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Michael B. Jordan's Belated Birthday Gift To Naomi Osaka Is One We All Want

It all started thanks to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres who remembered Osaka's biggest crush is MJB.
Michael B. Jordan's Belated Birthday Gift To Naomi Osaka Is One We All Want
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By Paula Rogo · Updated October 23, 2020
When U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka first opened up about her celebrity crush on Michael B. Jordan to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres last month, she did not expect it to go much further. But with the host of the The Ellen DeGeneres Show being so generous, she gifted the tennis superstar a present we’re all dying for too. (Hook us up, Ellen!) On Tuesday, DeGeneres sent Osaka a shirtless photo of Jordan as a birthday gift. “Happy birthday, @Naomi_Osaka_,” she wrote as a caption. “I got you a present. @michaelb4jordan.”

pls block me 😩

— NaomiOsaka大坂なおみ (@naomiosaka) October 16, 2018
“Pls block me,” the tennis star responded in dismay. Then Jordan himself got involved and shared another shirtless photo of himself! “This one is better and more recent. LOL Happy Belated Bday Naomi,” he tweeted Wednesday morning. “But seriously I want to invite you to the Creed 2 premiere as a bday present.”

This one is better and more recent. LOL 😂 Happy Belated Bday Naomi. But seriously I want to invite you to the Creed 2 premiere as a bday present 🎁 pic.twitter.com/TS8vmSsRdM

— Michael B. Jordan (@michaelb4jordan) October 17, 2018
In September, Osaka told DeGeneres that Jordan is her celebrity crush — though she didn’t know his real name. She only knew him as his Black Panther character, Erik Killmonger. DeGeneres is the type of friend we need in our lives. And she knows it.

You’re welcome, Naomi.

— Ellen DeGeneres (@EllenDeGeneres) October 17, 2018
“You’re welcome Naomi,” she said after Jordan’s invitation.
TOPICS:  Ellen DeGeneres Michael B. Jordan naomi osaka