Given the way the HR IG account announced the Peabody win yesterday, I feel like it's worth mentioning:
-The Heated Rivalry team did not find out about the win yesterday like it was a surprise; Peabody winners are always notified ahead of time, generally 1-2 weeks notice and it is under embargo until the public date.
-That lead time enables all winners to have their promo material ready, ie the entire HR team, promo and social included, would therefore have plenty of time to get their announcement material ready. So posting a solo photo and not both leads was a very conscious choice. (Oh and btw, both nominees and winners can ask the Peabody folks which photos they want highlighted for official Peabody posts!)
-Unless they have the most incompetent social and PR team ever created, it is very hard to believe the promo roll out was not run by the EP of the show.
-More than that, there is no world in which they have not seen the way POC fans have been upset about the variety of things (racist hate train on tw, criticism of public comments by JT and RR, the list goes on) that have happened re: Hudson. And they still made that choice.
*To conclude: white people, you are exhausting*