BET suspends producer after joke about Blue Ivy's hair
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Beyonce on stage hugs Jay Z and their daughter Blue Ivy as she accepts the Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum, in Inglewood, Calif. (The Associated Press)
BET has suspended a producer after a joke about Beyonce and Jay Z's daughter that aired Monday on the network's music video countdown show, "106 & Park."
A source at BET, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to discuss the matter publicly, said the producer was suspended after a remark about 2-year-old Blue Ivy's hair.
On Monday's show during a segment about Blue Ivy's hypothetical thoughts during Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, guest host Karrueche Tran said: "I really did wake up like this, because my parents never comb my hair." Blue Ivy joined her mother onstage at the VMAs.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Stephen Hill, BET's president of music programming and specials, publicly apologized on Twitter.
"Last night on 106 & Park there was a stupid, unthoughtful joke made about a young child," Hill tweeted.
Hill also said the network privately apologized to Beyonce and Jay Z.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}BET didn't return an email seeking comment Wednesday.
Tran, who has dated singer Chris Brown on and off, tweeted Tuesday that she did not write the joke. She wrote: "Now y'all know I LOVE me some Beyonce and Blue Ivy!"
Hill also tweeted that it was not Tran's fault.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"We also apologize to her for putting her in that position," he wrote.