This Is Us Wondering Why the Hell Sterling K. Brown Wasn’t at the AFI Awards With His Costars

The cast of This Is Us stepped out in style for the AFI Awards luncheon in LA on Friday, but one very important person was missing in action: Sterling K. Brown. The actor – who made headlines this week when it was announced that he’d be joining the cast of the much-anticipated Black Panther movie – was nowhere to be seen, though his onscreen parents Mandy Moore and Milo Ventimiglia , sister Chrissy Metz, and wife Susan Kelechi Watson held down the fort and posed together for photos both on the red carpet and inside the event.