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 on the receiving end of a flurry of backlash after he joined the viral TikTok trend of faking a celebrity death.
Slater Vance, 16, filmed his parents’ – Angela, 64, and Courtney B. Vance, 62 — reaction to the fake news that Wakanda Forever costar Michael B. Jordan died.
The 20-seconds-long now-deleted clip showed him asking, ‘Did you hear this: Michael B. Jordan dead at 35?’
Visceral reaction: The What’s Love Got to Do With It star had a horrified expression on her face as she set a water bottle she had been holding down
The Waiting to Exhale star was at a loss for words as she put her hand over her chest while her jaw dropped.
Courtney could be heard saying, ‘Stop it. You’re playing,’ as Angela rushed toward her teenage son repeating, ‘Unh-uh.’
The longtime couple had just returned from an outing and were checking in on their son before things took a turn.
Dressed in a beige boiler jumpsuit, the silver screen siren asked where he ordered food from, to which her son replied casually, ‘Chik-fil-a.’
Friends and costars: Michael and Angela share a bond after performing together in Black Panther and the sequel Wakanda Forever
Bassett and Vance then began walking in the opposite direction before Slater stopped them, saying, ‘Wait. Mom, Dad…’
The What’s Love Got to Do With It star had a horrified expression on her face as she set a water bottle she had been holding down.
She reached for her son’s phone before the snippet came to an abrupt end.
The trending prank was particular unsavory because Angela dealt with the tragic loss of another Black Panther costar, Chadwick Boseman, not long ago.
Grief: The trending prank was particular unsavory because Angela dealt with the tragic loss of another Black Panther costar, Chadwick Boseman, not long ago in 2020
Angela and Courtney also share a daughter named Bronwyn Vance, 16, their son’s fraternal twin.
The kids were welcomed via surrogate back in 2006, nine years after the couple tied the knot.
The lovebirds penned a book together called Friends: A Love Story, which was published in 2007.
Family-of-four: Angela and Courtney also share a daughter named Bronwyn Vance, 16, their son’s twin
