Justin Timberlake has apologised for unintentionally disregarding the experiences of African-Americans by way of a tweet he published during last night’s BET Awards.

His misstep and swift apology below…

During Jesse Williams‘ speech at the ceremony he took the time to explain the importance of the ‘Black Lives Matter‘ in today’s social and political climate.

Timberlake was watching from home when the following exchanged occurred.

His response to the tweet above saw him accused of refusing to acknowledge his supposed appropriation of Black music and the moves he made (or didn’t make) during what many believe was a racially-fuelled media assault on Janet Jackson following their breast-baring SuperBowl performance.

He went on to explain:

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