BET apologizes to Usher for delivering the majority of his acceptance speech on the BET Awards final night time.
Usher accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles shortly after an all-star tribute to the singer from Infantile Gambino, Victoria Monet, Coco Jones and extra. He started his speech by saying that he had not ready something to share however that he “likes to speak.” From there, he started cursing and the audio was lower off for almost 4 minutes of his 13-minute speech.
“As a result of an audio glitch in the course of the stay broadcast, a part of his speech was inadvertently muted,” BET mentioned in a press release to Billboard. “Celebrating international icon Usher on our stage in a star-studded manner and bringing the world to life It was an honor for him to simply accept the award with a heartfelt speech… We provide our honest apologies to Usher, as we’re very grateful for his participation within the greatest night time of tradition”.
Hypothesis abounded on social media as to why Usher’s speech was censored, with many speculating that it had one thing to do with the swearing. Some speculated he was speaking about his relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs, although that was rapidly dismissed by attendees in addition to the total, uncensored speech posted to YouTube on the BET account this morning Revealed by fragments.
Antonio “LA” Reid and Babyface (who co-founded LaFace Information and signed the singer as a teenager) bestowed the respect on Usher, who has collaborated with Mentor Jermaine Dupri and others stood collectively on stage.
BET will rebroadcast the awards present tonight at 8pm ET. Try the total speech beneath.
