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
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