The 35-year-old star invited a group of teenagers who had lost family members to gun violence on to the stage – along with the son of Alton Sterling – and asked each one to introduce themselves. “Take a picture of these courageous teens asking for the violence to stop and then post with the hashtag #StopTheViolence“. “Don’t think for a moment that what you do doesn’t count”.
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The Into the Blue actress was presenting the star-studded bash, which took a more serious note when she spoke of the recent gun crime in America.
“For everyone complaining about the teen choice awards….” issued Dawson after Sunday’s show in a tweet coupled with a meme that reads “Don’t act surprised, I warned you”.
This year, the Teen Choice Awards teamed up with Rock the Vote to poll teens about their preferred presidential candidates – Clinton was determined the victor by the end of the live broadcast.
The show did air a segment, led by Jessica Alba and featuring teens whose family members were killed by guns, dedicated to ending gun violence.
Hennig, along with her co-stars Tyler Posey (Scott McCall) and Cody Christian (Theo Raeken), appeared onstage at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., to accept separate wins for the supernatural drama. Here dance moves were on point, and she sure did look sexy.
They were met with a standing ovation, and a performance from Ne-Yo, who sang Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On.
“I’m here to say you will make mistakes along the way”, Timberlake said during his speech.
“#TeenChoice”, noted the Teen Choice Awards on Twitter alongside a gif of Cena and Justice waving to the audience as Trump and Clinton. “You will fall down”, Timberlake said.
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He continued, “I think it’s part of the reason why, to this day, I try to live my life working closely with, making music with, and spending so much of my time with an wonderful group of people: male, female, straight, gay, every walk of life. They’re gonna be here before you know it, and they will go fast”. “So go out, do the impossible and just go on and become the greatest generation yet”.
