What happened to Superman and Lois Star Jordan Elsass?
Things people don’t see
Jordan is an actor on the rise, coming off a series of important jobs. For
example, the miniseries with Reese Witherspoon Little fires everywhere.
During the Covid-19 pandemic Jordan was selected to be part of a CW series, Superman and Lois. Where he had a prominent role as one of the children of the couple, Jonathan Kent.
Jordan has never had to work for so long and move to another country. Not to mention the pandemic that made everything much more complicated.
But still anyone would do anything to become a star; they would hang in there and stick with their role until the end.
What many don’t understand is that it WASN’T A CHOICE for Jordan to
abandon his role in Superman & Lois.
No one noticed when Jordan started to feel tired, depressed, and missing cast meetings to promote the series.
But everyone noticed when he refused to take the Covid-19 vaccine. And that’s when people started to judge his actions in a not so positive way.
Jordan’s sense of humor didn’t help much either, his social media posts helped increase the number of haters.
In some interviews given by him we can know that Jordan is funny, addicted to video games and that he wasn’t very popular at school, in fact he did most of his studies at home with his mother as his teacher.
With a little curiosity about Jordan’s peculiar ways, I discovered that his mother believes that the vaccines Jordan took during his childhood harmed her son’s health. Nothing has been proven, but Carrie Elsass always took special care of Jordan.
This special care is reported in part in a NAA Conference blog from March 20, 2008. Where Carrie reports some of her son’s treatment.
Here is the first part of the blog report:
“Dr. Stephen Gutstein is the creator of RDI therapy, which you can read more about here:http://www.rdiconnect.com/, and the parents who have been trained and are using it seem very enthusiastic. Jenny McCarthy is a famous mom who has used this therapy, but I am very excited to report that a therapist at the facility where my son receives therapy is being certified in RDI. This talk focused on a specific issue that children with autism face: dynamic vs. static thinking.”
With this information, we will continue to try to understand Jordan’s departure from his possible stardom on the CW series.
Many people don’t know, but level 1 autistic people have the ability to mask
their behavioral differences. But this comes with a high cost. The more an
autistic person tries to live up to society’s expectations and pretend to have a personality that would be more acceptable, the more exhausting life becomes.
And then comes what experts call autistic burnout.
Autistic burnout had many negative effects on autistic people’s lives. Many
highlighted difficulties with their health, especially their mental health. They talked about struggling with independent living, loss of self-belief, and being frightened that the loss of skills from the autistic burnout might be permanent.
They also talked about a lack of empathy from neurotypical people, who had difficulty understanding or relating to the autistic person’s experiences. Some people related an increase in suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviour.
This sounds a lot like what Jordan described in his Instagram post right before checking into rehab for his depression.
Jordan even reported in an interview after his departure from Superman and Lois that he stopped drinking and now eats three full meals a day.
It intrigues me that no one finds it strange that a young boy doesn’t eat three meals and sticks to coffee and cereal bars. They probably thought it was a diet or something. But it’s a fact that people have eating disorders due to stress.
In many discussion forums about Jordan’s departure I found differing opinions.
Many think he will never get a relevant role in the industry again, many think he is stupid, and even say so on his Instagram.
Some say they miss seeing him perform. But what I didn’t see was anyone
saying that they’ve been through this and that they understand what Jordan
feels and why he had to abandon his role to take care of his health.
As Jordan said, fame and money are not the most important things. We should learn to look at things with more care and empathy.
Even if Jordan doesn’t become a rising star again, I have a feeling that won’t be a problem for him. If the tattoo he has indicates anything (HE>i<), based off of the Bible verse John 3:30 — “HE (Jesus) must increase, but I must decrease.” It’s just that he doesn’t want to be an egocentric person.
I just hope he is happy and healthy.
