Angela Bassett’s 16-year-old son pranks her with fake Michael B. Jordan death story in viral TikTok trend… before receiving backlash
Angela Bassett’s son is at the end of a wave of backlash after joining the viral TikTok trend of faking a celebrity death.
Slater Vance, 16, filmed his parents’ reaction – Angela, 64, and Courtney B. Vance, 62 – to the fake news that Wakanda Forever co-star Michael B. Jordan had died.
The 20-second clip, now deleted, showed him asking, “Did you hear that: Michael B. Jordan is dead at 35?”
Visceral reaction: The What’s Love Got To Do With It star had a horrified look on her face as she set down a water bottle she had been squeezing
The Waiting to Exhale star was speechless as she placed her hand on her chest as her jaw dropped.
Courtney was heard saying, “Stop it. You play,” as Angela rushed towards her teenage son and repeated, “Unh-uh.”
The longtime couple had just returned from an outing and were checking up on their son before things took a turn.
Dressed in a beige jumpsuit, the screen siren asked where he had ordered food, to which her son casually replied, “Chik-fil-a.”
Friends and co-stars: Michael and Angela share a bond after appearing together in Black Panther and its sequel, Wakanda Forever
Bassett and Vance then walked in opposite directions before Slater stopped them and said, “Wait. Mom dad…’
The What’s Love Got To Do With It star had a horrified look on her face as she set down a water bottle she had been holding down.
She grabbed her son’s phone before the snippet came to an abrupt end.
The trend prank was particularly unsavory because Angela was recently coming to terms with the tragic loss of another Black Panther co-star, Chadwick Boseman.
Grief: The trend prank was particularly unsavory because not so long ago in 2020, Angela was coping with the tragic loss of another Black Panther co-star, Chadwick Boseman
Angela and Courtney also share a daughter named Bronwyn Vance, 16, her son’s fraternal twin.
The children were welcomed via surrogate in 2006, nine years after the couple tied the knot.
The lovebirds co-wrote a book, Friends: A Love Story, which was published in 2007.
Family of four: Angela and Courtney also share a daughter named Bronwyn Vance, 16, who is their son’s twin sister