Rumor was that Chris Brown was banned from last year’s BET Awards and wasn’t able to participate in the Michael Jackson tribute. He made up for it this year. Even if you felt saturated by Jackson tributes last year, this one’s probably worth watching. Spoiler alert: he breaks down and doesn’t make it through singing “Man in the Mirror”. Pretty emotional.
Some think he was acting. I saw a dumb online poll centered around whether he really missed Jackson enough to break down crying about it. I think it had less to do with missing Michael Jackson and a lot more to do with slowly being forgiven by the public and being overwhelmed by the chance to perform in front of thousands of people. And of course the whole idea of “Man in the Mirror”. I’m gullible, so good job tricking me if he was acting and if not then good job period.
This post is way too long, but I’m kind of a fan, mostly because of his appearance on Sesame Street and his performance at the 2007 VMAs—I’ve watched both many many times.