Katt Williams Replaced By T-Pain

Folks who attended the 2008 BET Awards here in the ATL were greeted with a change in the hosting. Seems our boy Katt Williams didn't get to make it out last night for some strange reason. Instead, they were greeted by surprise host T-Pain, who took over the role of master of ceremonies from comedian Katt Williams, who has hosted the award show since it’s inception in 2006.

While T-Pain provided no clue to the last minute line-up change, rumors have surfaced that the replacement was made due to a disagreement between Williams and the brass at BET or even that the pint-sized comedian had been arrested in the hours preceding the start-studded live taping.

BET's executive Vice Pres. Stephen Hill provided a more detailed excuse on BET.com’s P.O.V. blog, stating, “So we were all hanging out last night and Katt bets T-Pain couldn’t beat him in a break dance battle, not knowing T-Pain was an extremely DOPE break dancer, Katt thought it was an easy win. T-Pain said if I win, I get to host the Hip-Hop Awards.”

An official statement released by BET Networks following the awards ceremony at the Atlanta Civic Center simply stated that Williams was “unable to attend.”