About a third of the speech was muted during the broadcast and only heard by those in attendance on Sunday night.Photo: FilmMagic
BET Award winners weren’t able to hear a large portion of one of the night’s highlights — until now.
BET has apologized to Usher, explained why around a third of his 12-minute Lifetime Achievement Award speech were dropped out, and posting the full, uncensored speech in its entirety to YouTube. A spokesperson told Billboard, "Due to an audio malfunction during the LIVE telecast, portions of his speech were inadvertently muted… 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,… We extend our sincere apologies to USHER as we couldn’t be more grateful for his participation in Culture’s Biggest Night.”
Those in attendance confirmed that outside of a few four-letter words, that there wasn’t any major explicit language during Usher’s speech and the portion that was muted. The full speech is now up to watch on YouTube and BET platforms, or just scroll down below: