"I was the corny kid, right?"
Michael B. Jordan has crossed paths with a high school contemporary
who used to ‘tease him’ in an awkward red carpet moment.
Lore’l
of The Morning Hustle revealed in a recent podcast chat on Undressing Room
that she and others used to make fun of the actor because of his name.
“You know what’s so crazy? I went to school with Michael B.
Jordan at a point in life,” she recalled. “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.
“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!”
During a recent red carpet event for Creed III, Jordan was
interviewed by Lore’l, where she referred to the fact that they went to
school together.
“[I was] the corny kid, right?” he replied, referencing her
recent podcast chat.
“I did not say that! [I was] misquoted, for
sure,” she replied, though Jordan noted: “I heard it. I heard it. It’s all
good. What’s up?”
“I said we used to make fun of the name,” she
then said. “But yeah, he is obviously killing things out here.”
When
the interview was wrapping up, Lore’l quipped: “Well, you’re not corny
anymore,” before Jordan appeared to walk away.
Jordan is
currently starring in Creed III, where he also serves as director for the
first time.
Following the release of the new sequel, the actor
recently revealed that there are already plans for a fourth film.
“I just want to expand the Creed-verse within reason, but
definitely expect other things around Creed for sure,” he told IGN.
In
a four-star review of Creed III, NME wrote: “Creed III isn’t quite a
knockout, but only a fool would come away questioning whether this seasoned
slugger of a franchise has more rounds left in it. Bring on Creed IV.”
