Keith Lee Slams BET’s “Unprofessional” Manufacturing After Viral Mishap With Taraji P. Henson 

Keith Lee is talking out following his viral mishap with Taraji P. Henson on the 2024 BET Awards.  

The TikTok meals critic was sitting together with his spouse within the entrance row on the awards ceremony on Sunday (June 29) when three-time host Henson confused him with one other social media influencer. The clip was extensively circulated on-line, with Henson catching warmth over the fake pas. 

Nonetheless, Keith Lee stated Henson was to not blame and faulted BET for speeding the phase. Lee took to TikTok on Monday night (July 1) to make clear his ideas on the scenario. 

“Before everything, I wish to begin by saying I’m not upset at Taraji P. Henson by any stretch of the creativeness. For my part, she smoked it final evening,” he defined. “I don’t assume for one second Taraji had any in poor health will or any in poor health intentions behind the scenario. The scenario occurred the way in which it did. It’s what it’s.” 

He continued, “The complete phase on the manufacturing facet felt extraordinarily rushed. Not solely did it really feel rushed, it didn’t really feel intentional. It didn’t really feel purposeful.” 

After including that he appreciated the chance to attend the BET Awards, Lee insisted he and his spouse would have been “grateful to simply sit there and benefit from the present.” 

Keith Lee Claims BET Gave Henson “No Route”

Moreover, Lee slammed BET for the hurried manufacturing and stated he and his spouse loved the present.  

“I’ve at all times spoken about my social nervousness, and for me simply to get out and be in that second was greater than sufficient for me. So to take me and my spouse out of our seats, put us in several seats, give Taraji no route to who we’re and what we do felt extraordinarily unprepared and unprofessional to me,” Lee said.  

Shortly after Sunday’s ceremony, Lee shared a since-deleted video of him dropping the rose Henson gave him on the ground. “It was deleted as a result of my message was utterly misconstrued,” he shared.   

“The rationale I did this had nothing to do with Taraji P Henson,“ Lee stated within the new video. “I whole-heartedly consider that wasn’t my rose.”