Jonathan Majors Defends Comparing Meagan Good To Coretta Scott King

Last month, Jonathan Majors was found guilty of assaulting and harassing his ex, Grace Jabbari. Amid the longwinded trial, audio was played in the courtroom of one of their spats. During the disagreement, Majors demanded that Jabbari be more like Coretta Scott King or Michelle Obama.

Following the verdict, the California-born actor sat down with ABC‘s Linsey Davis for his first post-conviction interview. During the interview, he praised his current partner Meagan Good for standing by him amid the legal battle, once again mentioning the late activist, who was married to Martin Luther King Jr. “She’s an angel,” he said of Good. “She’s held me down like a Coretta. I’m so blessed to have her.” This seemingly got the attention of MLK and Coretta’s daughter, Dr. Bernice King, who appeared to call him out on social media earlier this week.

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Majors Stands By The Comparison

Jonathan Majors poses for a portrait at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico on August 2, 2020. Majors is starring in a new HBO series, Lovecraft Country airing August 16, 2020. (Photo by Mary Mathis for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“My mother wasn’t a prop,” she wrote. While it’s clear that Dr. Bernice King didn’t appreciate the reference, it doesn’t look like Majors minds. He recently came to his own defense amid the debacle, noting how much of an inspiration Coretta Scott King is. During a recent chat with TMZ, he called her “a great woman, a very important figure in American and world history, and someone both Meagan and I are inspired by and deeply admire.”

Elsewhere in his ABC interview, Majors also revealed that he believed the evidence presented was in his favor, describing being “shocked” to hear the verdict. “I’m standing there and the verdict comes down. I say, ‘How is that possible based off the evidence, based off the prosecution’s evidence, let alone our evidence? How is that possible?” he recalled. “This has been very, very, very hard, and very difficult, and confusing in many ways.” What do you think of Jonathan Majors coming to his own defense after comparing Meagan Good to Coretta Scott King? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Jonathan Majors on Use of Coretta Scott King’s Name: ‘My Intention Was to Convey the Utmost Respect’

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Jonathan Majors has an affinity for Coretta Scott King. The disgraced actor has used her name when describing his mates’ behavior, or lack thereof.

Previously, Majors stated his ex-lover, Grace Jabbari, should act more like King or Michelle Obama as he is a great man. During his Good Morning America interview, Majors revealed his new bae, Meagan Good, is his “Coretta.”

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After backlash online and from Dr. Bernice King, the daughter of Dr. King and Coretta Scott King, Majors released a statement to TMZ:

“My intention was to convey the utmost respect for Coretta Scott King, her achievements, and both her personal legacy and the one she shares with her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King.”

– Jonathan Majors

He added that Coretta Scott King is “a great woman, a very important figure in American and world history, and someone both Meagan and I are inspired by and deeply admire.”

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Coretta Scott King’s Cousin Blasts New Sculpture Honoring Dr. King: ‘It Looks Like a Penis’

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There has been a lot of criticism over the new $10 million sculpture designed to honor Martin Luther King Jr. The latest comes from Dr. King’s cousin by marriage, Coretta Scott King’s cousin Seneca Scott who stated the new piece of art “looked like a penis.”

Scott is a former mayoral candidate for the city of Oakland, California. Once he saw the work that was unveiled in Boston, she declared it was insulting to Dr. King’s family, according to CNN.

The artwork, titled “The Embrace,” is supposed to mirror a moment in which Dr. King hugs Corretta Scott King after finding out he won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. Scott agreed that you could see the vision from all angles, but at a certain angle “it’s a stump that looked like a penis. That’s a joke.”

Scott doubled down on the sentiment when speaking with compactmag.com, stating it looks “like a pair of hands hugging a beefy penis.”

But Scott isn’t the only critic of the artwork. People have chimed in their options on Twitter all week. Many of them are not flattering.

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