Sunday night’s BET Awards gave us an incredibly uncomfortable red carpet interview with Joe Budden and the Migos.
Things seemed to begin to unravel when Budden’s co-host DJ Akademiks had to ask Takeoff to repeat himself multiple times, at which point Budden asked if they could “wrap this up.” But as the interview continued, Budden abruptly got to his feet and dropped his mic on the way out.
The whole interview, as well as the reactions afterward, went viral, as did the reaction memes and gifs stemming from the show.
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Three days later, Budden is now saying that he acted purposefully and that he meant to send a statement to the Migos.
“I’m not saying it wasn’t wrong my behavior. I’m not saying it wasn’t disrespectful. It was. I’m telling you that at some point it stops being about knowing right or wrong and it starts to become, ‘Is it worth it?’ It 100 percent is worth it to me to let these little diva n*ggaas know that I don’t give two f*cks about none of this Migos sh*t. None of this sh*t,” he said. “Y’all sitting here giving n*ggas y’all a** to kiss. I’m not with it. I don’t care about your super stardom. I don’t care about your success. F*ck all ya’ll. Y’all can get up. Y’all do not have to sit here. I didn’t want to talk to y’all anyway.”
How did they get all of the reactions in high def? I'm in tears 😂 https://t.co/lLfN79Rwr2
— Chase (@GChase_) June 28, 2017
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