Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Homophobic Trolls Call Out Jonathan Majors Magazine Cover For Not Being 'Masculine' Enough

Jonathan Majors
Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images

The 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' star struck a nerve with some fans after 'Ebony' magazine posted a digital cover some considered 'effeminate.'

Actor Jonathan Majors, who currently stars in Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, got the internet buzzing with his new cover shoot for Ebony Magazine.

On the cover of this month's issue of the magazine focusing on Black news, culture, and entertainment, Majors was featured perched on the back of a vintage upholstered loveseat draped in a fluffy pink coat.


His legs were crossed in a boot-jean combo and his chest was exposed, save for the dangling keys necklace.

Majors' confident gaze at the camera said it all–he was comfortable in his skin and was not about to give up his seat anytime soon.

The magazine's Instagram page shared the issue cover with the caption:

"Jonathan Majors gets deep about why acting humbles him more than anything."
"Experience the full cover on EBONY.com, via link in bio and don’t forget to check out ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ which comes out today."


Here's another look from the photo shoot.

Majors plays the lead villain Kang the Conqueror in the new Ant-Man movie. He will star alongside Michael B Jordan in the new Creed sequel.

The post's caption included a quote from Majors, who described being an actor as a "humbling" experience.

"Being an actor has never been an ego trip for me. Quite the opposite; it’s quite humbling."
"You're always playing somebody bigger, faster, stronger, smarter than you, deeper than you."

Many admirers enjoyed his pretty-in-pink photo shoot.

But not everyone approved.

Trolls let their objection to the "effeminate" photoshoot be known by questioning Ebony's choices for its cover.

They also flooded the post with sexist and homophobic comments.







In the issue, Majors expressed wanting to challenge society's limited visual perceptions of individuals.

“What I’m trying to do with my work is show nothing is monolith—not Blackness, not maleness, not comic book villains.”

Majors said he was inspired by one of his favorite basketball players, 11-time NBA All-Star Allen Iverson, in preparation for the photo shoot.

Stylist Alexander-Julian Gibbson said he was inspired by the "flyest character"–the eccentric antagonist Donquixote Doflamingo from the popular Japanese anime franchise One Piece.

Below is a clip from behind the scenes shared by Gibbson.


The California native had a troubled childhood, influenced by his experiences growing up with ex-convicts for neighbors who reflected both negative and positive values.

Majors eventually found solace in the world of theater after being moved by Heath Ledger's take on the Joker in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight.

Seeing Ledger handle the complexity of his character reminded Majors of growing up with his former criminal neighbors who struggled with moral dualities.

It led him to become an actor to inspire others like Ledger did before him.

In 2019, the Yale School of Drama alum came to prominence in the independent feature film The Last Black Man in San Francisco.

The following year, he gained wider attention in HBO's supernatural period drama, Lovecraft Country. He played the character of Atticus "Tic" Freeman, and his critically-acclaimed performance was dubbed by Vogue as "the emotional core of the show."

He joined the MCU in 2021 playing different iterations of Kang–including Rama-Tut, Scarlet Centurion, and Immortus.

Most recently, it has been confirmed Majors will be playing "arguably the best rebounding forward in NBA history," Dennis Rodman, in Phil Lord & Chris Miller's 48 Hours in Las Vegas.

More from News/lgbtq

People Divulge The Most Insulting 'Benefit' Their Job Offered Them

Finding a job seems to be harder than ever, but even with our struggles to find a job, we still have to have some standards.

While purusing job descriptions, we have to take into consideration how our skills and work history will contribute to the position, but we also have to think about what the company has to offer us, including benefits.

Keep ReadingShow less
Duolingo owl mascot; RedNote logo on a smartphone screen against TikTok logo on computer screen
@duolingo/Instagram, Photo Illustration by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Duolingo Has Hilarious Reaction To TikTok Users Learning Mandarin To Join Chinese App

Duolingo shaded social media users when the language app saw a spike in TikTok users' sudden interest in learning Mandarin to maximize their engagement on RedNote, a newer short-form video app from China natively known as Xiaohongshu.

The mass exodus to RedNote, China's answer to Instagram, comes in advance of the potential ban of TikTok in the U.S. prompted by increased national security concerns about users' data being compromised and vulnerable to cyber-attacks.

Keep ReadingShow less
Coca-Cola logo; Donald Trump
Coca Cola; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Coca-Cola Blasted After Honoring Trump With Personalized Diet Coke Bottle For His Inauguration

The Coca-Cola company was widely criticized after James Quincey, its Chairman and CEO, presented President-elect Donald Trump with a Diet Coke bottle commemorating his upcoming inauguration.

The label on the bottle displayed Trump’s name, the date of his anticipated second inauguration, and an image of the White House. Trump is known to be a big fan of Diet Coke—he reportedly drinks 12 bottles per day—and he had an Oval Office button that aided in the delivery of the soda during his first presidency.

Keep ReadingShow less
Shot of a live action Elsa from "Frozen" dancing and singing with her eyes closed.
Photo by Lydia Turner on Unsplash

The Absolute Stupidest Things Disney Princesses Have Done In Their Films

Nobody is perfect, especially a movie princess.

In fact, most movie Princesses are a hot HOT mess.

Keep ReadingShow less
Screenshots of Jasmine Crockett and Nancy Mace
@Acyn/X

Dem Rep. Drags Nancy Mace For Asking If She Wants To 'Take It Outside' During Heated Clash

After tensions rose between Texas Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett and South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace during a House Oversight Committee hearing this week, Mace escalated things by suggesting they "take it outside."

Since November, Mace has garnered national attention for her campaign against Democratic Representative Sarah McBride of Delaware, the first openly transgender person elected to Congress.

Keep ReadingShow less