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_Published 2024-09-12. After adjusting its air date to make room for the presidential debate on Tuesday, the MTV Video Music Awards took place tonight live from UBS Arena in New York—its first time at that particular venue after spending the last two years at the Prudential Center in New Jersey._


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## Transcript

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You. And the LGBTQ community who I recognize I would not be here without and who show me that you can be both kind and. The beautiful Tank out. And for all the queer kids in the Midwest watching right now, I see you. I understand you because I'm one of you. And don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't be exactly who you want to be. The global impact that Water has had on the world just proves that African music can be pop music, too. Something that I'll always remember is that when I would finish a take, and I'd say cut, and we'd be done with that take, I would always just hear, like, someone like, like, cheering and, like, Oh.

Like, like from across. From across the studio where we were shooting it, and that one person was my boyfriend, Travis. And the fact that this is a fan voted award, and you voted for this, I appreciate it so much. And if you are over 18, please register to vote for something else that's

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