brolin is toasted in Hollywood for abusing Diane Lane and no one says a peep about it.
A lot of people do that: “he was nice to me, so I am cool with him”. Jonathan wasn’t just abusing his girlfriend(s), there are lots of people who came out to say, he was abusive to his coworkers too. He was nice to Michael, because he isn’t dumb, he knows Michael is a bigger name than him, so he couldn’t get away with it. Abusive men don’t abuse indiscriminately. They choose their victims. I am glad, Lori dumped his ass, she is a smart woman.
Exactly! It’s kind of shocking when people have that sort of detached viewpoint, isn’t it?
I had a male coworker years ago who was arrested for domestic violence against his then wife. He served time in jail for those charges. Our boss, also a man, was all like Oh I can’t believe he’d do something like that, he was always such a cool guy towards me.
Eventually I said to my boss hey, how do you not realize that this man would never assault you, another man in the workplace? How do you not understand the completely different power dynamics from our workplace to his home life? I also reminded him that a former female coworker of ours had filed harassment complaints to HR about that man and was transferred to another work site? I also reminded him that the man would tell us about his blackout drunk weekends, his so-called demanding bitch of a wife, his annoying toddler, etc. That is exactly the type of man who ends up doing, or who has been doing it under the radar, these acts if violence. Wake up people!
I adore MBJ but his OH that’s my boy schrick ain’t it for me. Bye boo 👎🏼
@Sevenblue so true. I won’t get into details but in my personal experience this is true of anyone who is abusive, not just men abusing their partners, but women abusing other women – not in intimate relationships, jyst social situations. I have lost many “friends” because when I stood up for myself and spoke out, I was told “well she’s nice to me, she’s never done that to me, this isn’t my business.” It made it easy to walk away. I didn’t ask anyone to choose sides, but they made it clear who they sided with when they said those things to me.
Abusers are a symptom of a larger problem: society continuing to reward the abusers and discard the survivors.
Every time someone opens their mouth the cape for him, the tapes of him screaming at his former girlfriend about how she needs to step up and be the Coretta to his MLK should play on a loop.
OMG
I forgot about that. What a narcissistic loser.
Men who don’t care if their friends abuse women — don’t care, because on some level, they feel they are entitled to do it.
Likely has a lot to do with why he can’t maintain a long term relationship – the way he speaks is that it will only work if his partner is willing to go
along with his needs on his timeline.
Very good point made about men who expect a woman to fit their lives totally around the man. And there are lots of women out there willing to do that but I can’t help but wonder if true mutual respect is there or is everyone just going through the motions?
EXCELLENT point!
Fck him.
👏🏼 you said it
Keep livin with your momma Mikey, she’s the only woman who will put up with your sh*t.
I’m now less surprised that his longest relationship was a year and she dumped him. Sounds like he has some work to do around gender roles and men’s attitudes to women. It must be hard to reconcile someone you feel close to with terrible acts but did he not hear those tapes??
When he said he needed someone to fit into the flow of HIS life? Yeah. It definitely suggested an unwillingness to compromise at this point in his life, as he’s navigating his career and work. Which would make a relationship hard.
She dumped his ass. Go Lori. Know your self worth
Good point. This raised all kinds of red flags about MBJ and how he views women. So glad Lori dumped him.
I’m not sure I agree that he’s been savvy with his PR. I remember an interview where he said he wouldn’t respect a woman who went home with him on the first date. She’s going home with YOU, dude! He seems like the kind of guy who buys into all that Alpha Male/Joe Rogan nonsense. I wouldn’t be surprised if you told me he wanted a trad wife, or even voted for Trump. The misogyny is real.
Sigh. I’m disappointed, angry, sickened, and, sadly, not terribly surprised.
Thanks for telling us who you are, Michael .
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On a visceral level I just can’t (and don’t) watch movies with people who abuse women or cosign abuse of women.
Speaking of violence toward women, @Celebitchy please cover this story about the dating apps continuing to let rapists prey upon others via their apps:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/13/tinder-hinge-match-investigation
From the Guardian article:
“In 2022, a team of researchers at Brigham Young University published an analysis of hundreds of sexual assaults in Utah. They found that attacks facilitated by dating apps happened faster and were more violent than when the perpetrator met the victim through other means. They also found that perpetrators who used dating apps were more likely to target vulnerable people. Almost 60% of sexual assault survivors self-reported a mental illness.”
“Match Group’s official safety policy states that when a user is reported for assault, “all accounts found that are associated with that user will be banned from our platforms”.
So why, on the night of 25 January 2023, was Stephen Matthews still on the app? Just four days before, Match Group had been alerted when another woman reported him for rape. A little more than a week later, he was reported for rape again. This time, the survivor went to the police.
None of these women knew that the company had known about his violent behavior for years. He was first reported on 28 September 2020. By then, Match Group’s safety policy was already in place.
Even after a police report, it took nearly two months for Matthews to be arrested – the only thing that got him off the apps. At least 15 women would eventually report that Matthews had raped or drugged them. Nearly every one of them had met him on dating apps run by Match Group.”
OMG! I just came up with a way for the FBI to solve this- no joke!! With everything going on with the FBI currently (the chaos of Trump & his sh** FBI Director pick Patel), no such luck. I’ve sent them 2 emails…
Also, to note, did you know “romance scams” cost the federal government $1.14 billion in 2023? – According to the FTC. My plan for the FBI literally solves all of it!! With my blueprint (as I like to call it), criminals would not be able to look for their next victim or try any kind of “romance scam” fraud. And It would be fully run by the FBI. (It involves technology the FBI currently uses/created.) I met my ex on a dating app- he abused me for 4 years. Then after I thought I was finally free, he raped me. So, yes… I won’t use a dating app at ALL until the plan I came up with is implemented.
For some sad reason I cannot quite explain, I’m not surprised by this. The thing is, why couldn’t he just keep it at “look, he’s my friend, I’d rather not comment”? This is exactly what us women talk about most of the time. Not all men, but somehow all men have a friend or two like this. And in most cases, they will stand by said friend.
I love Michael so I am going to say this is incredibly disappointing.
That’s why celebrities pay for top PR to clean up their image, maybe his PR missed this one or he is just comfortable to let it be known that he supports an abuser.
So infuriating. Still will not watch anything Majors is in. Canceled forever.