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Jonathan Majors Catches Hell For Coretta Scott King Obsession

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By: Justin IveyCategory: News

Jonathan Majors said Meagan Good held him down like Coretta Scott King in his first interview since his assault and harassment conviction.

Jonathan Majors raised eyebrows by invoking Coretta Scott King’s name in an interview with ABC News on Monday (January 8). The Marvel actor compared his current girlfriend Meagan Good to Scott King while speaking out for the first time since his conviction for assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.

Majors was asked about a recording in which he shouted at his ex, telling her to act like Scott King and Michelle Obama. Jurors heard the audio at his 2023 trial.

“I’m a great man,” he said in the recording. “A great man. I am doing great things, not just for me, but for my culture and for the world. That is actually the position I’m in. The woman that supports me needs to be a great woman.”

Majors tried to explain his remarks in the ABC interview.

“It was me trying to give an analogy of what it is I’m aspiring to be, these great men – Martin [Luther King], President Obama – and trying to give a reference point to that. One of the things I also say is I need her – in that case, Grace – to make the same sacrifices that I’ve made.”

He added, “I was attempting, and I did a terrible job at it apparently, I was attempting to motivate, to enlighten, to give perspective as in to what it is I was hoping to get out of the relationship,”

A New York jury convicted Majors of one count of misdemeanor third-degree assault and one count of second-degree harassment. He is scheduled to be sentenced on February 6.

Majors denied injuring Jabbari and discussed his relationship with Good in the ABC interview. He referenced Scott King again, drawing the ire of social media.

“She’s an angel,” Majors said of Good. “She’s held me down like a Coretta. I’m so blessed to have her. The relationship is still fresh, but I think I found her.”

X (formerly known as Twitter) users mocked Majors for mentioning the civil rights activist. Jokes and memes spread on social media in response to his comments.

Check out some of the reactions below.

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