Keith Lee is clarifying that his aggravated response to a BET Awards midshow mixup had nothing to do with Taraji P. Henson. “That wasn’t my rose, that wasn’t my second,” stated the meals critic.
As beforehand reported Taraji blended up TikToker Jordan Howlett a.okay.a. Jordan Thee Stallion with TikToker Keith Lee in the course of the ceremony in a cringeworthy second earlier than apologizing.
“I bought caught up in my very own interior monologue, I’m so sorry,” she stated whereas ordering her skit companion to present him a rose.
And whereas BET Awards watchers moved on from the awkward second, an apparently aggravated Keith Lee posted and deleted a shady message.
“Our title might be recognized in each room its imagined to be; when it’s imagined to be, the way it supposed, with no confusion. God is superb #Grateful,” he posted on TikTok accoding to TheNeighborhoodTalk.
Quite a few Taraji P. Henson followers thought the meals reviewer was shading Taraji, however he’s since clarified that his publish was truly geared toward BET manufacturing for dashing to place the on-camera second collectively.
Keith Lee Denies Shading Taraji P. Henson Over BET Awards Blunder
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“At the start, I need to begin by saying I’m not upset at Taraji P. Henson by any stretch of the creativeness,” stated Lee on his official TikTok account. “Not solely that however for my part, she smoked it final evening. I don’t suppose for one second Taraji had any sick will or any sick intentions behind the state of affairs. The state of affairs occurred the best way it did. It’s what it’s.”
He continued and defined why he tossed the rose that was given to him within the sketch.
“The explanation I did this had nothing to do with Taraji P. Henson,” he stated. “I wholeheartedly consider that wasn’t my rose, that wasn’t my second it was given to me however it wasn’t mine. I need what’s meant for me, nothing much less, no extra.”
“The complete section on the manufacturing aspect felt extraordinarily rushed,” he added. “Not solely did it really feel rushed, it didn’t really feel intentional. It didn’t really feel purposeful.”
He went on to acknowledge that whereas he was grateful to be on the awards present along with his spouse, he would’ve most popular to remain seated in his unique seats somewhat than transfer for what was imagined to be a humorous bit.
“I’ve at all times spoken about my social anxiousness, and for me simply to get out and be in that second was greater than sufficient for me,” stated Lee. “So to take me and my spouse out of our seats, put us in several seats, give Taraji no course to who we’re and what we do felt extraordinarily unprepared and unprofessional to me.”
He continued,
“I by no means longed for the highlight, if I ever needed the highlight I might’ve accepted 1 / 4 of the alternatives that’s been offered to us. By no means as soon as was I upset that Taraji didn’t know who I used to be.”
What do YOU take into consideration Keith Lee clarifying his BET Awards response publish? Did YOU suppose he was shading Taraji?