So the JD / Erika hug, is it just fun to troll, or do you think it was inappropriate?
I really don't know if they had any close relationship prior to Kirk's death, but they certainly had met, probably many times. I just looked up the hug and it actually took me longer than expected to see it as I wanted to see it from start to end, many just clipped it from approach to embrace and cut off, or from embrace to walk off. I was expecting some super long hug, maybe a little groping, hip thrusts, passionate kissing, spanking, etc based on what i've heard about it. I just timed it, from the time JD is announced, walks out on stage, walks to meet Erika, they hug, and Erika walks off of the stage was 17 seconds. Actual physical contact was from the 8 second to 12 second mark of the video I saw, that's from her reaching out to touch him to her still keeping her hand on his shoulder as they separated and she began to walk off.