BET Apologies To Usher For “Audio Malfunction” That Muted Part Of Lifetime Achievement Speech
deadline.comBET has apologized to Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Usher for an “audio malfunction” that muted about five minutes of a 13-minute speech during last night’s live broadcast of the 2024 BET Awards.
In a statement released to Deadline, a BET spokesperson said, “Celebrating global icon USHER on our stage with a star-studded tribute and having him accept his award with a heartfelt speech was an honor.
Due to an audio malfunction during the LIVE telecast, portions of his speech were inadvertently muted. We extend our sincere apologies to USHER as we couldn’t be more grateful for his participation in Culture’s Biggest Night.
Fans can catch his full uninterrupted speech across BET platforms and tonight’s encore on BET.” Early in his speech, Usher was occasionally bleeped for using curse words, but the lengthier muting was the audio glitch, BET says.
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