Jordan Howlett On TikTok Fame, Michael B. Jordan, & Glen Powell

Not a lot of people can say they’ve hung out with Michael B. Jordan in a bathroom or juiced a pineapple with Glen Powell, but Jordan Howlett has done both this year. The 28-year-old California native, better known as @Jordan_the_Stallion8 across platforms, has recently found himself in A-list company, but he hasn’t always been rubbing shoulders with Hollywood’s elite.

Before he took off on social media, Howlett had his eyes set on playing professional baseball. “I was getting ready to get drafted,” he says. “When COVID happened in 2020 and that got derailed, I was trying to figure out exactly who I was as a person. You get so lost and caught up in trying to achieve this really big goal that you lose sight of what it is that you enjoy.”

In finding his voice, the self-described “anxious overthinker” started posting comedic stories about his 9-to-5 job as a financial adviser, which he sa...