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Michael B. Jordan’s Exes Are Going Out SAD

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Overview

The video is a commentary built around two main themes:

  1. Drew Sidora’s past relationship with Michael B. Jordan, plus a more recent “open relationship” allegation involving her husband.
  2. The host’s repeated analogy that “yesterday’s value/price” isn’t the same as “today’s”, using Michael B. Jordan’s career rise (and Apple/iTunes stock history) as the central metaphor.

1) Drew Sidora’s past with Michael B. Jordan and the “open relationship” claim

  • The speaker claims Drew Sidora dated Michael B. Jordan before his later relationship with Lori Harvey, portraying Sidora as being about two years older and without children at the time.
  • The relationship is described as being “under wraps,” and is contrasted with Sidora’s later life as a single mother (around 2011–2012).
  • The video states that Sidora later married businessman Ralph Pittman (in 2014) and had two more children, totaling three children by roughly 2018.

Core allegation presented

  • Sidora is said to have recently appeared on Carlos King’s podcast and implied that Pittman wanted out of a committed monogamous relationship.
  • The allegation frames Pittman as seeking more sexual variety and not fully honest about his intentions.
  • The host uses Sidora’s podcast statements as evidence that she might have expected a certain dynamic with a future partner—specifically Michael B. Jordan—even though, in the speaker’s framing, Jordan has progressed beyond that point in life.

2) “Never have I ever” / “Would you circle the block with anyone?” moment

  • The commentary says Sidora answered “yes” when asked if she’s ever dated an A-list celebrity.
  • This is presented as something she kept private at the time out of consideration for her marriage.
  • The host also highlights another segment where Sidora says she’d date Michael B. Jordan “if he called,” and implies she’d consider others too if they reached out.

Reaction

  • The host’s reaction is mostly negative, arguing it’s unrealistic for Sidora—described as having three kids and being in a complicated life situation—to believe Jordan would re-enter her life.
  • In the host’s framing, Jordan has higher “value” now, and Sidora lacks sufficient matching leverage to make that scenario plausible.

3) “Stepdad” as a debunked fantasy

  • The host claims an interviewer suggested Jordan would be a great “stepdad”, citing him as handsome and a “family man.”
  • The host rejects this idea, arguing that being a “family man” doesn’t automatically mean Jordan would want to integrate into a pre-existing family formed by other relationships—especially after those dynamics “have already sailed.”

4) Michael B. Jordan’s rise treated as “price growth” after heartbreak

  • The video repeatedly uses a “yesterday’s price isn’t today’s price” concept:
    • First via an analogy tied to Apple’s iTunes launch (2003) and stock/history-type logic.
    • Later via Jordan’s personal and professional timeline.
  • The speaker claims Jordan was left by Lori Harvey and responded by “building further” through discipline—ultimately increasing his value again, especially after major milestones (including the Oscars).

Gendered contrast (as presented in the video)

  • Men are framed as able to rebuild through discipline.
  • Women are described (by the speaker) as more likely to carry emotional wounds and resentment into new relationships.
  • One other voice partially pushes back, arguing that both genders can hold pain.

5) “Leverage” as the guiding concept for dating and long-term value

  • The later portion argues relationships are largely about “leverage,” especially for men who have succeeded and can “coordinate” their lives more logically rather than emotionally.
  • The host claims that if a woman believes an old connection should still grant access—“he liked me then, so he’ll like me now”—she misunderstands changed leverage.
  • The video concludes that when a man has moved on and grown, he typically won’t return unless the woman can offer something uniquely valuable—which the host suggests she likely can’t.

Overall tone and takeaway

The commentary is largely cautionary:

  • Don’t romanticize old relationships.
  • Don’t assume a celebrity’s past access automatically guarantees future access.

It presents Michael B. Jordan as an example of disciplined “value growth,” while portraying Sidora as someone who may be misreading her current market position.

Presenters / contributors

  • O’Shea Duke Jackson (referred to as the creator of the linked/presented content)
  • Michael B. Jordan (discussed; not a presenter)
  • Drew Sidora (discussed; not a presenter in this video)
  • Carlos King (mentioned; not a presenter in this clip)
  • Ralph Pittman (mentioned; not a presenter in this clip)

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