Naturi Naughton — who many of you may know from her 3LW days as well her roles in Notorious and Starz’s series Power — was brutally honest on Thursday when stopped by TMZ cameramen. The 34-year-old actress — who actually took home an NAACP Award for her role on the 50 Cent-produced series — says that it’s probably best Jussie’s favor that he not a participate in the upcoming awards despite his nomination.
“This is tricky, because we actually both won last year,” she said. “Me and Jussie won as Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and I’m a fan and I love him, but if anybody else was indicted 16 times, like 16 counts, for committing a crime, a hoax, you want to have them represent the NAACP? That’s not what the NAACP stands for.”
Sis then added,“I feel like he should kind of get canceled,” before suggesting that the actor should, on his own accord, not attend the ceremony.
“I think he, just being gracious and respecting the fact that, ‘You know what? This has not been a good look for me, I should just sit this one out and let somebody else have that nomination spot,'” she said.
Despite all this, the NJ native said that she has love for the Sum of my Music singer saying “I love Jussie, but I also feel like, you know, you do the crime, you do the time.”
We can only wonder how the Image Awards will play out this weekend. Peep the video of what Naturi had to say below. Do you agree?
