By Mike Larkin
Published 01 14 EST 30 June 2014 Updated 02 43 EST 30 June 2014
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It was almost as bad as celebrating his famous song All Night Wrong.
For the team broadcasting the BET Awards managed to misspell Lionel Richie's name as Ritchie on Sunday night.
To make matters worse it was flashed on the screen in big letters as the soul legend was given a lifetime achievement gong at the event which was being watched by millions in America and beyond.
All night wrong Producers of the BET Awards must have been Dancing On The Ceiling when they saw Lionel Richie's name had been misspelt at Sunday's show in Los Angeles
Producers at the popular event must have felt like Dancing On The Ceiling as soon as they realised their blunder.
Luckily for them Lionel 65 is renowned for being a class act and is sure to have had a jolly chuckle rather than throwing a fit when he discoversedtheir mistake.
Of course the blunder could not spoil a fabulous night for fans of the star who was recognised for almost half a century as a music legend.
He was given his expensive paperweight by the relatively young gun Pharrell Williams who seemed overjoyed to be honoring his hero.
Class act No doubt the Alone star will spare plenty of blushes by laughing off the whole sorry incident
When he took to the stage Lionel tried to share his experience with the young guns in the crowd 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.'
The generation game Young superstar Pharrell was delighted to honour his hero Lionel Richie
Legend Soul man Lionel was delighted to be given the lifetime achievement award
Touchingly he found time to pay tribute to The Commodores saying 'without them I would not be standing on this stage so I honour my brothers for pushing me out and telling me to go higher and higher.'
He also paid tribute to Motown legend Barry Gordy lauding him as his hero and thanking him for introducing him to Michael Jackson and his brothers.
Finally he thanked his own loved ones saying 'I have the greatest family in the world they understand dad is going to be dad I live in the world and I travel in the world.
'This is my mission on this planet. God has blessed me with so many wonderful things. But this is what I do for a living.'
And after a parade of stars with John Legend leading the way with a wonderful piano led performance covered some of his biggest hits the man himself delighted the crowd with a typically classy turn.
BET AWARDS WINNERS
Best Male RB/Pop Artist Pharrell Williams
Best Group Young Money
Best Male Hip Hop Artist Drake
Video Of The Year Pharrell Williams
Best New Artist August Alsina
Best Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor
Best Movie 12 Years A Slave
Sportsman Of The Year Kevin Durant
Best International Act UK Krept And Konan
Viewers Choice Award August Alsina
Best Female RB/Pop Artist Beyonce
Best Collaboration Beyonce And Jay Z
Best Female Hip Hop Artist Nicki Minaj
Video Director Of The Year Hype Williams
Best Gospel Artist Tamela Mann
Best Actress Lupita Nyong'o
Youngstars Award Keke Palmer
Sportswoman Of The Year Serena Williams
Best International Act Africa Davido
Centric Award Jhene Aiko
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Bob Solo Dunedin New Zealand moments ago
1 million pots vs 1 kettle
Alex Marietta United States 34 minutes ago
Sounds about right.
RAA cyberville 58 minutes ago
Leave it to BET.
mj rooney Manchester United Kingdom 1 hour ago
I wouldnt except the reward and I would also sue for stress caused by being humiliated on national telly and boycott any future appearances unless I have something to plug
Reubenene Victoria Australia 1 hour ago
Dear me I hope he gets over this
Annie Ayrshire 1 hour ago
its the end of the world as we know it
sephryclub87 bristol United Kingdom 1 hour ago
music awards are pointles events of self gratification that i have no interest in
Mark Warwickshire United Kingdom 2 hours ago
If every spelling mistake warrants its own article the DM wouldn't have space to publish any real news or even Kardashian photos.
zx9rider1974 ipswich United Kingdom 3 hours ago
With the DM's record for daily spelling grammar and punctuation errors it's a bit ri(t)ch for them to point out anybody else's mistake.
George Casterly Rock Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 3 hours ago
where is the white entertainment awards
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sunnyaustralia Sydney Australia 1 hour ago
Please go away george
Kenzi Boston United States 55 minutes ago
LOL....George is asking this same question on every article about the BET award.
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