Lupita Nyong'o is still making Michael B. Jordan do pushups, and it's still hilarious

"Stay down."
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Lupita Nyong'o is still making Michael B. Jordan do pushups, and it's still hilarious
Lupita Nyong'o and Michael B. Jordan are clearly pretty good pals. Credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM

Never lose a bet to Lupita Nyong'o. Just don't do it.

Over the past week, Nyong'o has been getting maximum value out of a bet Michael B. Jordan apparently lost to her on the set of Black Panther -- a bet which means he now has to do push-ups (up to a certain number, at least) whenever Nyong'o asks him to.

Well, the bad news is she's almost out of pushups. But the good news is she's really making the most of the ones she has left:

"Stay down." Brilliant.

Unsurprisingly, Twitter was all for it.

Nyong'o apparently still has two more pushups to go, so expect more where that came from.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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