Comic Druski not too long ago shared a screenshot of Chris Rock calling him the “greatest host ever” after he hosted the 2026 BET Awards, held on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 28. Chris Rock hosted the BET Awards for the primary and solely time in 2014, and the actor appeared impressed with Druski’s internet hosting skill.
On June 29, the comic took to Instagram Story to share a screenshot of a textual content message that Rock despatched him, saying he was “unimaginable” on the awards ceremony and had “formally retired” him.
“Hey unimaginable. Greatest host ever. You formally retired me. Hats off your the very best,” the message learn.
Chris Rock beforehand mentioned internet hosting the BET Awards in a March 2015 interview with BET. He known as the annual awards ceremony “essentially the most enjoyable” he had ever had internet hosting an awards present, saying he would like to return to his internet hosting duties sometime.
“The entire thing was most likely essentially the most enjoyable I’ve had doing an awards present. You already know, I’ve hosted the Oscars, the MTV awards, however the BET Awards was by far essentially the most enjoyable. It was the very best viewers, the most important laughs. It is only a enjoyable present. I actually adore it, I really like the present. I hope to do it once more sometime,” Rock stated.
Exploring Druski’s viral moments from the BET Awards
Druski did not let the momentum slip for even a second as he went all out for his internet hosting duties on the BET Awards. The comic, recognized for his comedy sketches, revived his megachurch pastor character from a sketch that went viral earlier this January. The character is thought for aggressively gathering donations and Druski took issues a step additional, roasting Stevie Marvel throughout the sketch by displaying the singer’s reported web price in what he stated was Braille.
The comic additionally poked enjoyable at Jay-Z’s Roots Picnic freestyle in Philadelphia final month, the place the rapper turned heads for seemingly dissing his friends, together with Drake and Nicki Minaj. In the course of the BET Awards, Druski tried his hand at some freestyle bars, rapping,”You say I’m nominated, however the locks are segregated/I’m the sh*t, which implies I’m constipated.”
Druski additionally revived his Coulda Been Auditions sequence by auditioning three individuals on stage, together with a “gangster” with a BBL, Durand Bernarr, and a white man, who was eradicated for not being Black. And that is not all. The comic has some brushes with well-known faces within the viewers, and his interplay with Ray J and Keke Palmer went viral on-line.
Whereas strolling down the theater, Druski noticed Ray J and questioned him about his well being scare earlier this January, the place the singer claimed he solely had months left to stay and that solely 25% of his coronary heart was working. The comic questioned why Ray J lied to individuals, saying:
“Why you misinform us, man? I believed you was gon’ be lifeless. I’mma get away from you, man. Ray J, you already know that’s incorrect, man. You lied to all of us! I used to be praying for you and every thing. We was rooting for you!”
His different viral interplay was with Keke Palmer, who shut down his makes an attempt at a flirtation by saying that she wasn’t on the awards for a relationship. Palmer additionally snatched the microphone away from the comic and joked that the internet hosting gig ought to have been hers, earlier than welcoming Cardi B onstage for her efficiency.
“Why the hell would they have you ever host? And that is the issue with BET. They be tripping as a result of this could have been me. I received it. This subsequent efficiency is by a Grammy Award-winning artist who got here by dripping, it has been up til it is caught. Give it up for the one and solely Cardi B,” Palmer stated.
In different information, Chris Rock was not the one comic and actor to reward Druski for his internet hosting gig on the BET Awards. Martin Lawrence, who attended the occasion, gave a nod of appreciation for the comic in his Instagram submit concerning the awards ceremony, writing, “Shoutout to my brotha @druski who introduced that.”
Edited by Juhi Marzia
