{"id":523992,"date":"2026-06-08T03:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T03:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/523992\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T03:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T03:42:13","slug":"pink-kicks-off-tony-awards-as-1st-time-host-with-family-by-her-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/523992\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink kicks off Tony Awards as 1st time host with family by her side"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pink<\/a> took center stage at the 79th Annual Tony Awards<\/a> on Sunday night, making her debut as host of Broadway’s biggest celebration and opening the ceremony with a star-studded musical number at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.<\/p>\n

The Grammy Award-winning<\/a> singer arrived on the red carpet with her family by her side, including husband Carey Hart, daughter Willow Hart, son Jameson Hart and her mother, Judith Moore.<\/p>\n

\"Jenny<\/p>\n

Jenny Anderson\/Getty Images for Tony Awards Pro – Judith Moore, Willow Hart, P!NK, Jameson Hart and Carey Hart attend The 79th Annual Tony Awards on June 07, 2026 in New York City.<\/p>\n

Pink wore a sparkling black gown featuring dramatic ruffles and a sweeping train as she prepared to take on hosting duties for the first major awards show of her career.<\/p>\n

The show began with a seven-minute opening number featuring Pink alongside Queen Latifah, Rachel Zegler and Leslie Odom Jr., backed by more than 170 performers.<\/p>\n

The production featured music by Tony Award-winning songwriting duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul in collaboration with Oscar-winning songwriter Mark Sonnenblick, with choreography by Sarah O’Gleby.<\/p>\n

Pink issues online challenge: ‘Go ONE day without criticizing someone’<\/a><\/p>\n

Ahead of the ceremony, Pink admitted she was feeling both excited and nervous about the high-profile hosting gig.<\/p>\n

“Terri-cited,” Pink said during a recent appearance<\/a> on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” describing herself as a mix of terrified and excited.<\/p>\n

“I’ll probably fall. But that’s good,” she joked. “I tell my own audience if I fall, please laugh so we can move on.”<\/p>\n

Pink said she planned to poke fun at herself as soon as she took the stage.<\/p>\n

\"Dimitrios<\/p>\n

Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images for Tony Awards Pro – P!NK attends The 79th Annual Tony Awards on June 07, 2026 in New York City.<\/p>\n

“My one rule was that I have to make fun of myself as soon as I hit the stage, however I hit the stage, and that’s what I’m doing,” she said at the time. “It’s going to be so much fun.”<\/p>\n

The hosting role holds special significance for the singer because of Willow’s love of musical theater.<\/p>\n

During her conversation with Meyers, Pink described her daughter as “Broadway obsessed” and said the theater community has been supportive of the teenager’s dreams.<\/p>\n

Pink’s husband wishes her a happy 40th birthday in heartfelt post: ‘You just keep getting better’<\/a><\/p>\n

“I have found everyone to be very enveloping and welcoming and lovely, actually,” Pink said.<\/p>\n

The Tony Awards, which honor the best of Broadway, are airing live on CBS and streamed on Paramount+ from Radio City Music Hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pink took center stage at the 79th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday night, making her debut as host…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[33767,434,18,117,19,17,226294,226293,969,33768,182214,176043,226292],"class_list":["post-523992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-carey-hart","tag-celebrities","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jameson-hart","tag-judith-moore","tag-new-york-city","tag-pink","tag-radio-city-music-hall","tag-tony-awards","tag-willow-hart"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}