Omari Hardwick was recently slammed by the Beyhive after leaning in for a double kiss with Beyonce at the NAACP Image Awards, and the actor was asked about the whole thing during an appearance on “Strahan & Sara”.
Hardwick was on the talk show to chat about the series “Power” alongside his co-stars when Strahan brought up the “awkward” moment, which he called “Kiss Gate.”
Despite Hardwick simply smiling and keeping quiet, Naturi Naughton was quick to jump to her co-star’s defence.
She insisted, “You know the [Beyhive] try to come for my boy, my TV husband. He was just being a friend. Why can’t friends kiss and hug anymore? I mean they made that way bigger, so I was there and it was so not a situation.”
The comments come after Hardwick was criticized when he was caught on camera going in for a second kiss with Beyonce as Jay-Z stood beside her.
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The actor first gave the “Halo” hitmaker a kiss on the cheek, followed by a long hug and then a second smooch, this one near her lips, which her army of fans insisted was not OK.
See more in the clip below.
Actor Omari Hardwick is under fire after getting too close for comfort while greeting Beyonce at the NAACP Image Awards
pic.twitter.com/ZOahxom3rg — Pop Crave (@PopCrave) March 31, 2019
