The Internet Collectively Nodded In Approval After ‘Moonlight’ Won Best Kiss At The MTV Awards

Moonlight won Best Kiss at the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards, and not only did the audience in the room love Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome’s accepting speech for the award but the internet was going crazy about it as well. We’ve come a long way since the cheesy, yet fun, faux-make out days of Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, and while the awards show might be trying to hard with the “woke” nature of some awards wins this is still a great occurrence.

The internet was all over the big moment, and it makes a nice bookend after Moonlight didn’t get a pure moment to celebrate after the Oscars debacle that took place during its Best Picture win. The outpouring of excitement and fan support for the moment, and that it won a semi-major award on national television, is a testament to how important representation like this is in both movies and television.

Fans couldn’t contain their excitement about the win, and the Twitter reactions proved it. It’s genuinely not often Twitter sentiment is coalesces into such a heartwarming moment as this but it sure is great to see especially in a time when — even though representation is rising with more gay characters and storylines in shows and movies — those storylines aren’t necessarily being awarded on a big stage such as this. This moment isn’t the first same sex kiss to win the award, as Selma Blair and Sarah Michelle Gellar took home the popcorn for their Cruel Intentions lip lock but suffice it to say this is the first same sex pairing to win for a kiss that is emotional honest and truly representative of the gay experience.

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Someone even took this opportunity to remind La La Land fans what the score is.