Creed III is coming out this weekend and Michael B. Jordan is making the rounds, doing interviews and screenings and premieres. He starred in and directed this one and he’s working hard! But not so hard that he forgot a grudge. MBJ attended a screening a few days ago and spotted a host/journalist with whom he went to high school. This person, Lore’l, apparently teased him back in the day and called him a “corny guy” more recently. And MBJ did not let it slide and referenced it when she approached him for an interview.
Michael B. Jordan is speaking his mind.
On Thursday, the actor, 36, went to a fan screening of his latest film, Creed III, when he spotted a former classmate ready to interview him on the red carpet who used to bully him as a kid.
“Oh yeah, I was the corny kid, right?” he said as The Morning Hustle host Lore’l approached him for an interview stating they go “all the way back to Chad Science [Academy] in Newark.”
Jordan’s comment referenced a 2021 episode of The Undressing Room podcast in which Lore’l and podcast hosts Eva Marcille and Dominique da Diva spoke about his then relationship with model Lori Harvey, calling him a “nice, corny guy.”
During the same episode, she also added that they used to tease the actor because he shares the same name as NBA legend Michael Jordan.
“We went to Chad Science [Academy] together in Newark, and to be honest with you, we teased him all the damn time because his name was Michael Jordan. Let’s start there, and he was no Michael Jordan,” she expressed. “And he also would come to school with a headshot. We lived in Newark. That’s the ‘hood. We would make fun of him like, ‘What you gonna do with your stupid headshot!?’ And now look at him!”
While she then told the actor during their red-carpet encounter that she was “misquoted,” adding, “but yeah, [you are] obviously killing things out here,” she later joked about it on her Instagram page, sharing a variety of snaps from the event adding, “I always come with receipts….”
She added further along in the post’s caption: “Godspeed @michaelbjordan but y’all go see Creed III tho directed by my old “pal” #whoscappin Monday on @morninghustleshow you don’t wanna miss this one @godspeed”
Awkward… But honestly, MBJ holding a grudge — as if I didn’t already know he was a man after my own heart. Of course people who attended school and stuff with celebs will have little anecdotes to share. But if you’re also working in the entertainment industry, perhaps be careful of the ones you share publicly if you want any potential future interviews to go smoothly. Like, Lore’l is not just a host who called him corny, but someone who mocked him in high school and then mocked him again later. Of course MBJ is going to remember that! Corny isn’t some horrible insult, but it’s not exactly nice. And if she used to tease him, that makes it even worse, movie star or not. And I don’t think the “now look at him” comment is redeeming at all. In fact, it seems a little patronizing. Anyway, Team MBJ on this one.
Note by CB: Peridot didn’t see this ad campaign yet or I’m sure she would have wrote about it. Damn!
Photos credit: Cat Morley/Avalon
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