{"id":270388,"date":"2019-03-31T16:45:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T22:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1028403"},"modified":"2019-03-31T16:45:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T22:45:21","slug":"omari-hardwick-kisses-beyonce-twice-at-naacp-image-awards-and-the-beyhive-has-some-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/omari-hardwick-kisses-beyonce-twice-at-naacp-image-awards-and-the-beyhive-has-some-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Omari Hardwick Kisses Beyonc\u00e9 Twice at NAACP Image Awards and the Beyhive Has Some Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Beyhive is not too happy with Power<\/em> actor Omari Hardwick<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Many of the members think he overstepped his boundaries when he kissed Beyonc\u00e9<\/a><\/strong> not once but twice on the cheek while embracing her in greeting at the 2019 NAACP Image Awards on Saturday\u2014and near her husband Jay-Z<\/strong>, as seen in a viral fan video. Other fans don’t think the actor did anything inappropriate.<\/p>\n

Hardwick’s rep could not be reached for comment. Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay-Z have also not addressed the encounter.<\/p>\n

“2nd kiss was unnecessary & uncomfortable. Don’t do that again,” tweeted user @farhana_io<\/a>. “We women so often get touched, kissed, groped & poked in instances exactly like this (at an event, at work, etc). WE DON’T LIKE IT. It’s time to no longer let these moments of discomfort slide.”<\/p>\n

Some fans targeted Hardwick on his Instagram<\/a> page, unleashing a swarm of bee emojis and even some threats.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“You tried my Queen with that 2nd kiss! You fine but you ain’t that fine! Count your days,” one person wrote.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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@OmariHardwick<\/a> 2nd kiss was unnecessary & uncomfortable. Don\u2019t do that again?. We women so often get touched, kissed, groped & poked in instances exactly like this (at an event, at work, etc). WE DON\u2019T LIKE IT. It\u2019s time to no longer let these moments of discomfort slide. (1\/3) https:\/\/t.co\/ezFrdhvBsU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Farhana (@farhana_io) March 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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“So you’re the dude that got too close to Beyonc\u00e9? Come outside I just wanna talk,” another user commented.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Instagram \/ Omari Hardwick<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Other people dismissed the interaction as nothing more than an awkward moment.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Pep making a big deal out of the Omari Hardwick kissing Beyonce on the cheek while saying bye. He was being polite saying hi and bye. The timing was just awkward. Don’t make this a man crossing the line thing. Ya’ll out here really trying to make something out of nothing! #power<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Isaac Alisma (@IAlisma) March 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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And naturally, there were memes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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How many times did you want to kiss Beyonc\u00e9?<\/p>\n

Omari:pic.twitter.com\/MC2Juj7l2D<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SALUD (@Seb_Cremer) March 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Beyonc\u00e9 had won Entertainer of the Year<\/a> at the NAACP Awards, while Jay-Z received the President’s Award. Hardwick won Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series and Power<\/em> was dubbed Outstanding Drama Series.<\/p>\n

Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay-Z were treated like royalty at the event. Several other people, including R&B duo Chloe X Halle<\/strong>, also came up to greet them and take photos with them after they arrived at the award show, where the two were welcomed with cheers and applause. The couple were escorted by a couple of bodyguards.<\/p>\n

During a commercial break, when it was quiet in Hollywood’s Dolby Theater, a female audience member tried to get the singer’s attention, yelling, “Hey Beyonc\u00e9 girl!” Actresses Storm Reid<\/strong> and Regina Hall<\/strong> and others, including a little girl and boy, also walked over to the couple and excitedly chatted with them.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bey had clearly forgiven actress Sanaa Lathan<\/a><\/strong> over that biting incident<\/a> that Tiffany Haddish<\/a><\/strong> talked about last year. Lathan, one of the show’s presenters, gave the singer a quick hug while walking to her seat, and Bey was seen smiling.<\/p>\n

\u2014Reporting by Alli Rosenbloom<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shutterstock; Earl Gibson III\/Getty Images for NAACP The Beyhive is not too happy with Power actor Omari Hardwick. Many of the members think he overstepped his boundaries when he kissed Beyonc\u00e9 not once but twice on the cheek while embracing her in greeting at the 2019 NAACP Image Awards on Saturday\u2014and near her husband Jay-Z, as seen in a viral fan video. Other fans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-270388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-25 10:44:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}