BET has apologized to Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Usher for an “audio malfunction” that muted about 5 minutes of a 13-minute speech throughout final night time’s dwell broadcast of the 2024 BET Awards.
In a press release launched to Deadline, a BET spokesperson stated, “Celebrating world icon USHER on our stage with a star-studded tribute and having him settle for his award with a heartfelt speech was an honor. Because of an audio malfunction through the LIVE telecast, parts of his speech have been inadvertently muted. We prolong our honest apologies to USHER as we couldn’t be extra grateful for his participation in Tradition’s Greatest Evening. Followers can catch his full uninterrupted speech throughout BET platforms and tonight’s encore on BET.”
Early in his speech, Usher was sometimes bleeped for utilizing curse phrases, however the lengthier muting was the audio glitch, BET says.
Usher was honored for his 30-year profession, with Infantile Gambino, Keke Palmer, Chloe Bailey, Teyana Taylor and extra performing a musical tribute to the singer on the 2024 BET Awards in Los Angeles.
At one level throughout his speech, Usher urged persistence and forgiveness in life, saying he had forgiven his absent father.
“We gotta be prepared to forgive,” Usher stated, including, “You’re standing earlier than a person who needed to forgive a person who by no means confirmed up, ever, and take a look at what I made with it. Have a look at what I used to be in a position to usher in. That’s what’s actual and that’s what makes us human.”
See Usher’s full speech under.
