UNFORGIVABLE BET Awards 2025 Snub Leaves Viewers SHOCKED As MAJOR Celebrity Is Left Out Of ‘In Memoriam’ With NO Explanation Given
Luke James, Lucky Daye, and Miles Caton perform onstage during the 2025 BET Awards at Peacock Theater
Viewers had the same complaint(Image: Getty Images for BET)
Viewers weren’t happy with this year’s BET Awards as many complained after stars including D’Wayne Wiggins were left out of the ‘In Memoriam’ segment

 

The annual ceremony saw icons such as Tito Jackson, Frankie Beverly, Quincy Jones and Roy Ayers get honored at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. Carl Weathers, Bill Cobbs and Lou Donaldson were also honored during the ceremony.

 

However, people at home were left fuming as they accused the awards show of missing out several high-profile people. Airing their frustrations on X, one person admitted, “D’Wayne Wiggins and Angie Stone not being on the memorium REALLY bothered me #BETAwards.” Another fumed, “This the second year in a row the memoriam on the BET awards has been lacking.”

wer questioned. Someone else posted, “#BETAwards f—— up the In Memoriam is something.”

The BET Awards

A lot of celebrities were honored during the In Memoriam section(Image: The BET Awards)
However, one hopeful viewer suggested, “Maybe there’s a part 2 for the In Memoriam cause that was missing a lot of people #BETAwards.” Indeed, viewers had to keep watching as the In Memoriam section did feature a follow-up which included a tribute to Angie Stone. Irv Gotti, Sam Moore and DJ Unk were also honored during the follow-up.

Despite the criticism, many viewers were brought to tears over the emotional tribute section. “BET got it right this time. This tribute is actually amazing,” one person praised.

A second fan wrote, “This “In Memoriam” has been taking me out all night!!! I completely lost it when I saw Irv Gotti, Tony Todd, Angie Stone! These are legends that are gone way too soon.”

Angie Stone

Angie Stone was featured in the follow-up(Image: AP)

 

“Probably one of the best tributes BET has done in a very long time!” a third person shared on X. Viewers also teared up when Jamie Foxx was honored with the Ultimate Icon award, presented to him by Stevie Wonder.

The actor reflected on his health issues after suffering a stroke last year as he accepted the award. “When I saw that ‘In Memoriam’ I was like, ‘Man that could’ve been me.’ But I don’t know why I went through what I went through but I know my second chance I’m not going to turn down,” he told the crowd.

Jamie added, “I’m not going to turn down, I have so much love to give. I told him I said, ‘Man, bro, just give me one more crack at this.’ And I promise I said, ‘Whatever reason you put this on me I promise imma do right.’”