Musician Adam Melchor has sparked a wave of sarcastic comments online after sharing a personal childhood story about Michael B. Jordan.
A day after Jordan accepted the Oscar for his dual role in Sinners on Sunday, Melchor posted a video titled “My Michael B. Jordan story,” in which he shares a personal connection from his early years.
In the clip, the singer explained that his father once worked as an assistant principal at Newark Arts High School in New Jersey, where Jordan attended a summer program in 2001. Melchor said he spent time at the school as a child and bonded with an older student who “took him under his wing,” playing basketball and walking around campus.
“At the end of the summer I was very upset that I would never see him again,” Melchor recalls. He only realized who the student was at the time when his father later took him to see one of Jordan’s early films. Hardball.
“The guy I ended up dating was Michael B. Jordan,” he revealed.
While Melchor described the memory as meaningful, the internet made fun of the storytelling.
“Thank God you told us because I was sitting here wondering what your story about Michael B Jordan was,” one user joked.
Another added: “This is so brave, Adam. Keep sharing your truth!”
Others also leaned into the humor, with comments like “Adam’s knowledge runs so deep” and “Bro, this is a great story. That’s awesome.”
One response read: “After all these years you’re telling me you know the man who knows John Wick?!”
Melchor also used the video to reflect on Jordan’s early struggles, claiming that his father told him that the future star faced jealousy from classmates.
The musician then referenced the viral moment in 2023 when Jordan spotted a former classmate teasing him while he was on the red carpet at a Confession of Faith III screening.
“Oh yeah, I was the corny kid, right?” Jordan said like The morning rush host Lore’l approached him for an interview and said they “go all the way back to Chad Science [Academy] in Newark.”
Jordan’s comment referenced a 2021 episode of The undressing room podcast in which Lore’l and podcast hosts Eva Marcille and Dominique da Diva talked about his then-relationship with model Lori Harvey, calling him a “nice, corny guy”.
Melchor ended his video by congratulating the actor and saying he was excited for another game of basketball with Jordan.
“So A., congratulations Michael B. Jordan, B., be careful who you make fun of in high school, and C. If you’re ever around Michael and you see this, I’m so ready to play basketball again,” Melchor concluded his video.
