Justin Timberlake Delivers LGBTQ Message At iHeartRadio Music Awards 2017
Pop star Justin Timberlake sent out a unifying message for all LGBTQ youths, bullied victims and everyone else at the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2017. The crooner nabbed the Song of the Year award Sunday night with his ebullient smash hit "Can't Stop The Feeling." Elated, the singer-songwriter also grabbed his opportunity to speak with the youngsters and reveal what his song is all about.
The 36-year-old artist started his LGBTQ message by sharing that his winning song "Can't Stop The Feeling," although written and produced for the DreamWorks animated film "Trolls," is really "about inclusion, about being together." Justin Timberlake said during his acceptance speech, "If you are black or you are brown or you are gay or you are lesbian or you are trans or maybe you're just a sissy singing boy from Tennessee - anyone that is treating you unkindly, it's only because they are afraid or they have been taught to be afraid of how important you are. Because being different means you make the difference, so f--k them." Other winners at the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2017 were British singer Ed Sheeran, who took home the Best Lyrics Award for "Love Yourself" popularized by Justin Bieber, former One Direction member Zayn Malik for Video of the Year and Coldplay for Best Tour.
Justin Timberlake's message resonated so much with the current political landscape in the U.S. and pretty much all over the world that his LGBTQ message at the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2017 was muted on Turner Network's TNT, TBS, and truTV, according to Jezebel. The "sissy singing boy from Tennessee" along with his wife and actress Jessica Biel actively threw their support on the LGBT equality, same-sex marriage as well as endorsed former President Barack Obama and presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. The celebrity couple received in 2015 the Inspiration Award at the GLSEN Respect Awards.