Jonathan Majors has spoken out in his first interview since being found guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.
Majors was found guilty of one count of misdemeanor third-degree assault and one count of second-degree harassment but was acquitted of two other counts of assault and aggravated harassment.
He appeared on Good Morning America on Monday to discuss the incident and the impact it has had on his career as a result.
The March 2023 argument between him and Jabbari had begun in a car after the actor received a "suggestive" text message from another woman.
Jabbari testified in court that she tried to grab Majors' phone after she saw a message pop up from another woman reading: "I wish I was kissing you."
She claimed that Majors had pulled her right hand behind her back while she was holding the phone in her left hand, telling the court: "It just felt like he was twisting my arm and my hand and trying to make me feel pain."
Prosecutors claimed Jabbari had fractured her finger and photos of her injuries taken by police were shown to the jury, including her bruised and swollen finger and a cut on her ear.
Majors has maintained his innocence, claiming he ever twisted Jabbari's arm or caused her injuries.
He told GMA: "She went to grab the phone. I held the phone. I pulled the phone back. She came on top of me, squeezed my face, slapped me. That's all I remember."
Majors added that if he could have done something differently he would have never "picked her up" that night and would have "ran immediately" instead of trying to get Jabbari back in the car.
While he admitted he was "reckless with her heart", he maintained that he had never struck a woman, but Majors did acknowledge that the pair's relationship had become unhealthy over time.
The couple had met on the set of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in 2021 and struck up a relationship.
Despite maintaining his innocence, Majors was found guilty of assaulting Jabbari and is awaiting sentencing on the misdemeanor charges.
After the jury's verdict was returned, Majors was dropped by Marvel Studios, where he was best known for playing the role of Kang, but he "prays" that he may one day return to working in Hollywood.
Majors admitted that he was "shocked" when the verdict was read out as guilty, telling GMA: "I was absolutely shocked and afraid.
"I'm standing there and the verdict comes down. I say, 'How is that possible based off the evidence, based off the prosecution's evidence, let alone our evidence? How is that possible?'"
The Emmy-nominated actor is due to be sentenced on February 6 and could face up to a year in prison on the two counts.
Jabbari's attorney, Brittany Henderson, told ABC News in a statement in response to Majors' interview: "[He] continues to take no accountability for his actions.
"His denigration of our jury system is not dissimilar from the above-the-law attitude that he has maintained throughout this legal process.
"The timing of these new statements demonstrates a clear lack of remorse for the actions for which he was found guilty and should make the sentencing decisions fairly easy for the Court."
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