BET is apologizing to Usher after portions of his 13-minute speech were muted. When Usher accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award during Sunday's BET Awards, he got passionate and some of his words cut off as he began to curse to fully express himself. BET is now apologizing to the singer, adding that an "audio malfunction" led to portions of his speech being muted.
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00:00I'm telling you you standing before a man who had to forgive a man who never showed up ever and look what I made with it
00:07Look what I was able to usher in
00:10BET is apologizing to usher after portions of his 13-minute BET Awards acceptance speech were muted when usher accepted the Lifetime Achievement
00:17Award during Sunday's BET Awards
00:20He got passionate and some of his words were cut off as he began to curse to fully express himself
00:24I know it's a L in there, but
00:26It
00:28made sense and
00:30The reality is you have to express your goals outwardly
00:36BET is now apologizing to the singer adding that an audio malfunction led to portions of his speech being muted a BET
00:42spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter
00:44Celebrating global icon usher on our stage with a star-studded tribute and having him accept his award with the heartfelt speech was an honor
00:50Due to an audio malfunction during the live telecast portions of his speech were inadvertently muted
00:56The statement continued we extend our sincere apologies to usher as we couldn't be more grateful for his participation in culture's biggest night
01:03Fans can catch his full uninterrupted speech across BET platforms and tonight's encore on BET
01:08For more on his speech and much more on the BET Awards head to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter news