Angela Bassett's 16-year-old son apologizes after Michael B. Jordan death prank - Daily Mail

Angela Bassett's 16-year-old lad Slater Vance issued an apology to Michael B. Jordan aft receiving backlash for partaking successful a viral TikTok inclination of faking a personage death.

In a since-deleted clip Slater filmed his parents' – Angela, 64, and Courtney B. Vance, 62 — absorption to the fake quality that Wakanda Forever costar Michael B. Jordan died.

After deleting the video Vance past shared an apology, stating, 'I would sincerely similar to apologize for taking portion successful specified a harmful trend.'

He continued, saying, 'I apologize to Michael B. Jordan's full family, his extended household and Michael straight arsenic helium is an idol of excavation and taking portion successful a inclination similar this is wholly disrespectful.'

'I don’t privation immoderate atrocious ramifications of my actions upon his household nor my parents arsenic they merit nary of the backlash.'

'I ain this was a mistake and I anticipation this tin beryllium a teaching acquisition to anyone other who uses societal media arsenic a instrumentality and a root of amusement to genuinely recognize that your actions tin person consequences that widen beyond you,' helium added.

He wrapped up the video saying, 'I apologize for immoderate wounded that my actions mightiness person caused Mr. Jordan oregon my parents oregon anyone other who could person been progressive successful this, and I americium truly, genuinely and sincerely sorry.' 

The archetypal 20-seconds-long now-deleted clip showed him asking, 'Did you perceive this: Michael B. Jordan dormant astatine 35?'

The Waiting to Exhale prima was astatine a nonaccomplishment for words arsenic she enactment her manus implicit her thorax portion her jaw dropped.

Courtney could beryllium heard saying, 'Stop it. You're playing,' arsenic Angela rushed toward her teenage lad repeating, 'Unh-uh.'

The longtime mates had conscionable returned from an outing and were checking successful connected their lad earlier things took a turn.

Dressed successful a beige boiler jumpsuit, the metallic surface siren asked wherever helium ordered nutrient from, to which her lad replied casually, 'Chik-fil-a.'

Bassett and Vance past began walking successful the other absorption earlier Slater stopped them, saying, 'Wait. Mom, Dad...'

The What's Love Got to Do With It prima had a horrified look connected her look arsenic she acceptable a h2o vessel she had been holding down.

She reached for her son's telephone earlier the snippet came to an abrupt end.

The trending prank was peculiar unsavory due to the fact that Angela dealt with the tragic nonaccomplishment of different Black Panther costar, Chadwick Boseman, not agelong ago.

Angela and Courtney besides stock a girl named Bronwyn Vance, 16, their son's fraternal twin.

The kids were welcomed via surrogate backmost successful 2006, 9 years aft the mates tied the knot.

The lovebirds penned a publication unneurotic called Friends: A Love Story, which was published successful 2007.