Michael B. Jordan Interview With Ex-Bully Goes Viral
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Creed III actor and director Michael B. Jordan hasn’t forgotten about his humble beginnings. While attending the Atlanta premiere of Creed III over the weekend, the recent Rolling Stone cover star encountered Lore’l of the The Morning Hustle Show. While interviewing Jordan on the red carpet, Lore’l, a former star of VH1’s Love & Hip-Hop, brought up the fact the two of them were classmates at a 7-12 grade academy in Newark, New Jersey.
In a 2021 episode of podcast The Undressing Room, Lore’l discussed Jordan’s then-relationship with model and socialite Lori Harvey, sharing that the actor was often teased in his early career as a teenager.
“You know what’s so crazy? I went to school with Michael B. Jordan at a point in life. 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 said. “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!”
It appears that Jordan was aware of the interview, making for an awkward exchange between him and Lore’l.
“I was the corny kid, right?” Jordan joked when the interview began.
The interview lasted for 2 minutes, with Creed III co-star Jonathan Majors appearing briefly. Lore’l asked about Jordan’s plans for the I Am Legend sequel, and although the actor remained hush on the upcoming film, he answered her final question about favorite Atlanta restaurants before moving on to the next interviewer.
“Well, you’re not corny anymore,” Lore’l joked at the end.
Check out responses to the interview below.
There’s nothing I love more, than to see someone who needs humbling be humbled. This Michael B Jordan red carpet interview with Lorel was great viewing. She even had to post about it loooooooooooool pic.twitter.com/Y2OzUXm3Ii
— Sarx (@Masaka83) February 26, 2023
It’s so wild to me how y’all saw that red carpet interview with MBJ and immediately called HIM corny for remembering/addressing the way Lore’l treated him in middle school instead of her for bringing it up and pretending it was something else
— brand new whipworm, just hopped in (@microsama_) February 26, 2023
y’all acting disingenuous bc of who it is exactly in the situation, because there’s nothing wrong with what michael b jordan said or did lmao. she made fun of him for wanting to pursue a career in acting and now he’s in front of her, successful at doing so 😂
— dijahsb for mayor (@DijahSB) February 26, 2023
Lore’l is starting to have a track record of cringey questions. I knew I remembered her name. It was from when Kehlani had to call out her and Headcrack for being weird about their pronouns and how the interview just went south from there. pic.twitter.com/HoxDs1UQ7X
— Angela Bassett did the thing! (@CharleyBravoJr) February 26, 2023
I had issues with Lore’l from the Mary J. Blige interview back in beginning of the year. The questions were just stupid. Know who you’re interviewing! pic.twitter.com/PCRqjErz5d
— ᴅᴏʟʟᴀʀ (@callmedollar) May 10, 2022
I had this stupid meme so much 🥴But, somebody said this was Lore’l and Michael B. Jordan. Enough!!!! 😭 pic.twitter.com/Pds1ACvQ31
— Isha Thorpe (@IshaThorpe) February 26, 2023
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