At tonight's Golden Globe Awards, Chadwick Boseman was honored posthumously with a win for Best Actor for his incredible work in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Taylor Simone Ledward accepts the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama on behalf of her late husband Chadwick Boseman at The #GoldenGlobes.
His wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, accepted the award and gave a touching, emotional speech.
And a little earlier in the night — during an otherwise silly segment with La'Ron Hines called, "What Do Kids Know About the Golden Globes?" — we saw exactly how Chadwick's legacy will live on forever.
The segment started with La'Ron asking some preciously precocious children simple questions about awards season:
And their responses were, of course, equal parts hilarious and iconic:
For instance, this child's response made me literally LOL alone in my home:
But to end the silly segment, they decided to make us all sob out of nowhere. La'Ron's final question for the kids was a simple one: "Who is Chadwick Boseman?"
And EVERY. SINGLE. CHILD. Knew the correct answer:
Because for them (and ALL of us) he is, was, and always will be the Black Panther:
And it wasn't just me full-on ugly-crying! The internet was also moved by the surprisingly sweet moment:
OK, fine, I am crying over all of these kids automatically knowing who Chadwick Boseman is. #GoldenGlobes
The way all the little kids knew who Chadwick Boseman was #GoldenGlobes
These kids made Chadwick Boseman very happy. All of them knew who Black Panther was 😊❤️ #GoldenGlobes #BlackPanther
All of Twitter comforting each other after the kids knew who Chadwick Boseman was... especially when the one kid called him the "good guy". #GoldenGlobes
So there you have it. There's truly nothing else to say, except:
