{"id":248998,"date":"2026-06-28T23:17:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/jafaar-jackson-nia-long-bring-michael-to-bet-awards-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T23:17:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:17:53","slug":"jafaar-jackson-nia-long-bring-michael-to-bet-awards-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/jafaar-jackson-nia-long-bring-michael-to-bet-awards-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Jafaar Jackson & Nia Long Bring ‘Michael’ to BET Awards 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jaafar Jackson<\/strong><\/a> and Nia Long<\/strong><\/a> are hitting the red carpet together!<\/p>\n

The Michael<\/strong><\/a><\/em> co-stars posed for photos together as they arrived at the 2026 BET Awards<\/strong><\/a><\/em> on Sunday (June 28) held at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

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For the big event, Jaafar<\/strong>, 29, wore a navy outfit while Nia<\/strong>, 55, donned a silk brown dress.<\/p>\n

Jaafar<\/strong> starred as his late uncle Michael Jackson<\/strong> in the biographical movie while Nia<\/strong> played the \u201cThriller\u201d entertainer\u2019s mother Katherine Jackson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Who is hosting the 2026 BET Awards<\/em>?<\/h3>\n

Hosted by comedian Druski<\/strong><\/a> for the first time, the 2026 BET Awards<\/em> will be a celebration of \u201cmultifaceted creative expression and Black excellence across music, television, film, and sports.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Where to watch the 2026 BET Awards<\/em><\/h3>\n

The 2026 BET Awards<\/em> will air live on BET beginning at 8pm ET. The show will also simulcast on BET HER, CMT, LOGO, MTV, MTV2, Nickelodeon (NAN), Paramount, POP, VH1, Comedy Central, and TV Land.<\/p>\n

You can check out the full list of nominations here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Browse through the gallery below for more photos of Jaafar Jackson and Nia Long on the red carpet\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Credit: Getty Jaafar Jackson and Nia Long are hitting the red carpet together! The Michael co-stars posed for photos together as they arrived at the 2026 BET Awards on Sunday (June 28) held at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. 15 For the big event, Jaafar, 29, wore a navy outfit while Nia, 55, donned a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-248998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}