Blue Ivy Joke Gets TV Producer Suspended

BET has suspended a producer after a joke about Beyoncé and Jay Z’s daughter that aired Monday on the network’s music video countdown show, “106

tom-banner ampforwp-incontent-ad1"> & Park,” reports the Associated Press. A source at the network, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to discuss the matter publicly, said the producer was suspended after a remark about 2-year-old Blue Ivy’s hair.

On Monday’s show during a segment

about Blue Ivy’s hypothetical thoughts during Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, guest host Karrueche Tran said: “I really did wake up like this, because my parents never comb my hair.” Blue Ivy joined her mother onstage at the VMAs.

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