Recently, a viral video of actor Michael Ealy hugging actress and model Meagan Good emerged online. It showed the former picking up the latter off the ground and giving her a quick swing, while her boyfriend and actor Jonathan Majors stood by. The incident happened on Wednesday, July 10, at the Los Angeles PowerPlayers Mix & Mingle Event.
The video which has now garnered severe traction online also revealed that Michael Ealy seemingly failed to acknowledge Jonathan Majors’ presence, and moved on to greet rapper D Smoke and his wife, Angelina Sherie. Later, they all posed for a group photo.
Since the footage arose online, the internet has been having varied reactions with many pointing out that Michael Ealy ignored Majors while lifting and hugging his girlfriend, calling it daring.
For instance, Instagram user @datdollbrit commented on The Shade Room’s repost of the video by writing:
“Jonathan face [human skull emoji], when yo work husband meet your boyfriend.”
Here are some of the other reactions from X mocking the situation.
“Lifting another man’s girl right in front of his face and not even dapping him up afterward is diabolical man LMAO. Michael Ealy really just like the characters he be playing on tv,” a person wrote.
“She had to hold her hat down from flying off her head. Bro took her on a ride. In front of her man. Weeeeeee,” another person wrote.
“Picking up another man’s gf in his face is crazy! Michael really lives his roles lmaoooo a true menace,” a netizen wrote.
Others pointed out that the interaction was “disrespectful,” with some even speculating that Ealy and Majors shared a moment before, which was edited out from the viral clip.
“I know she got a civil rights era lecture from that man when they went home,” an individual wrote.
“They definitely edited out him and Jonathan's interaction to make this look crazy,” another individual wrote.
“That was extremely disrespectful. What the h*ll,” one person wrote.
Meanwhile, a full video emerged online amid the fan frenzy which showed Michael Ealy and Jonathan Majors briefly acknowledging one another, before the former moved on to hugging his former co-star, Good.
Meagan Good clears the air about her hug with Michael Ealy
Since the video of Michael Ealy hugging Meagan Good and seemingly ignoring her boyfriend Jonathan Majors became viral, the Shazam! actress has come forward to clear the air.
She took to the comments of The Shade Room’s Instagram post and clarified that Ealy shared a “big brother hug” with her after exchanging one with Majors.
“So we’re just gonna edit out the first part of the video where Jonathan and Michael exchange a big hug first and then speak life over each other - “before” he gives me a big brother hug?” she wrote.
The 42-year-old further continued by writing:
“Lol smh super unfortunate how people don’t have anything better to do than project on others and intentionally perpetuate negative misguided commentary on life snippets they have no real context to.”
Notably, Meagan, who is currently promoting her latest movie Divorce In the Black, has previously shared the screen with Ealy in the 2019 psychological thriller The Intruder, where they played the role of a couple, Annie and Scott Russell.