diff --git a/native/chat/message-press-responder-context.js b/native/chat/message-press-responder-context.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/chat/message-press-responder-context.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// @flow
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+export type MessagePressResponderContextType = {
+  +onPressMessage: () => void,
+};
+
+const MessagePressResponderContext: React.Context<?MessagePressResponderContextType> = React.createContext<?MessagePressResponderContextType>(
+  null,
+);
+
+export { MessagePressResponderContext };
diff --git a/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-button.react.js b/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-button.react.js
--- a/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-button.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-button.react.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import { InnerTextMessage } from './inner-text-message.react';
 import { MessageHeader } from './message-header.react';
 import { MessageListContextProvider } from './message-list-types';
+import { MessagePressResponderContext } from './message-press-responder-context';
 import SidebarInputBarHeightMeasurer from './sidebar-input-bar-height-measurer.react';
 import { useAnimatedMessageTooltipButton } from './utils';
 
@@ -67,6 +68,13 @@
   const threadID = item.threadInfo.id;
   const { navigation, isOpeningSidebar } = props;
 
+  const messagePressResponderContext = React.useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      onPressMessage: navigation.goBackOnce,
+    }),
+    [navigation.goBackOnce],
+  );
+
   const inlineSidebar = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!item.threadCreatedFromMessage) {
       return null;
@@ -92,12 +100,16 @@
         <Animated.View style={headerStyle}>
           <MessageHeader item={item} focused={true} display="modal" />
         </Animated.View>
-        <InnerTextMessage
-          item={item}
-          onPress={navigation.goBackOnce}
-          threadColorOverride={threadColorOverride}
-          isThreadColorDarkOverride={isThreadColorDarkOverride}
-        />
+        <MessagePressResponderContext.Provider
+          value={messagePressResponderContext}
+        >
+          <InnerTextMessage
+            item={item}
+            onPress={navigation.goBackOnce}
+            threadColorOverride={threadColorOverride}
+            isThreadColorDarkOverride={isThreadColorDarkOverride}
+          />
+        </MessagePressResponderContext.Provider>
         {inlineSidebar}
       </Animated.View>
     </MessageListContextProvider>
diff --git a/native/chat/text-message.react.js b/native/chat/text-message.react.js
--- a/native/chat/text-message.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/text-message.react.js
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 import type { ChatNavigationProp } from './chat.react';
 import ComposedMessage from './composed-message.react';
 import { InnerTextMessage } from './inner-text-message.react';
+import {
+  MessagePressResponderContext,
+  type MessagePressResponderContextType,
+} from './message-press-responder-context';
 import textMessageSendFailed from './text-message-send-failed';
 import { getMessageTooltipKey } from './utils';
 
@@ -50,6 +54,14 @@
 };
 class TextMessage extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   message: ?React.ElementRef<typeof View>;
+  messagePressResponderContext: MessagePressResponderContextType;
+
+  constructor(props: Props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.messagePressResponderContext = {
+      onPressMessage: this.onPress,
+    };
+  }
 
   render() {
     const {
@@ -81,19 +93,23 @@
     }
 
     return (
-      <ComposedMessage
-        item={item}
-        sendFailed={textMessageSendFailed(item)}
-        focused={focused}
-        swipeOptions={swipeOptions}
-        {...viewProps}
+      <MessagePressResponderContext.Provider
+        value={this.messagePressResponderContext}
       >
-        <InnerTextMessage
+        <ComposedMessage
           item={item}
-          onPress={this.onPress}
-          messageRef={this.messageRef}
-        />
-      </ComposedMessage>
+          sendFailed={textMessageSendFailed(item)}
+          focused={focused}
+          swipeOptions={swipeOptions}
+          {...viewProps}
+        >
+          <InnerTextMessage
+            item={item}
+            onPress={this.onPress}
+            messageRef={this.messageRef}
+          />
+        </ComposedMessage>
+      </MessagePressResponderContext.Provider>
     );
   }