Omari Hardwick Under Fire After Kissing Beyonce At NAACP Image Awards

[Judy Winslow]

Last night (Mar. 30), the NAACP Image awards were held in Los Angeles, honoring some of the best and brightest in black entertainment.

Jay-Z was awarded the President’s award while wife Beyonce was awarded with the Entertainer of the Year award. But before Beyonce even took the stage, a little controversy erupted.

Power actor Omari Hardwick greeted the Carters and as is pretty standard in Hollywood, kissed Beyonce on the cheek as they embraced. However, as the two were about to move on, Hardwick kissed Beyonce again, drawing plenty of ire and criticism on social media.

 

[Judy Winslow]

As men, how would y’all handle this or feel about this?

 

[OhMars]

She looked flustered

 

[Dwayne]

Well. That looked kinda normal to me

 

[Rubato]

Lmao

They really writing whole articles about this?

 

[OhMars]

The first kiss was normal. The second kiss closer to the mouth made it awkward

 

[Rubato]

As men, how would y’all handle this or feel about this?

Nothing to handle or feel. He wifed Beyoncé, cheated and she still ain’t leave, he won.

 

[Love]

She obviously wasn’t feeling it smh

 

[Judy Winslow]

Nothing to handle or feel. He wifed Beyoncé, cheated and she still ain’t leave, he won.

His situation isn’t yours. I’m asking you how would YOU handle this.

 

[Rubato]

His situation isn’t yours. I’m asking you how would YOU handle this.

Why would I be at the NAACP awards?

 

[Judy Winslow]

Why would I be at the NAACP awards?

Why are you acting retarded? This type of shit isn’t just done at the NAACP awards. This shit could happen at church, family outing, family gathering, etc.

 

[Rubato]

Why are you acting retarded? This type of shit isn’t just done at the NAACP awards. This shit could happen at church, family outing, family gathering, etc.

Lmao, yea I was being obtuse on purpose.

I can’t answer that without a lot more context than I can get from an 8 sec clip. What is the nature of her relationship w ol boy? Are they childhood friends or new friends? How long have I known him and how? The lack of context makes any level of speculation ridiculous imo.

 

[Inori]

Seems like an overreaction by folks social media *shrugs*

 

[Goldie]

The first kiss was cool, but this nigga kissed her twice lol

 

[Sony Montana]

Our society is trash man lol Because

A) This is news

B) Omari is "under fire"

 

[Goldie]

Personally idgaf about this shit, but the 2nd kiss was crazy lol

 

[Inori]

Beyonce didnt seem bothered or disgusted by it.. Yall think if she felt uncomfortable with that interaction with the nigga that plays Ghost she wouldn't make her displeasure known? Same for Jay... if he felt disrespected yall don't think he would have acted on it?

How folks on social media getting all riled up when the people involved dont even seem give a shit lol.

Folks just love being outraged by shit

 

[GOAT]

Thats a long ass fourhead in bottom right corner

Is that Naturi?

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Drake had a bar about messing up the double cheek kiss .... that’s all that happened here in most culture u greet ppl w the double cheek kiss

 

[ChicagoFigure]

Man when ur huggin, kissin, shakin hands etc there bound to be awkward moments. Add to that we dont know how well they know each other personally.

Absolutely nothin to see here based on clip alone.