00:00Well, the BET Awards went off without a hitch last night.
00:03There was some concern heading into it that they would even go forward.
00:07It was held at the Peacock Theater in downtown L.A., what, a mile or so?
00:10Just blocks away from a lot of the sort of chaos in the streets that was happening,
00:15but you didn't really get too much of a sense of that there.
00:18No, inside everything was fine, outside everything was fine.
00:22And Kevin Hart decided that he was going to make jokes about, well, I mean, he's the host, right?
00:28So you have to sort of roast a little bit of, you know, you take shots at people in the audience.
00:34This shot that we're about to play for you is not about someone who's in the audience
00:37because, well, this person is in a prison, actually right now, sitting in a courtroom, and that's Diddy.
00:45Yes, Diddy's, he didn't say his name, but it was very clear to everyone who he was talking about here.
00:51Watch the reactions in the room.
00:53I'm shutting down the idea of after parties. No after parties tonight, okay? None.
00:59Take your asses home after this. That's why I did it on a Monday.
01:02I did it on a Monday. People got to go to work tomorrow. No after parties.
01:07That's when get slippery at them after parties, okay?
01:13We're learning a lot about people, ain't we? We're learning a lot.
01:16Honestly, it looked to me, look, you could hear some laughter.
01:19There was laughter. It was funny, but it's like people were on camera and didn't want to seem like they were laughing.
01:26The BET Awards positions themselves as the culture's biggest night, and once upon a time, Diddy was a big part of this culture.
01:33You know, his after parties, you know, were a part of the BET experience, so, you know, life comes at you fast, but, you know, Kevin had to address the elephant in the room.
01:40By the way, we should say, the Diddy after parties that happen after award shows, that's not what the trial is about.
01:46Those weren't freak-offs.
01:48The trial is something separate, but still, nobody wanted to be seen as laughing at him.
01:54There were some Icon Awards handed out, and Mariah Carey was one of them.
02:00Amazingly, Mariah Carey has never won a BET Award.
02:04I was, she's shocked by that. 25 years.
02:07Best-selling female artist ever, and she's never won a BET Award.
02:11Yeah, kind of strange. I mean, I guess 25 years, but she had hits in the early 2000s, so.
02:17She had hits, but Mariah Carey also isn't really worried about a BET Award.
02:21She kind of let that be known when she accepted her Ultimate Icon Award.
02:25She said, you know, they tell me this is my first BET Award, so it was almost like she was, like, poking fun that all this time,
02:31and I've never gotten an award, but you know what, who cares?
02:33She said, you know what, I'm a diva, I'm fabulous, I will continue being that and being the Icon that I am.
02:38She also performed last night with Anderson .Paak, who she's been, you know, in talks with Possibly Dating,
02:44possibly working with on new music, she's singing a new song.
02:46She's been in talks with him about Possibly Dating?
02:48Well, there have been talks, there have been talks, there have been talks that they are Possibly Dating.
02:53So it's cool to see them on stage together.
02:55Another Icon Award was handed out to Jamie Foxx, and he took the moment to thank people in his life,
03:02who were close to him, and getting through the medical crisis after he was in a coma for so long,
03:09and bouncing back amazingly quickly from that nearly deadly stroke.
03:17This is what he had to say to his family in the audience.
03:21Hey, when I saw that memoriam, I was like, man, that could have been me.
03:25But I don't know why I went through what I went through, but I know my second chance, I'm not going to turn down.
03:45I'm not going to turn down.
03:47I have so much love to give.
03:51I told him, I said, man, bro, just give me one more crack at this.
04:00And I promise, I said, whatever reason you put this on me, I promise I'm going to do right.
04:09You very rarely get to see that realness with him.
04:13I mean, that is a real, authentic moment where he's opening up, being vulnerable, and letting everybody in.
04:21And when he was going through that, he was so private.
04:23A lot of people didn't even know what was happening.
04:25And so we're glad to see him through that and to see him feeling so much better.
04:29Unlike the Diddy joke, when they cut to the audience during Jamie's speech,
04:32people were very clearly reacting and wiping away tears.
04:36A big night for him.
04:37A little bit better politics on backing Jamie Foxx right now than being Team Diddy.
04:42Exactly.
04:42But then again, if you go against Diddy, he could blow up your car.
