Bernice King Responds to Jonathan Majors Invoking Her Mother’s Name
Bernice King, the daughter of Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr., has seemingly criticized Jonathan Majors for using her mother’s name during a recent interview on Good Morning America.
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, King paid tribute to Scott King, writing, “My mother wasn’t a prop.” She added, “She was a peace advocate before she met my father and was instrumental in him speaking out against the Vietnam War. Please understand… my mama was a force.”
Although the post didn’t mention Majors by name, it came shortly after Majors referred to his current girlfriend, Meagan Good, as “a Coretta.”
“She’s an angel,” Majors said during his pre-taped interview. “She’s held me down like a Coretta. I’m so blessed to have her. The relationship is still fresh, but, you know, I think I found her.”
The interview was the second time Majors invoked Scott King’s name. During his highly-publicized domestic violence trial, audio was played of the former Marvel actor telling his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari to act more like Scott King or former First Lady Michelle Obama.
In a voice recording, Majors was heard raising his voice and chastising Jabbari, saying he was a “great man” and needed a “great woman.” He said, “Grace has to be in a certain mindset, to support — Coretta Scott King, do you know who that is? That’s Martin Luther King’s wife. Michelle Obama, Barack Obama’s wife.”
In her tweet, King linked to Huffington Post article she wrote in 2017 titled “A Woman Purposed To Be a King,” which describes her mother’s civil rights work and lasting impact.
Majors was convicted of reckless assault in the third degree and harassment following the trial. The conviction stems from an incident in March 2023 when Jabbari, who Majors met on the set of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in summer 2021, suffered her injuries from a fight that broke out between the couple. Majors was accused of attacking the professional dancer, who sustained a fractured finger and a gash behind her ear during the fight.
Although Majors was cleared of two other charges — intentional assault and aggravated harassment — Marvel quickly announced it would no longer be working with the actor, who was set to reprise his role as the multiverse villain Kang the Conqueror in the franchise’s upcoming film Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.
In his interview on GMA, Majors said he was in disbelief when the verdict came in. “I’m standing there, and the verdict comes down, I say, ‘How was that possible? Based off the evidence, based off the prosecution’s evidence, let alone our evidence, how was it possible?’” Majors said. “If you watch those videos and you reverse that, and you saw a Black man chasing a young white girl down the street, screaming, crying — that man is going to be shot and killed in the streets in New York City.”
Majors is due back in court on Feb. 6 for sentencing, where he faces up to a year behind bars.
