“I am so excited to be here with humans; we need each other,” Henson said after coming out onstage, talking to the live audience, some of whom were in masks, while many were not.Henson went on to recognize several Black women in the audience, including Issa Rae, Zendaya and Jazmine Sullivan, as well as “political trailblazers” including Maxine Waters. She also gave shoutouts to Stacey Abrams and Kamala Harris.
“We gonna be Black AF tonight,” she added, noting she would be coming out onstage dressed as “some of my all-time favorite women” . She went on: “Tonight we’re also reclaiming our aesthetics, baby hairs, long blinged-out nails, yeah, we taking all that back, gold hoops, bamboo earrings. … Our Black men, we want all y’all back, because we love you, we see you, kings, and most importantly, we need you.
IAMQUEENLATIFAH Congratulations 👏👏. Well deserved.
IAMQUEENLATIFAH That’s life 🙏🙏🙏
IAMQUEENLATIFAH So proud of this very remarkable woman.. my role model and inspiration… she has let me know to keep pushing and keep striving and never ever give up.. she is the best
theGrio IAMQUEENLATIFAH I'll always remember her mom on Oprah talking about her daughter's rap name: ' Ka-Ween? Ka-Weeeen' 🤣🤣
IAMQUEENLATIFAH are BET awards really valued? like really? Ive never heard any star brag about having BET awards. Never.