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Jonathan Majors is making an attempt to make a Hollywood comeback — and his press tour this week has had some wild twists and turns.
The actor, 35, is selling Journal Desires, his first movie since he was convicted in December 2023 of assaulting then-girlfriend Grace Jabbari, a British dancer, in March of that 12 months. His comeback tour has resulted in a dizzying variety of headlines which have been each anticipated (like his first interview for the reason that sentencing) and stunning (leaked audio of his alleged assault confession). Then there was the entire curveball: Wait, he married Meagan Good three days earlier than his film got here out?
When a celeb is preventing for his or her profession — which Majors most actually is, having been fired by Marvel after his home violence conviction — you possibly can’t assist however marvel what’s actual and what may be for PR functions on a press tour like this. (Actually, the leaked audio was not a part of the redemption tour.) What we do know is that it’s been a really eventful week for Majors, who performs an aspiring bodybuilder struggling to search out human connection within the movie that’s out on March 21.
Listed here are the largest moments.
March 14: Majors gave 1st interview since conviction, revealed childhood abuse
Majors was profiled for the primary time since he was sentenced to probation and a 52-week home violence intervention program in April 2024. He informed the Hollywood Reporter he wasn’t in a position to remark straight on Jabbari’s allegations (they settled a civil lawsuit final 12 months). He did say that after the trial, along with finishing a home violence program, he underwent remedy to take care of childhood trauma. He revealed publicly for the primary time that he had been sexually abused as a toddler.
“I handled sexual abuse from each women and men from the time I used to be 9,” Majors stated. “From people who find themselves purported to take care of you, within the absence of a father. I used to be f***ed up.” He stated it has led to inspecting his habits in private relationships, saying, “There are not any excuses, however by getting assist, you start to grasp issues about your self.”
Within the article, quite a few Majors’s previous colleagues and buddies, together with Whoopi Goldberg, put their names on the road by vouching for him.
“You don’t get to ask for forgiveness as of late,” The View co-host, who appeared with Majors in 2017’s When We Rise, stated. “He was arrested. He went to court docket. He did what he was purported to do. I’m unsure what else there’s.”
Whoopi Goldberg — with Majors and Meagan Good in February — has gone to bat for Majors. (Amanda Edwards/Getty Photographs)
Michael B. Jordan, who directed and co-starred with Majors in Creed III, informed the publication, “I might like to make Creed IV collectively — amongst different initiatives.”
March 17: Audio surfaced of Majors admitting to choking Jabbari
Issues went very off monitor when Rolling Stone, which printed a narrative on Majors’s alleged sample of bodily, psychological and emotional abuse in 2023, produced audio of an alleged recorded dialog between the Majors and Jabbari, which included his purported admission that he tried to choke her.
Associated to a earlier incident between them in 2022, a male voice reported to be Majors stated, “I’m ashamed I’ve ever —. I’ve by no means [been] aggressive with a lady earlier than. I’ve by no means aggressed a lady — I aggressed you.”
The feminine voice stated to be Jabbari replied, “You strangled me and pushed me in opposition to the automotive.”
The male voice reported to be Majors replied, “Sure, all these issues are beneath ‘aggressed.’”
Majors gave his mom, Terri Anderson-Mays, a kiss at a March 17 screening of Journal Desires. (Eric Charbonneau/Briarcliff Leisure by way of Getty Photographs)
March 18: Majors married Good
In the future after the audio surfaced, Majors married his actress girlfriend. The small, non-public yard wedding ceremony happened at their house in Los Angeles and Majors’s mom, a pastor, officiated the ceremony, Leisure Tonight reported. The one different attendee was Good’s mom.
Majors and Good turned a pair within the wake of his 2023 arrest. (Eric Charbonneau/Apple TV+ by way of Getty Photographs)
Majors and Good had been first linked in Might 2023 after his arrest. She supported him all through his high-profile trial. The couple confirmed their engagement in November 2024 on the crimson carpet of the Ebony Energy 100 Gala, the place they met two years earlier.
March 19: Majors mentioned leaked audio, conviction, wedding ceremony
Majors had additional harm management to do throughout his interview on Sherri.
Requested in regards to the leaked audio, Majors didn’t deny it was him within the recording. As for the timing of it being launched, as he’s making an attempt to salvage his profession, Majors stated, “God has a plan and generally you simply throw your fingers up … I’ve let go of management. I simply say, ‘No matter it’s, it’s.’”
Host Sherri Shepherd introduced up his conviction as effectively. Whereas it was once more famous that he couldn’t discuss specifics, he admitted, “Chaos got here.” Nonetheless, it’s “been a therapeutic journey” and “two years of progress, therapeutic [and] accountability.”
He stated he “introduced in The Avengers of therapists” and likewise leaned on faith. In the present day “I really feel completely different,” he stated. “I like the person I’m now.”
Majors confirmed his wedding ceremony and teared up speaking about it. He referred to as it “the happiest day of my life … I like that lady a lot.”
He stated it was a small affair however advised it was pre-planned. Majors talked about talking to Good’s father to get permission, and the couple had their wedding ceremony rings engraved throughout a visit to Hawaii.
Majors’s mom was on the town for a Journal Desires screening once they informed her, “We’re going to do that factor — and we did.” Good’s mother served because the witness.
March 21: Journal Desires is about to open — and we’ll know if any of this PR play labored.
In an interview with USA In the present day, Majors stated what will likely be, will likely be in relation to his profession.
“All I can do, like [his Magazine Dreams character] Killian, is dream and hope and put a plan in place.” Nonetheless the “subsequent chapter” performs out, he stated he is aware of that personally, he’ll be “the most effective model of myself.”
