For his cover interview, he spoke to GQ’s Allison P. Davis and discussed his dating life, making movies, being colour blind about picking roles, among others.
Read excerpts from the interview below.
On his aspirations as a movie star: “I want to be worldwide,” He says, citing inspirations as Tom Cruise, Will Smith and Leonardo DiCaprio.
“Leo,” he says he picked because he is “patient. Makes great choices. Has an air of elusiveness.”
On expanding his career and breaking out of Hollywood’s stereotypes, he says “I remember when it used to be like, ‘He’s the next Will Smith. Now I’m the example of the next—they’re looking for the next me.”
On his dating life, Jordan insists he is single. he says:
“My career is awesome. It is going great. There’s other places in my life that I’m f-----g lacking at. I’m very mature and advanced in a lot of areas of life. Dating may not be one of ’em. My personal life is not. I don’t really know what dating is.”
“But it’s like, I could meet you, right now, boom, right here. Me and you sitting here chilling, whatever. Meal, whatever. Somebody could be over there, see this. And all of a sudden, you’re my girl now.”
“So then they’re going to talk about you, they’re going to find out who you are. They’re gonna find out what your Instagram is, they’re going to find us in that. And all the fan club and everybody else is going to find out who you are, and now you and I are forever associated with one another. So now, how do you go anywhere normal, chill, just getting to know somebody that you just met, that you may not—may or may not—hit it off at all? That part of dating is tough.”
He also recently told his fans that he would give more of himself, connect more. On this, he revealed that he was inspired by Will Smith’s recent social media turnaround.
When it comes to his legacy, Jordan says: “I want to make this thing so my family ain’t gotta worry about nothing. My mom and dad, my brother and sister, my nieces, my future nieces and nephews, my future kids—everybody is going to be good. I want intergenerational wealth. I’m going to have fun writing my will. Oh, my God. It’s going to be so much fun.”
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