Most Awkward BET Awards Moments

By June 29, 2009 5:04 pm

Some moments drew laughs while others were just crass, but these were some of the most awkward moments from the 2009 BET Awards.

5) OG Don Cornelius Is Left Hanging

Proof positive that BET needs to step their teleprompter game up. Presenter Don Cornelius was left to ramble between pregnant pauses to the point where even one of the O’Jay’s joked that “Don, is still talking…”

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4) Kerry Hilson is a hero to most…

Keri must have thought Mike’s ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley was in the audience because the end of her set looked more like an Elvis tribute than anything else.

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3) Ving Rames Draws Guns & Butter

While Tyrese and Taraji P Henson drew a good laugh imitating their characters from Baby Boy, co-star Ving Rhames took it one step too far stating that “Michael Jackson is guns and butter is these other punk a$$ award shows” referring to his “Guns and Butter” speech. Yes, Mike appreciates in value, we get it, but the execution and timing were just bad.

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2) Young Money & The Young Girls

As if Drake sitting on a stool wasn’t weird enough (he was reportedly nursing a torn ACL) the inclusion of these pre-teen girls as the backdrop to the raunchy, “Every Girl” was not a good look.

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BET AWARDS: Young Money Performs “Every Girl”

1) Eddie Levert tests the censors

In the middle of his acceptance speech for the O’Jay’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Eddie Levert began reminiscing about Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” video shoot. His trip down memory lane took a slight detour into the gutter but he recovered in style.

“Snow was blowing, wind was blowing and people was dancing and sh*t…” The censors were asleep at the wheel and the faux pas made the air. After catching himself he recovered with the admission, “My name is Eddie…this is what I do.”

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Did we miss any? You know there were more!


VIDEO: Drake’s Post BET Awards Interview!

GALLERY: 2009 BET Awards

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  • 7-27-2009 3:13 pm

    OMG!!! I thought I was the only person who thought Keri Hilson was paying tribute to Elvis instead of Mike Jackson in my opinion she made a complete fool out of yourself

  • 7-26-2009 9:11 am

    I thought B.E.T was just pushing people out on the stage and was like go you next just do something it was horrible.

  • 7-25-2009 6:43 pm

    those were wayne and birdmans daughters but they shouldnt been on stage vibin to i wanna bang every girl not a good look and then wuts an mj tribute without cris brown honestly!!!? they black balled lil homie!!! oyea eddie levert hilarious “they was dancin and s**t” roflmao

  • 7-24-2009 4:02 pm

    I thought the awards were actually better than i thought considering all the changes thay had to make to include the legendary MJ…But i havent liked bet in a while all the rest of the stations do as they please but the only and i mean only black station we have has to be so conservative we don’t even have a show that plays videos and entertainment worth watching all u see is re runs of soul plane are any other poorly made black movie BET let’s get it together…..confused

  • 7-24-2009 12:23 pm

    SET NEEDS A ASS WHOOPING THIS SHOW SUCKED THEY NEED TO STOP ALL THIS FORMAL S**T AND DO IT LIKE IT WAS BACK IN THE DAY

  • 7-24-2009 10:59 am

    The only performances worth watching was Keri Hilson and Neyo tribute to Michael, and Tyreese, Gill,Songs tribute to the Ojays and The Ojays themselves….The rest was garbage…BET STEP YOUR GAME UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 7-24-2009 10:50 am

    No that was a Fu$ked up show. And what was the guns and butter thing about. Come on, they should have left it like was.

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