People accuse the TCAs of exploiting the late singer to promote the show, but forgetting to mention her in the gun violence segment.
- August 1, 2016
AceShowbiz -
The 2016 Teen Choice Awards honored the victims of gun violence during the Sunday, July 31 ceremony, but not everyone's pleased with it. Some people noticed that Christina Grimmie, who was shot by a crazed fan after a show in Orlando, was omitted from the segment. It also upset fans that the show didn't announce her Choice Web Star: Music win during the live broadcast.
"Disappointed that @TeenChoiceFOX didn't even announce who won #ChoiceMusicWebStar. Why have the award up if you're not going to announce it?" Jasmine Bala tweeted. @lizbaroa echoed the sentiment, "So the TCA's essentially nominated Christina Grimmie after her death for promo and never even mentioned her name on air? Gross & corrupt."
@nawmani wrote, "christina grimmie, a victim of gun violence, did not get one mention at the TCAs after being exploited for views and tweets." @sebftmendess posted a similar tweet, "The fact that they used Christina grimmie to promote this award show is disgusting they haven't even mentioned her I'm done."
A source close to Grimmie tells Billboard that he/she's disappointed that the show "chose not to mention Christina's name during the two-hour broadcast." The source adds, "The fans have a right to be upset."
Grimmie's team, however, has not commented on the late singer's omission from the broadcast and chose to celebrate her win instead by retweeting other users' posts.
