Winning An Award, Chadwick Boseman's Wife Gives A Heartfelt Speech

Chadwick Boseman (David Lee/Netflix)

JAKARTA - The late actor Chadwick Boseman received the Actor Tribute Award at the 2021 Gotham Awards today, Tuesday, January 12, United States time.

This award was received by Boseman's wife, Taylor Simone Leward, and she gave a public address for the first time.

Leward says Boseman is the most honest person he has ever met. "He was able to give his full appearance to really present himself and his character," he was quoted as saying by Indiewire on the same day.

"The truth can be a very easy thing to avoid by oneself, but if one is not living the truth it is impossible to live up to the divine purpose for your life."

And that's how he lives his life, day after day. Imperfect and determined. By doing so, he is able to give himself completely at all times, to be truly present in his own life and in the life of the person who is himself. "

Concluding his speech, Leward ended with “Chad, thank you. I love you. I am proud of you. Keep shining on us with your light. "

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is Chadwick Boseman's last film before his death in August 2020. Boseman plays Levee, the trumpet player who accompanies Ma Rainey (played by Viola Davis) in his musical career at a recording session in Chicago in 1920.

In addition to Actor Tribute, Boseman received a Best Actor nomination but Riz Ahmed won the trophy for the film Sound of Metal.

Taylor Simone Leward and Chadwick Boseman have been in contact since 2015. The two of them married privately in 2019 and this relationship was only announced by the family in an official statement regarding the death of Boseman.