Normani reveals accident behind cancelled BET Awards appearance

Norman has detailed why she canceled her appearance at the BET Awards at the last minute.

About 30 minutes before the awards ceremony in Los Angeles, which begins on Sunday, June 30, the 28-year-old singer announced on social media that a “really bad accident” had forced her to do so.

“I’m more frustrated and disappointed than anyone, believe me,” Normani wrote on Instagram Stories, also sharing a photo of herself leaning on crutches with one knee wrapped in a bandage. “I had a really bad accident while rehearsing for BET and injured myself. I’m usually good at persevering under any circumstances, but unfortunately, due to my doctor’s orders, I’m unable to make this performance.”

The former Fifth Harmony member wrote that despite her hopes, performing on stage would have delayed “my healing” and that the final decision left her “devastated” and “feeling like a disappointment” to her fans.

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She also thanked the BET Awards for even giving her the opportunity to go on stage. “Sending my love to BET for giving me and all the other beautiful black women this opportunity,” she wrote in the post.

The singer of “1:59”, whose planned performance was promoted by the BET Awards in the run-up to the ceremony, released her debut solo album, Dopamineon June 14th.

After Fifth Harmony’s break in 2017, Normani released several singles, including “Motivation,” “Wild Side” with Cardi B and “Waves” – but their debut album was not long in coming.

Normani told We weekly In 2017, she said she was still trying to define herself as a solo artist. “I’ve felt for so long that people have an idea of ​​who I am within the context of the group,” she said Us. “Even within myself, I was kind of comfortable with it. Breaking away from that was an eye-opener for me and, like I said on stage, I was finally able to explore myself and just different things, different parts of myself. There are so many different layers and so many different parts that I couldn’t necessarily tap into but that were introduced to me, so it’s really, really cool. It’s like the sky’s the limit.”

In 2018, the girl group consisting of Normani, Ally Brooke, Lauren Jauregui And Jane and Dinahhave officially separated.

Normani told Elle in an interview in April 2024 that her concerns about the release Dopamine was because she needed absolute trust in the project.

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In an interview with Weekly entertainment which was released on May 31, Normani spoke at length about the reasons for the album’s delay.

“I feel like it was just a combination of changing teams and people coming and going and also just real life events that I couldn’t have predicted and I just did my best to deal with it,” she told the outlet.

“Both of my parents had become really, really sick, and I had so many deaths in a row in such a short period of time,” she said. In 2020, Normani’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and her father with prostate cancer.

The singer continued, “I think people kind of forget that I’m human. Admittedly, I’m really grateful that everyone continues to be so enthusiastic. I feel like that’s unheard of, especially after so long.”