Grimmie was posthumously crowned the victor of the Choice web star: Music award but there was no mention of her win during the televised broadcast. Join us in a conversation about world events, the newsgathering process or whatever aspect of the news universe you find interesting or important.
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It’s thought her award was omitted due to the high volume of Surf boards awarded meaning that not everything could be shown on the televised show.
Singer Ne-Yo and actress and model Jessica Alba honoured the likes of Alton Sterling while reminding teens about the tragedies that have occurred in the United States in recent years. The singer took to Instagram to post the video of herself accidentally walking into a microphone stand, and you can’t help but smile at how gracefully she’s handling the situation.
“Christina Grimmie was an unbelievable person”.
The 35-year-old star invited a group of teenagers who have lost family members to gun violence on to the stage and asked each one to introduce themselves.
Jessica Alba and Ne-Yo led a tribute to victims of gun violence and their families.
She also teased “a big death coming up”. “It seems they could have paid honour or tribute to her in some way and that opportunity was missed”. She deserves better than that”, while another weighed in: “Teen Choice blatantly exploited Christina Grimmie’s death to promote their show only to neglect her in their actual show.
Grimmie was awarded the Choice Web Star Music Award, her first win at the award show, but her name was never mentioned in the broadcast.
After last night’s telecast, he pointed how that he is “glad” the show didn’t do a memorial for her.
– Brown Saraah (@Brown_Saraah) August 1, 2016I’m extremely disappointed by the fact that the TCA’s didn’t honor Christina Grimmie in any way.
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And a Twitter user known as A Frandly Reminder asked fans to look at the positive.
