BET has reportedly suspended a television producer after a joke about Beyonce and Jay Z’s daughter aired on the network’s music video countdown show 106 & Park. A source at the network is thought to have said that the decision was made after the remark about two-year-old Blue Ivy’s hair on Sunday evening.
In a segment about the little one’s hypothetical thoughts during MTV’s Video Music Awards, guest host Karrueche Tran said: ‘I really did wake up like this, because my parents never comb my hair. The dig certainly didn’t go down well with fans of the superstar couple either, who were quick to slam the 26-year-old for the decidedly low blow against an innocent child.
After she delivered the joke, she obviously regretted the scripted diss and awkwardly giggled before adding: ‘Sorry Blue, I love you!’ But it wasn’t good enough for fans, who took to Twitter in their droves to call her out on the mean-spirited ‘joke’. A source close to Tran told TMZ she simply read the joke verbatim off the teleprompter, the script apparently hadn’t changed since rehearsals.
She insisted she didn’t see the joke beforehand and was mortified afterwards, with both she and her manager going ‘nuclear’ because they too felt the comment was in ‘poor taste’. Speaking to TMZ, Karrueche admitted she actually admired the child’s hairstyle, saying: ‘I love that Blue is able to wear her natural hair.’
BET President Stephen Hill also issued an apology via Twitter (above), in which he revealed that he had reached out to Beyoncé and Jay Z and is taking ‘punitive’ actions.
Hmmm, make dem dey try comb the pikin hair – too many jokes on that already!
