Jonathan Majors And How To Self-Sabotage A Perfect Career In Under A Year

It was all good for Jonathan Majors just 11 months ago.

At the beginning of spring, he was in the midst of a career crossover: Having starred in smaller but beloved projects, including the films “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” and “The Harder They Fall” and TV series “Lovecraft Country” ― all of which netted him awards and nominations ― Majors had two box-office champs in the theater with (the thoroughly enjoyable) “Creed III” and (the perfectly hideous) “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.”

Amid those films, there was Majors’ Black woman-ambrosia bromance with his “Creed” director and co-star, Michael B. Jordan, as well as that racy Ebony Valentine’s Day photo shoot that left the ladies salivating and the idiots wondering if “they” were promoting a Black man effeminacy agenda. Majors’ ascendancy was wonderful for Black folks to witness, his future a delight to ponder.

And then came March 25, 2023, when the wheels fell off. Majorly.

Majors’ arrest on domestic violence charges reeked of racial politics and divided the masses before they could even bother with the details. After all, we’re talking about a Black man finally making a name for himself in Hollywood only for a white woman ― his then-girlfriend Grace Jabbari ― to be the catalyst for his derailment. The social media takes were thermonuclear.

Since this thing was always to be adjudicated in the Court of TMZ, Majors should’ve shoved a penny of his Marvel coins to utilize the best crisis control team money can buy. But it was all bush league from the beginning, starting with his lawyer Priya Chaudhury’s decision to release texts between Majors and Jabbari just days after the U.S. Army pulled an ad featuring him . The release was intended to make Jabbari