MTV Europe Music Awards will be held Nov. 14 in Hungary, despite the country’s recent passage of anti-LGBTQ legislation.
Jack Harlow poses ahead of the MTV EMA's 2020 on Oct. 26, 2020 in Los Angeles.The MTV Europe Music Awards will be held Nov. 14 in Hungary, the network said Tuesday , reaffirming and defending the location despite the country’s recent . The ceremony is an opportunity to make a stand for gay and trans civil rights worldwide in the central European nation that has moved to curtail them, said Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of MTV Entertainment Group Worldwide.
“We’re looking forward to using the event to amplify our voices and stand in solidarity with our LGBTQ siblings,” McCarthy said in an interview with The Associated Press. No government censorship of the telecast will be tolerated, McCarthy said. “We’ve made it very clear and we have from the beginning.... we do not allow editorial input as it relates to the artists” and the content we create, he said. “That’s always a condition regardless of whatever country we go into.
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