“The Jennifer Hudson Present” continues to welcome their well-known company with a enjoyable twist. Earlier than every celeb makes their approach to the stage, workers and crew clap, cheer, dance, and sing within the “spirit tunnel,” usually recreating songs related to the company.
Some of the viral spirit tunnels featured Aaron Pierre again in December 2024. Followers couldn’t cover their thirst — a lot so, the daytime speak present turned off the video’s feedback on their social media pages. The workers’s catchy and quirky chant, “Aaron, Pierre, that’s Mufasaaa!,” is now a family saying.
Enter Omari Hardwick.
The “Subsequent Day Air” actor took to the hype hallway the place the present’s workers remixed the theme track to “Energy,” initially carried out by Joe and 50 Cent on their 2014 observe “Large Wealthy City.”
Hardwick, sporting a tangerine-colored go well with and brown sneakers, danced his means down the corridor, waving his arms, clapping, and high-fiving workers. The video, posted on Wednesday (March 26) has garnered over 129,000 likes on Instagram as of this writing.
“Eeek not me getting a lil dance and twirl from Ghost!,” one particular person wrote underneath Hudson’s present publish. “I imply at this level, can the spirit tunnel be nominated for an EMMY?,” a second added, whereas a 3rd person complimented, “One thing about that ORAAANNNGE with melanin.”
“There’s a lot strain strolling down after Aaron Pierre,” one other particular person added. “Put the sneakers again neow… he will get a lil move cuz he so high quality tho,” one other Instagram person stated, whereas one other added: “Okay he appears to be like good in his Suge Knight go well with.”
The 51-year-old himself took to the feedback, thanking the “multitalented J Hud & the @jenniferhudsonshow TEAM….I recognize the love & years of humbling fanship!! And for all of you followers regular or petty….contemplating that my job as an artist is to make you’re feeling….it’s a blessing to make you’re feeling some kinda means🙏🏾.”
Some in contrast the Hollywood heartthrob’s look to Aaron Pierre’s.
In December, Pierre had the women going loopy, along with social media customers who recreated his viral dance strikes. The unique TikTok, posted on Jan. 6, has over 6.2 million likes. Oh, and over 500,000 bookmarks.
Even Cleveland Browns’ quarterback Jameis Winston was impressed by Pierre’s suave strikes and recreated them in a hilarious TikTok.
Regardless of the thirst-trapping spirit tunnels that permits celebs to let unfastened earlier than an interview, the development is usually referred to as out for the quantity of individuals, or lack thereof, taking part relying on the visitor.
Present company together with Latto, Usher, Michelle Obama, and John Legend had packed crowds for his or her walks by the tunnel. Nonetheless, different company like Khalid, Druski, and Large Sean haven’t had practically as packed crowds for his or her introduction.
“Michelle’s was loopy rattling close to a fireplace hazard how many individuals confirmed up,” one person wrote, whereas a second commented how they “felt unhealthy when Tasha Cobbs got here trigger that corridor was empttyyy.”