In his first interview since his assault and harassment conviction nearly three weeks ago, actor Jonathan Majors on Monday spoke with ABC News’ Linsey Davis in a segment that aired on “Good Morning America,” while once again referencing civil rights icon and Alabama native Coretta Scott King.

A New York jury last month found the 34-year-old “Creed III” star guilty of one misdemeanor assault charge and one harassment violation for a March altercation with his then-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.

In a phone recording reviewed by the jury, Majors told Jabbari that she should act more like Coretta Scott King and Michelle Obama. “I’m a great man. A great man. I do great things for my culture and for the world…The woman that supports me needs to be a great woman,” Majors said in the recording. “Two nights ago, you did not do that, which took away from the plan.”

In the ABC interview, Majors explained to Davis what he meant by that statement. “It was me trying to give an analogy of what it is I’m aspiring to be, these great men,” he told ABC. “Martin. President Obama. Trying to give a reference point to that.”

Jabbari said in court that she understood it to mean that “he had to come first.”

Davis also discussed Majors’ new relationship with actress Megan Good. He said that Good has provided support to him throughout the experience. “She’s an angel. She’s held me down like…like a Coretta. You know?” he said. “I’m so blessed to have her. The relationship is still fresh, but I think I found her.”

Since the interview aired this morning, “Coretta” has been trending on X (formerly known as Twitter), with many users criticizing Majors’ portrayal of who Coretta Scott King was to Martin Luther King Jr.

Author George M. Johnson tweeted, “Reducing Coretta Scott King to a ‘ride or die chick’ is pathetic.”

Popular podcaster Scottie Beam wrote in another tweet, “I am almost sure Jonathan Majors doesn’t know any of Coretta Scott Kings accolades outside of her being MLKs wife.”

Culture writer Gloria Alamrew wrote a longer tweet, in part saying, “…Meanwhile she was an accomplished musician, author, and a civil rights leader.”

Coretta Scott King is originally from Heiberger, Alabama. She attended Antioch College in Ohio to study music on a scholarship before transferring to New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She became politically active while in school, joining the local chapter of the NAACP.

She met Martin Luther King Jr. at New England Conservatory before they married in 1953. The Kings moved to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1954 where Martin was appointed pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. The couple had four children: Yolanda, Dexter, Martin III, and Bernice.

Coretta always advocated for world peace in her work with the Civil Rights Movement. After the passing of Martin, she continued her work and mission of world peace, wrote the book “My Life with Martin Luther King Jr.”, secured Martin’s legacy with The King Center and worked to make MLK Day a national holiday.