Before presenting the primary award of the night, Regina Hall paused the Deon Cole-hosted ceremony and turned her consideration to the viewers, acknowledging the Sinners stars’ attendance.
“Take a second for the 2 kings within the viewers,” she mentioned, stating Jordan and Lindo seated within the entrance rows.
Then, on to the actors, she added:
“I simply ship you a lot love to your class.”
Later, Lindo joined Sinners director Ryan Coogler onstage to current an award and formally acknowledged the BAFTAs incident on-camera.
“I’d identical to to formally say, I recognize, we recognize all of the assist and love now we have been proven within the aftermath of what occurred final weekend. It means quite a bit to us,” mentioned Lindo, likening it to a “traditional case of one thing that may very well be very unfavourable changing into very constructive.”
Michael B. Jordan later hit the stage to just accept the trophy for Entertainer of the Year and celebrated his Blackness.
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After beating out the likes of Teyana Taylor and Cynthia Erivo for the highest honor, he spoke candidly about what the Image Awards have meant to him over time.
“I all the time love being right here,” he started, calling the night time “a reunion of types” and recalling popping out from New Jersey in the course of the summers to an area the place he “all the time felt inspired” and “celebrated and nourished.”
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He additionally devoted the award to his late Black Panther co-star Chadwick Boseman.
“Honestly, I obtained to dedicate this award to Chadwick Boseman, my brother,” he mentioned, noting that “our time right here on this planet is brief.”
Before closing, he thanked his staff and household for serving to him “hold going and hold being strong as greatest I may,” advert he added an ideal Black History Month reflection.
“I like being Black. I like y’all.”
We love you too, MBJ!
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