Karrueche Tran who has been under severe heat after she made a tasteless joke about Blue Ivy's natural hair, has issued a public apology and also released a statement via her rep. Even BET’s President of Music Programming and Specials, Stephen Hill, has come to the model’s defense, begging fans not to “hate on Karrueche.”
Karrueche Tran entered big trouble, after receiving countless tweets condemning her rude remark about Blue Ivy’s natural VMAs curls on BET’s ‘106 & Park’. Imitating 2-year-old Blue Ivy, Karrueche said: “I really did wake up like this, because my parents never comb my hair.” Right after that comment, the model giggled and said: “Sorry, Blue! I love you!” But her apology came too late, and the Twitterverse promptly attacked Karrueche for what she said!
Karrueche later took to Twitter to apologize, saying: ”Now y’all know I LOVE me some Beyoncé and Blue Ivy! I didn’t write this script y’all lol.” But it seems that wasn’t enough. So yesterday, Tuesday August 26, Karrueche released the following statement through her publicist:
"Yesterday, Karrueche Tran co-hosted 106 & Park and while hosting the show, she made a comment about Blue Ivy’s hair during the segment “Top Six Things Blue Ivy Thought at the VMAs”. In no way did Karrueche mean to offend Blue Ivy or her parents, Beyonce and Jay Z.
This was Karrueche’s first time hosting on live television. Although she had been rehearsing the script for days, there was a script change ten minutes before showtime to add coverage of the VMAs and the Mike Brown Memorial. Karrueche had not reviewed the revised script until she read it on the teleprompter.
Karrueche is taking full responsibility for the comment but wants it clear that she would not mock a child, “I am a huge Beyonce fan and I love Blue Ivy. I apologize for the comment and wish I had a chance to review the revised script so that I could have avoided participating in that segment.”
Karrueche admires girls and women who wear natural hair, “I love that Blue is able to wear her natural hair. I laugh when I am nervous and when I registered what I had just said, I of course was taken aback.”
BET’s President of Music Programming and Specials, Stephen Hill, also took to Twitter to apologize for the offensive comment, saying:
"Last night on 106 & Park there was a stupid, unthoughtful joke made about a young child. We apologize publically to the child’s parents (and have done so privately) and we have taken punitive actions with those responsible.It was very bad judgment and we will serve you much better in the future. Oh, and please don’t hate on Karrueche; it was NOT her fault. We also apologize to her for putting her in that position."
According to reports,106 & Park has been suspended.
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