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The BET Awards suffered a gaff at their awards show, ending up mispelling Lionel Richie's name wrong as he collected the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Last night (29 June) saw the American award show take place, including guests Pharrell Williams, Busta Rhymes and more. However the big guest of the night was Lionel Richie, who was being given the Life Time Achievement Award for his 13 Top 10 singles and 100 million albums sold worldwide. Only problem? They spelt his name wrong.
See footage of the incident in question below
Despite the flub, "Ritchie", made a rather awesome speech, saying: "The funny thing about this award tonight is exactly 35, 40 years ago when I started writing these crazy songs, I must tell you the words tonight, these are all the songs they told me would ruin my career.
"Sail On: "You're out of your mind", 'All Night Long': "What the heck are you doing".
"Soul is a feeling': not a colour. Talent is a god given gift and not a category. 'And out of the box is that magical place where talent, true talent, goes to live and thrive and breathe, and may you never give it up as long as you're in this business."
