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 B.Scott vs BET Lawsuit

Behind the scenes at last year’s BET Awards pre-show, B. Scott ( gender-conforming host) and BET Music Programming President, Stephen Hill were at odds over wardrobe. According to TMZ:

During last year’s BET Awards pre-show … Scott appeared in his garb in the first segment but claims he was then ordered to change his clothes and remove his makeup … he obliged but was never put back on the air.

BET Music Programming Prez Stephen Hill wrote a pointed email before the show … “I don’t want ‘looking like a woman B Scott.’  I want tempered B Scott.”
Network VP Rhonda Cowan offered help, “I can speak to him about being less ‘womanly.’

BET had a potential public relations disaster on its hands … because B. Scott went ballistic after being told to change clothes.  BET producer Stephanie Hodges wrote an email shortly after the broadcast, confessing, “He got upset and said he was going to blow this s**t up and call GLAAD.”

BET has said it “embraces global diversity” and regrets unintentionally offending anyone in the LGBT community.

But we got an email showing the network was far more cunning.  It’s from BET honcho Monique Ware:

“The spin should be he was late for a live show and subsequently replaced and it would have been awkward in a live show to have the person assuming his role removed and him inserted.”  It seems she’s saying it would be weird for him to come back on the air as a man.

Ware goes on … “Unless we can make public the reason we didn’t want him dressed the way he normally does, I would stay away from suits, suit selections, etc.”

Hiring a transgender host is commendable by BET. But asking B. Scott to look less womanly is hilarious at best. Here is B. Scott on MSNBC, explaining the lawsuit.