"My entire family wanted to be here tonight, but it was just too painful," a visibly emotional but composed Jackson told the audience. "To you, Michael is an icon; to us, Michael is family and he will forever live in all of our hearts."
Joe Jackson, Janet and Michael's father, was seated near the front of the audience but did not participate in the ceremony. After Jackson left the stage, the show ended with a performance of the Jackson 5 hit "I'll Be There" by show host Jamie Foxx and Ne-Yo, who was named Best Male R&B Artist earlier in the night.
The full list of winners:
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist Lil Wayne
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist M.I.A.
Best Collaboration Jamie Foxx and T-Pain, "Blame It"
Best Group Day 26
Best Male R&B Artist Ne-Yo
Best Female R&B Artist Beyonce
Best New Artist Keri Hilson
Best Gospel Artist Mary Mary
Video of the Year Beyonce, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)"
Video Director of the Year Benny Boom
Best Actor Will Smith
Best Actress Taraji P. Henson
Best Male Athlete LeBron James
Best Female Athlete Serena Williams
Viewers' Choice T.I. featuring Rihanna, "LIve Your LIfe"
Centric Award Jazmine Sullivan
More on the 2009 BET Awards:
Live blog hosted by EW's Chad Schlegel and Essence.com's Emil Wilbekin
Those media whore Jacksons just can’t resist the spotlight. Go home and mourn the loss of your paycheck.
Can’t believe she made the show. Not sure what to think of it…
http://tvdonewright.com/2009/06/29/tv-tonight-monday-june-29th-2009/
You people are sick. She’s acknowledged the folks that were celebrating Michael at the ceremony on behalf of her family. What’s wrong with that? BTW Janet and the other brothers all perform and make their own money–seriously, the man’s been dead less than 72 hours.
I think that was an extremely thoughtful and brave thing for Janet to do.
Janet’s brief speech, followed by Foxx and Ne-yo’s performance of “I’ll Be There” really made MJ’s death “settle in” for me…and many in the audience who were shown with tears streaming down their faces. It’s still hard to fathom. It must be torturous for his family, and with a probable legal fight looming over custody of the kids, it may only get worse for them. Sad and tragic.
I hope that his death, following those of Anna Nicole Smith and Heath Ledger really wake up a LOT of people of the dangers of mixing prescription drugs as that is now the Number One cause of drug overdoses in the US. But, I’m sure that it will all be quickly forgotten, as Heath didn’t learn from Anna, and Michael didn’t learn from Heath, and it now appears that Billy Mays and family didn’t learn anything from Natasha Richardson’s death.
Mourn the loss of your paycheck!! That is classic. I could not believe they were there either. Funeral arrangements? Hello.
Michael was in debt. He wasn’t sending anyone a paycheck. Why would anyone even say that?
I feel bad for Michael. First Jamie Foxx has to show his typical filthy talk at a moment when it should be respectful for Michael. Then all of sudden all the Michael Jackson fans come out of hiding. If he was their hero where where they when he needed help all these years. Then we have to tolerate Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson going wherever there is a camera for their own personal gain. Even after death, people want to steal and make a buck off of Michael. What they need to do is look themselves in the mirror and ask themselves how they contributed to the destruction of this man, family, friends, doctors, lawyers, etc. I saw this as no tribute, but a chance to look good in front of the camera and pat themselves on the back at Michael’s expense.
There’s only one legitimate place I’ve found to watch the replay, the rest seem like scams :-/ You can see it over here though: http://jjpeg.com/watch28015.html
They make you do a little survey but after that it’s good to go
Just wondering – in all of the coverage of MJ’s death – nothing from Diana Ross…
Smile because he Lived
You can shed tears that he is gone,
or you can smile because he lived,
You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back,
or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left.
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him,
or you can be full of the love that you shared,
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember him and only that he is gone,
or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn back,
or you can do what he would want:
Smile, open your eyes, love and go on. ~ R.I.P. Michael Jackson you will never be forgotten.My prayers to the family.~
Smile because he Lived
You can shed tears that he is gone,
or you can smile because he lived,
You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back,
or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left.
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him,
or you can be full of the love that you shared,
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember him and only that he is gone,
or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn back,
or you can do what he would want:
Smile, open your eyes, love and go on. ~ R.I.P. Michael Jackson you will never be forgotten.My prayers to the family.~
j- Diana Ross did issue a statement. I didn’t see Janet at the awards – after listening to that sad excuse for a father – JOe, I couldn’t stomach anymore. Now I know for sure that everything Michael said about his father was true. Joe Jackson is not there grieving for his SON, he’s checking out opportunities for himself and his latest venture. He’s disgusting.
I don’t think it’s wrong in any way for people to be angry at mj’s father. When a person dies, it’s so normal to be angry and to want a reason that makes sense as to why we lose somebody we love or care very much about.
Why Mr. Joe Jackson were you such and SOB? I’m not very religious. But if there is a heaven and hell, your going downstairs. And you’re taking all the other people that abuse children with you.
Sorry Janet, but you know the truth about your father. People can only learn from knowing what happened. It might be in some nasty tabloid in week or two anyway. A lot of it’s out there anyway.
Janet looked beautiful, and her appearance was classy and a great thing to do for the fans. Brave woman. RIP Michael. You will live on forever, as a true legend.