Blue Ivy Joke Gets BET Producer Suspended

Blue Ivy may be the child of two of the most famous–and, arguably, influential–people in the world, but that doesn’t mean she’s exempt from ridicule. The 2-year old was the sub...
Blue Ivy Joke Gets BET Producer Suspended
Written by Amanda Crum

Blue Ivy may be the child of two of the most famous–and, arguably, influential–people in the world, but that doesn’t mean she’s exempt from ridicule. The 2-year old was the subject of a joke on a recent episode of the BET show 106 & Park, and now a producer at the network has been suspended.

The joke came about during an episode that had co-host Karrueche Tran imagining what Blue Ivy was thinking during the MTV Video Music Awards, which she attended with her parents, Jay-Z and Beyonce.

“I really did wake up like this, because my parents never comb my hair,” Tran said.

Although Tran didn’t write the joke–which was part of a list she read on-air–she was targeted on social media by several people, prompting BET’s President of Music Programming, Stephen Hill, to write a 4-part apology on Twitter.

It’s not clear who the producer was or when they will be allowed to return to work.

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