What Happened When Jaafar Jackson Walked Onto the BET Awards Stage
On June 28, 2026, Jaafar Jackson walked onto the BET Awards stage at the Peacock Theater — and the night turned into something nobody expected. His co-star Nia Long stopped everything to tell him, live on stage, that it was an honor watching him transform into his uncle right before her eyes. Then Variety confirmed it: “Michael” had just become the highest-grossing biographical film of all time, surpassing Oppenheimer with $977 million worldwide. This is what happened that night.
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