AOL's Jawn Murray says host walked out after confrontation with
producer. October
23, 2008
[image: Katt Williams]
*BlackVoices.com's Jawn Murray is reporting that Katt Williams was
missing in action as host of the BET Hip-Hop Awards last weekend because he
got into a diva spat with one of the show's producers.
"Katt was disrespectful, difficult and demanding throughout the
process and his unprovoked verbal lashing on the producer was unwarranted,"
a source close to the production is quoted as saying.
Murray says the whole thing started when Williams rolled up to the set
three hours late in an RV he was driving himself. A producer greeted him and
wanted to escort him into the rehearsal.
"He hopped out of his RV and went into a 'do you know who I am'
rant," the source told Murray. "He was angry and wanted to know who called
the union on him, because there had been an issue with Katt's camp trying to
over-schedule the backup dancers."
Murray continues: "Apparently the Ohio-bred star of 'First Sunday'
then went into rehearsal and acted as though nothing was wrong, but moments
later abruptly stopped rehearsal and declared: 'Someone owes me an apology.
I'm sorry, I can't go on without an apology.' BET brass scrambled to
resolve the situation.
"Williams lined up his entire staff and demanded that the network or
someone from Cosette Productions have the unsuspecting producer apologize to
each of them. Said producer refused, standing by the fact that Williams'
attack on her was unprovoked and superfluous.
"The 'Friday After Next' star, who hosted two previous BET Hip-Hop
Awards, then left the rehearsal and refused to return until an apology was
ready to be issued.
When it was determined that Williams had no intention to return for
rehearsals the day before the show, producers then had to salvage the show
and find a replacement host.
The call went out to T-Pain at 1 a.m. the morning of the show to fill
the slot and the vocoder-loving singer went into cram mode to prepare for
that evening."
Meanwhile, BET's official reason for replacing Williams with T-Pain
was posted on their Web site – which states Williams gave up his hosting gig
after losing a break dance competition with T-Pain.
Murray wrote: "BET's publicist said that their Web site account of
the story is the only statement they have as well."
The BET Hip-Hop Awards airs tonight at 8.
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"Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over
their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change."
- Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
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