The 'Furious 7' actor holds back tears as he remembers his late co-star Walker while accepting the awards for Favorite Movie and Favorite Action Movie at the PCAs.
- January 7, 2016
AceShowbiz -
Grab your tissue, folks! Vin Diesel just made viewers of the 2016 People's Choice Awards choked up with a heartfelt tribute to the late Paul Walker. The hunky actor was accepting the awards for Favorite Movie and Favorite Action Movie at the January 6 show when he remembered his "Furious 7" co-star.
"You know, as I was coming over here, I always do this, I say I'm not going to get emotional about, you know, winning these awards," he said onstage, "And I was cool while I was sitting in my seat. And then they handed me two awards, one for Favorite Action Movie and one for Favorite Film. You all thought that this was your favorite film."
He continued while holding back tears, "So I think of Dom and Brian, and I start to think of Paul. They said to make this short and sweet so I will try to make this short and sweet. It was a labor of love. My only message to you is you'd be amazed what you can do with love. You'd be amazed at how powerful a force that is. When we didn't want to come back to filming when the tragedy was too heavy, it was the love of everyone combined that saw us through to the end."
Vin Diesel accepts the award for Favorite Movie and Favorite Action Movie for Furious 7. #PCAs https://t.co/s00lcjGdg2
— People's Choice (@peopleschoice) January 7, 2016He concluded his speech by thanking the People's Choice Awards and singing a verse from Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again", a song included in the soundtrack of "Furious 7" as a tribute to Walker.
People's Choice Awards is handing out awards for fans' favorite in movie, music, TV and other categories. The show is airing live on CBS from Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater.
