Taraji P. Henson does not have time to fret about any supposed feud or unhealthy blood with Keith Lee.
On Tuesday, Henson, 53, took to Instagram to depart a touch upon a submit shared by the celeb information account MorningJuiceBox, which referred to a mishap throughout the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday, which noticed Henson handing out roses to celebs within the viewers — but wound up getting Lee mixed up with fellow influencer Jordan Howlett.
Later, Lee, 27, shared a since-deleted TikTok that confirmed him dropping the rose he acquired on the ground, over which he wrote, “Our identify shall be identified in each room it is alleged to be, when it is alleged to be, the way it’s supposed, with no confusion. God is wonderful.”
In accordance with Henson’s remark, nonetheless, this form of alleged shade-throwing is not well worth the effort or the eye.
“Life actually is simply too quick for this habits,” Henson wrote, earlier than explaining her facet of the mix-up. “He wasn’t in his seat🤷🏾♀️ They provide movie star assigned seats! I rehearsed all rattling day to go hit my mark and that younger man wasn’t in his seat so HE MISSED HIS MOMENT!”
“His ego is damage. He shall be tremendous. I cleaned it up on the finish of the present,” she added. “No love misplaced right here.”
Henson served as host for the third year in a row, and throughout the present, she did a bit the place she “gave folks their flowers” as a approach of celebrating them. Throughout the section, Henson made her technique to the entrance of the viewers, the place Lee was sitting together with his spouse, Ronnie, which was when issues bought dicey.
Henson approached Howlett (who is named Jordan Thee Stallion on TikTok) and the Oscar-nominated actress then turned to the digicam and started a portion of the bit meant to be directed to Lee. Howlett laughed as he awkwardly pointed to Lee, and Henson rapidly pivoted and redirected her remarks whereas joking that she “bought caught up in my very own internal monologue.”
“I am so sorry!” she exclaimed.
To Lee’s credit score, the influencer, meals critic and former MMA fighter clarified in a TikTok on Monday that he wasn’t upset with Henson at all, however slightly felt the present did a poor job of organizing the bit.
“I’m not upset at Taraji P. Henson by any stretch of the creativeness,” Lee stated in a video he recorded from inside his automobile. “And never solely that, in my view, she smoked it final night time.”
Within the submit, Lee defined that the video of him dropping the rose was not meant to indicate he was mad at Henson.
“The explanation I did this had nothing to do with Taraji P. Henson. The explanation I did that is that I wholeheartedly consider it wasn’t my rose, it wasn’t my second. It was given to me, but it surely wasn’t mine,” he shared. “I all the time say, I do not need nothing that wasn’t mine.”
Lee stated the complete section “felt extraordinarily unprepared and unprofessional” and that they’d him and his spouse change seats to facilitate the bit, however did not do what they wanted to to be able to ensure the section was a hit — which additionally proved embarrassing for Henson.
“It’s what it’s. I simply want they might have set each of us up for achievement in that scenario,” Lee stated.
Previous to heading inside for the present, ET spoke to Lee on the blue carpet, who dished about attending the occasion alongside his spouse.
“It is wonderful. I am blessed to be right here,” Lee shared. “We glance wonderful. My spouse seems wonderful. God is wonderful. I am simply right here. I am grateful. We’re in every single place we’re alleged to be always.”
Lee stated that by no means in his wildest desires would he have imagined attending the occasion together with his spouse, however he was grateful.
“I would not have believed,” he stated. “I all the time knew that I’d be anyone, I all the time knew that God destined one thing for me particular. I simply by no means knew what path it was going to take me and I am right here for each path that he places me on.”
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