ACTOR Jonathan Majors does not reveal much about his personal life, but his daughter is the one exception to the rule.
Jonathan Majors speaks out about his daughter frequently and has said he hopes to make her proud.
Who is Jonathan Majors’ daughter, Ella?
Majors announced in an interview with People in June 2020 that he has a mixed-race daughter named Ella but did not reveal who her mother is.
He said his daughter was conceived prior to attending the Yale School of Drama and in the interview, he said he hopes she gets the kind of education she deserves.
“I have a 7-year-old who’s mixed race,” Majors said.
“She has to understand that it’s actually not ‘black history’— it’s American history. The way it’s taught now, it's honestly the Jim Crow system of separate but equal.”
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Majors said his daughter motivates his decision in his on-screen career, pushing him to take up roles that will impact her now and down the line.
In a February 2023 interview with Today, Majors revealed that his daughter doesn't see her dad as a celebrity.
Majors said: "I've never seen my daughter starstruck. She's like, 'Nice to see you, too' to Paul Rudd and I lost my mind.
"I was like, 'What did you say?' Oh my god."
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What impact does Jonathan Majors hope his career will have?
Majors accepts roles that will educate and inspire his daughter through the characters portrayed in the films.
“I just want to make her proud and do things that she could look at and go, 'Yeah, that's the way that goes — I understand why he did that,'" Majors told Insider.
"Or at some point, she will watch [my] films, and then she'll see Regina King and she'll see Zazie Beetz.
"And maybe she'll watch [Lovecraft Country] and see Jurnee Smollet, see Aunjanue Ellis and understand that even though I tell her, she can see it, 'You can be all this, you can be all that.'"
In 2023, Majors was featured in hit movies such as Marvel's new Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and Creed III.
He was set to be in the upcoming Avengers films, however, Marvel cut ties with the actor due to being found guilty of reckless assault and harassment on December 18, 2023.
Majors is set to appear in court on February 6, 2024, for sentencing.
While Majors awaits his sentencing, the Creed actor appeared in his first TV interview with Linsey Davis on ABC News Live on January 8, 2024.
During his sit down, Majors revealed in a tearful confession that he hasn't seen his daughter since the charges.
However, he said he's received support from his girlfriend, Megan Good.
Majors told Davis: "I'm really blessed. I'm surrounded by people who love me, who care about me. But this has been very, very, very hard, and very difficult, and confusing in many ways. But I'm standing.
"Everything has kinda gone away. And it's just me now, you know, and my lovely, you know, partner, Meagan, and my dogs."
He went on to say the incident was "one of the biggest mistakes of my life."
What is his advice to his daughter?
At the wake of George Floyd's murder, Majors said his daughter’s mom called him to talk to their child who was upset that her hair only "goes up."
He told Bustle he immediately called her via FaceTime to explain that her hair is her "crown."
"Your hair, your crown, came from daddy, came from his mama, came from his father, came from his sister," he told her.
"Sometimes that crown can get you in trouble in this world, and it’s not right. And some people want to take that crown from you."
Though Majors is normally the one to give fatherly advice to his daughter, he, too, learns from her every day.
Speaking to Movie Guide on the Red Carpet for Creed III, Majors reflects on how he's learned about forgiveness from his daughter.
Majors said: "Somehow along the lines, we forget how to do that [forgive]. You know, I've got a nine-year-old daughter, almost ten. She can do it.
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"Something happens in adulthood where the ego gets strong, get prideful or something, you know, but it's better to go back to our ten-year-old selves.
"Say, you know, 'Hey, I'm sorry.' It keeps people closer."
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