Jackson honors continue, Atlantans win big at BET Awards
Wearing a red leather jacket, a single glove and white socks, BET Awards host Jamie Foxx set the tone for the awards show salute to the late Michael Jackson Sunday night.
Foxx hilariously recreated some of the King of Pop’s trademark moves from his classic street gang-meets-”West Side Story” “Beat It” MTV video.
When the moves inspired the crowd to get on its feet, Foxx chided part-time Atlantan Sean Diddy Combs, saying: “Do not sit down, Diddy. I will moonwalk all over your [posterior!].”
Added Foxx on Jackson’s legacy: “There’s no need to be sad. We want to celebrate this black man. He belongs to us. We just shared him with everyone else. Mike was Wesley Snipes and Chico Debarge.”
Atlantan Keri Hilson even emerged on stage with her pants rolled up to reveal Jackson-esque white socks while Atlanta singer Ne-Yo arrived on the telecast in a red sweater and classic horn-rimmed glasses (and sans his trademark hat) to perform an emotional rendition of the pop icon’s “The Lady in My Life,” the closing track from “Thriller,” the best-selling album of all time.
Producers ended the segment with a camera close-up on a Jackson-like black fedora resting on a floor by Ne-Yo and then, shockingly, a close-up on Jackson family patriarch Joe Jackson unexpectedly seated in the front row dressed in all black with his trademark pencil-thin moustache seated next to family friend Al Sharpton.
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21 comments Add your comment
L.K.
June 28th, 2009
9:58 pm
I watched the BET awards expecting to see a tribute to Michael Jackson who paved the way for so many black and white entertainers. Did not happen. I was saddened by the fact that Joe Jackson attended a false tribute to his son. He should have stayed home to be with his grandchildren.A t-shirt by Jamie Foxx and a song and a couple of gloves and Thriller jackets is not a tribute.
I grew up watching and listening to Michael and the BETs following his death were a disgrace. Michael shared his talent unconditionally and the entertainers that I watched tonight were all about look at me–whether they had talent or not.
Please give us Diana Ross or Smokey Robinson to show what entertainment and Michael Jackson were all about. Young ones you can learn from those before you.
L.K.
June 28th, 2009
9:59 pm
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JM
June 28th, 2009
10:03 pm
I watched the BET awards expecting to see a tribute to Michael Jackson who paved the way for so many black and white entertainers. Did not happen. I was saddened by the fact that Joe Jackson attended a false tribute to his son. He should have stayed home to be with his grandchildren.A t-shirt by Jamie Foxx and a song and a couple of gloves and Thriller jackets is not a tribute.
I grew up watching and listening to Michael and the BETs following his death were a disgrace. Michael shared his talent unconditionally and the entertainers that I watched tonight were all about look at me–whether they had talent or not.
Please give us Diana Ross or Smokey Robinson to show what entertainment and Michael Jackson were all about. Young ones you can learn from those before you.
Mama Rose
June 28th, 2009
10:42 pm
At least no more innocent children can be harmed by this monster !
Ayana
June 28th, 2009
10:42 pm
LK / JM
BET did the best that they could in a very short amount of time. Its not like they were planning a tribute for several months and fell short. I think the show is really good.
Ayana
June 28th, 2009
10:44 pm
Mama Rose
Three little children lost their father….if thats not harm, I dont know what is.
Here's a clue Ayana
June 28th, 2009
10:52 pm
Ask the children who lost the innocence of their childhood because of Jackson’s actions. Maybe then you would know what harm truly is.
Ayana
June 28th, 2009
10:56 pm
All I know for a FACT is that three children lost their father. Anything else would be a rumor…
Ernest Angley
June 28th, 2009
10:58 pm
Michael Jackson is burning forever in the bowels of HELL ! No more drugs ! No more molesting children!
No more deviant lifestyle ! All you Michael Jackson cultists need to re-examine your lives and see what this pervert was – a demon sent here to deceive and mislead innocent souls ! REPENT !
Ayana
June 28th, 2009
11:00 pm
Ernest Angley
You are scary. Is that how you always write/speak?
Mama Rose
June 28th, 2009
11:06 pm
If you look at photos of Michael, he was once a very handsome young Black man. With all the plastic surgery and skin bleaching, he became an ugly old White woman. He should have been proud of the skin color God gave him.
Ayana is a Moron
June 28th, 2009
11:09 pm
Ayana, get real sistuh ! Michael had an affinity for young white boys, because he wanted to be one growing up. Get past the BS on BET and open your eyes !
lizz
June 29th, 2009
12:14 am
PEOPLE, A CHILD OF GOD HAS GONE HOME. LET MICHAEL JACKSON REST IN PEACE.
TINA MARIE
June 29th, 2009
12:26 am
I AGREE WITH YOU LIZZ….ITS SAD THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE SO BITTER AND MISERABLE IN THERE LIVES FEED OFF OF SOMEONES DEATH…HOW CAN YOU BE HAPPY WITH YOURSELF WHEN YOU TALK AND THINK SO UGLY…TO BELIEVE RUMORS…WERE YOU THERE WHEN HE SUPPOSABLY TOUCH THESE KIDS????I MEAN THATS THE ONLY WAY YOU WOULD KNOW IF IT ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE…RIGHT??? IF SO WHY DIDNT YOU STOP HIM???OR DID YOU WATCH??….I DIDNT THINK SO….SO WHY DONT ALL THE HATEFUL PEOPLE GO PRAY AND ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS….YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN ITS YOUR TIME…..GNITE:)
MuJambo
June 29th, 2009
11:15 am
What a shame people on this thread have deceived themselves into thinking MJ was some type of holy man. MJ wrote sang great music butt MJ also molested little boys.
Lettuce remember all the thing MJ did and dispense with the selective memory.
MJ is now with JFK and Satan having a lunchtime bbq.
Jay
June 29th, 2009
8:38 pm
No one knows what really happened with Michael. Unless you were a witness to all the allegations against him, your words are the same as if you didn’t vote; it doesn’t count or matter. This man is dead and God Bless those beautiful three children that he left behind. May he rest in peace….
Jay
June 29th, 2009
8:44 pm
Great Comment L.K.
Ernest Angley, you’re a very strange individual. Sounds like you’re describing yourself.
JBS
June 30th, 2009
8:42 am
I think it is a tragedy to have hateful words towards another human being come forth in his absence. Michael Jackson, whether guilty of the accusations of molestation and drugs or not, was still a man created by God. The comments about MJ going to Hell and deserving of his death are ignorant and should not even be thought from any one who possesses any decency. MJ along with all of his gifts and flaws was created by God and should not be talked about as though he were some animal without a soul. I loved him as well as you who speak ill will towards him. Those 3 kids that are left behind will someday be exposed to all of this garbage that is being carelessly posted about their father. Which of you will be responsible for that child abuse? Can you take your licks now for the crime you have just committed towards those precious children of his? So, stop with the nonsense and get a life of your own so your mistakes can be publicized and ridiculed. Maybe then you will learn to have a little sympathy and empathy towards your fellow human beings (Children of God!).
brandon sudduth
July 7th, 2009
9:55 pm
i was watching his memorial and i felt sad when paris started crying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
brandon sudduth
July 7th, 2009
9:57 pm
rip michael and all yall haters quit hatin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gage
July 7th, 2009
10:01 pm
and i hate me some haters to brandon that was the best he made the african american feel better