Jonathan Majors received an award at an event in Beverly Hills and showed remorse and emotion during his speech.
The actor Jonathan Majors, 34, was apparently overcome with emotion during a thank-you speech at the Hollywood Unlocked event. Majors, who was found guilty of domestic violence against his ex-partner by a court at the end of 2023 and sentenced in April of this year, received the Perseverance Award despite this scandal. Perseverance can be roughly translated as endurance. As he accepted the award on stage in Beverly Hills last Friday (June 21), the 34-year-old reportedly shed tears, according to the US site “Variety.”
“I am not perfect. I have flaws – I admit them,” the site quoted Majors as saying in his speech. He stated that it seems to be a time when people think in extremes, and one is either a hero or a villain: “But I’ve realized that personally, I’m neither. … I’m just the guy whose faith was tested.” In addition to his family and friends, he also thanked several Hollywood figures for their support, including Tyler Perry, 54, and Will Smith, 55, who himself experienced a massive career setback following his infamous slap of comedian Chris Rock, 59, at the Oscars two years ago.
Lost Roles After the Verdict
In her lawsuit, his ex Grace Jabbari described shocking allegations of domestic violence against Majors, whose career was skyrocketing at the time of the accusations. Immediately following the court’s decision, the actor was fired by Marvel Studios in December 2023. He had previously appeared in the superhero film “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and the streaming series “Loki,” and was set to become the next adversary of the Avengers in the Marvel Universe. Majors also lost other acting engagements, including the lead role in a planned biopic about former NBA star Dennis Rodman, 63.
Recently, however, he managed to land a leading role in Martin Villeneuve’s revenge thriller “Merciless.” Regarding this glimmer of hope for a potential Hollywood comeback, Majors said in his acceptance speech, “I have sat in this pitch-black darkness and learned that if you catch a fleeting glimpse of a beam of light, you run towards it as fast as you can. And I will never take that light for granted again.”
