Jonathan Majors Steps In

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About

Jonathan Majors Steps In, also known as Jonathan Majors Newsboy Cap, refers to various memes about the Hollywood actor Jonathan Majors's clothes and behavior after TMZ posted a video of him supposedly breaking up a fight between two teenage girls. News about the incident emerged around the time the new date for Majors's domestic violence trial was set to be announced, leading many to speculate whether the fight and Majors' role in breaking it up was a public relations (PR) attempt. These speculations were shared alongside jokes about the large newsboy cap Majors' was seen wearing in the video.

Origin

On September 14th, 2023, TMZ^[1] published an article detailing how Hollywood actor Jonathan Majors was seen breaking up a fight between two teenage girls in Los Angeles. TMZ's video was reposted by X^[2] account @PopBase on September 14th, gathering over 19,000 likes in a week (seen below).

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PR Stunt Allegations

Various internet users speculated that the video was an attempt to rehabilitate Jonathan Majors' public image since the actor was in the midst of a domestic violence trial as of September 2023. X^[3] user @C_SD_H reposted the clip on September 15th, 2023, saying, "This is the type of video Vought would put out when Homelander would kill someone 😭." The post, which referenced The Boys, gathered over 100,000 likes in three days (seen below, left).

X^[4] user @jbromovies reposted the video with a still from Better Call Saul that same day, gathering over 20,000 likes in three days (seen below, right).

Newsboy Cap Slander

Other internet users noted Majors' perceivably peculiar outfit, making fun of his newsboy cap in particular. For example, X^[5] user @theeebambi2 posted a meme on September 15th, 2023, using emojis to replicate the scene of Majors breaking up the fight, gathering over 49,000 likes in three days (seen below, left).

X^[6] user @wholesomefoxx made a post mocking Majors' clothing on September 15th as well, gathering over 30,000 likes in three days (seen below, right).

On September 18th, X^[7] user @RKalland joked about Jonathan Majors' "influence" in reaction to a video of a fan breaking up a fight between American football players, gathering over 12,000 likes in a day (seen below).

A September 18th post by comedian and rapper Zack Fox^[8] sparked a meme thread after he implied that Majors should come between China and Taiwan to squash a fight.