Michelle Buteau stated the 2024 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) can be like several “good remix,” that includes the “similar basic beat with a twist you may rock out to,” in her opening monologue.
She continued, “Now you’re in all probability asking your self, why Michelle Buteau? Why would you get all this freckle-face magic? In a plus-size sequined go well with for this wonderful music award present?’ As a result of identical to all of y’all, I really like me some music. Truthfully, music really is among the issues that brings individuals collectively from all walks of life. What I’m saying is music is rattling magic, OK?”
Buteau launched the Ok-pop group Stray Children as “pleasure pop” and between asserting award winners and performances all through the evening the comic and actress interacted with stars like Zedd and Taste Flav, asking them about what evokes them of their careers.
Taylor Swift topped this yr’s awards, profitable 10 trophies to deliver her profession whole to 49 and making her probably the most embellished artist in BBMAs historical past.
Buteau, recognized for her comedy collection Survival of the Thickest, spoke with The Hollywood Reporter earlier this yr about engaged on the present and its impression. “I at all times dreamed of engaged on a present that was a Black present, that was a queer present, the place all the administrators had been feminine,” Buteau stated. “Girls are wonderful — interval, level clean, finish of debate — and it’s so vital to provide individuals alternatives that they deserve and are very arduous for them to get.”
Billboard Music Awards producer Dick Clark Productions is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a three way partnership between Penske Media Company and Eldridge that additionally owns The Hollywood Reporter.
