Source: John Nacion / Getty Pharrell Williams may always be cool as a cucumber, but the recent backlash he received over his political commentary clearly has him hot. The multi-hyphenate creator took to the stage to accept the Shoe of the Year Award at the 2025 Footwear News Achievement Awards and decided to set the record straight on his true beliefs, The Grio reports. "Sound bite this. Since most people don't like to read or do research anymore, sound bite this," he said. "God is the greatest. Sound bite this. I;m from Virginia. Sound bite this. You don't know I know.