Jonathan Majors recently revealed that he dealt with suicidal thoughts in his darkest moments.
Appearing on Kirk Franklin’s “Den of Kings” podcast, Majors shared how Megan Goode helped him.
“I was on suicide watch,” Majors sharedt. “There were times when … me and my girlfriend, me and my fiancé, and now me and my wife, we never spoke about it. But she never left me alone. I never let myself be alone.”
“The funny thing about that is that… I’ve learned that those things. And having an event happen to you and getting arrested or losing a job… You think that’s the thing that gets you. But it’s usually, I found for myself, it was something way, way, way, way back. I mean, drug overdose … Yep,” he added. Damn near lived on a roof, just plenty of—I don’t even smoke cigarettes—plenty of cigarettes and whiskey. I actually wrote a letter. I’ve done the whole thing and been there.”
The latest episode also features Kevin Fredricks, NLE Choppa, Ray J, and Dr. Jay Barnett who commended Majors for his honesty.
“But we are all born into a society in which our narrative as Black men. We’re born into a narrative that puts us downhill,” Majors said. “And then you end up having to pretend that you’re somebody that you’re not to get through certain doors that I got through.”
In March, Majors revealed that he and Goode were secretly married in March
“I said to Meagan yesterday, I said, ‘Today might be the happiest day of my life,’” Majors said on the “Sherri Show.” “I love that woman so much. So how it had happened — well, Lord, Sherri thank you. We fell in love.”
“I asked her father for permission… If that was alright, and he said, ‘That’s cool,’” Majors shared. “It was a longer conversation. So it was always the plan.”