Batiste married Jaouad, an Emmy Award-winning journalist and author, in 2022. She was diagnosed with a rare form of acute myeloid leukemia in 2011. They were filming “American Symphony” when his Jaouad was diagnosed with cancer again.

Batiste’s emotional delivery of the national anthem followed Lady Gaga’s performance of the Top Gun: Maverick anthem “Hold My Hand,” the Southern University Human Jukebox Marching Band and Master P, Harry Connick Jr.’s rendition of “Go to the Mardi Gras,” and Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle’s “America the Beautiful.”