Chadwick Boseman gave his 2018 MTV Movie and TV Award to a real-life superhero.
The Black Panther star, 40, honored James Shaw Jr., the man who stopped a mass shooter at a Tennessee Waffle House, while accepting the award for Best Hero.
After getting hugs from his costars, including Michael B. Jordan, Boseman took the stage and received his golden popcorn statue from Olivia Munn and Zazie Beetz, who were presenting the award.
“It’s even greater to acknowledge the heroes that we have in real life,” Boseman told the audience.
“He fought off a gunman in Antioch, Tennessee, at a Waffle House.
The Black Panther star, 40, honored James Shaw Jr., the man who stopped a mass shooter at a Tennessee Waffle House, while accepting the award for Best Hero.
After getting hugs from his costars, including Michael B. Jordan, Boseman took the stage and received his golden popcorn statue from Olivia Munn and Zazie Beetz, who were presenting the award.
“It’s even greater to acknowledge the heroes that we have in real life,” Boseman told the audience.
“He fought off a gunman in Antioch, Tennessee, at a Waffle House.
- 6/19/2018
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
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