Yahoo Lifestyle "Into The Spider-Verse" Star Shameik Moore Is Under Fire For Refusing To Take Down A Video Of Laura Harrier After She Asked Him To
I wake up to X (formerly known as Twitter) like it's my morning paper, so here's the latest drama:
Earlier this week, Spider-Man: Homecoming's Laura Harrier posted a TikTok calling out Shameik Moore, who voices Miles Morales in the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse franchise, for sharing a video of them that garnered a lot of unwanted attention and speculation.
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Shameik shared an old video of them taking pictures together with the caption, "Coming soon." It immediately sparked dating rumors, despite Laura being engaged to Paris-based creative consultant Sam Jarou. Known for being a private person, Laura was forced to speak out about it.
"I keep seeing all these videos that I'm being tagged in with another actor, and people speculating what that is," Laura said while eating a bowl of soup. "It's really annoying me because I'm literally engaged, and that's important to me."
"I'm in Hollywood, I get it. People do PR stunts, whatever. People like to get attention. But when he first posted that video, a friend sent it to me and was like, 'Do you know that he put this up?' Like, no, because that [video] was taken a year ago at a party, when someone asked us to take photos together."
Genuinely confused by the timing of his post, she texted Shameik, asking him to take down the video. She told him that she's getting married and didn't appreciate the "insinuation that something's going on between us, if that was your intention."
"It's still up, which is fucking weird," Laura added. You're a fucking weirdo! I'm sorry, you're a fucking weirdo. And I'm fucking annoyed. So, I just wanted to say something because I don't like that. I don't like that."
Laura revealed that the two of them "aren't close," and that she just knows him from Hollywood. Not only did Laura feel like her marriage was "being disrespected," but she also felt like she was personally being disrespected.
Laura kept the video up for a few hours before ultimately deleting it. But it was up long enough for Shameik to see it.
Idk man if I posted a picture with the most beautiful woman in the world had she had to make a tiktok video to explain that she doesn’t fw me I’d go into hiding pic.twitter.com/CsYmN2Dp3d
— Lee Harker fan (@ephraimwindex) December 21, 2024
Laura Harrier / TikTok / Twitter: @ephraimwindex
She shared another video on TikTok directed to Shameik, and deleted it as well, but the reactions were clear.
Well, earlier today, he issued an apology video on TikTok, explaining why he posted it in the first place.
"This is all a misunderstanding," Shameik said. "Unfortunately, it's public. It's really the fan-fiction...the commentary. That's what's fucking weird."
"I mean no harm. I have no ill intent. It's about art for me. The video had the aesthetic of the song, that's it. [I] wasn't insinuating no relationship. I apologize for the misunderstanding. I do."
People online couldn't help but feel embarrassed for him and the situation:
I'm fucking dying bro why did he post a year old video after all that shit 😭😭😭
— D🅰️hz🅰️n (@D4hz4hn) December 21, 2024
it’s the way that’s she’s very calmly calling him a weirdo that would have made me drive my car off the nearest bridge because…. jesus this is so fucking embarassing lolbut that guy seeks like he lacks self awareness so i’m not even sure he has the capacity to feel shame
— AGOSTINHO™️ ⚔️ (@agostinhozinga) December 21, 2024
Shameik Moore has to be a masochist by the way he likes embarrassing himself.
— DominicHorne.eth (@iamDominicHorne) December 21, 2024
Shameik should have never posted that video in the first place but imagine how less embarrassing this would have been for him if he would have just taken it down when she asked him to.
— Hav🤶🏾 (@thebeldammm) December 21, 2024
While others couldn't help but think this might be a pattern for Shameik, who fans seemingly believe repeatedly shot his shot and missed horribly at his Spider-Verse co-star Hailee Steinfeld (who also recently got engaged).
First, he was constantly flirting with Hailee on the press tour despite her showing no interest, and now there's this, he's not beating the weirdo allegations anytime soon.
— Simmon (@simmon_c3) December 21, 2024
Shameik took two historical Ls in a single year. Shit is unreal. I pray we get BTSV. This is beyond creepy pic.twitter.com/fgtsaOAaRL
— ImNotTheWereWolf (@JS_Yall) December 21, 2024
Vivendi Entertainment / Twitter: @JS_Yall
Wow, what a wild ride!
