- Ireti Doyle’s ex husband, Patrick has reacted to Tems’ win at the 2024 BET awards.
- The singer won best gospel/Inspirational Award with her song, ‘Me & U’ and this led to grumbles from many, particularly mainstream gospel artistes.
- Frowning at that category win, Patrick Doyle wrote to gospel artistes who feel slighted the award went to a secular musician.
Patrick Doyle, Nigerian filmmaker and the ex-husband of Nollywood actress, Ireti Doyle has shared his two cents regarding Tems’ achievement at the 2024 BET awards.
Singer, songwriter, and record producer, Temilade Openiyi, professionally known as ‘Tems’ won the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award with her song, ‘Me & U’ at the 2024 BET Awards.
Tems won her fourth BET Awards at the Peacock Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, United States, on Monday.
The 2023 song by Tems beat big stars such as Kirk Franklin, CeCe Winans, Maverick City Music, and others to land the award.
This win left many shocked and others annoyed as to why a secular musician would win in that category.
Reacting, Patrick Doyle cautioned gospel singers who felt slighted to stop seeking validation from fickle institutions like the entertainment industry.
The filmmaker said while he feels the pain of the gospel artistes, he claimed the entertainment industry is in the grip of satan.
He wrote:
“I feel the pain of mainstream gospel artistes who feel slighted that Tems an evidently secular musician was awarded the BET award for best gospel song. That said I believe it’s about time that committed christians stop seeking validation from fickle institutions like the entertainment industry mafia which by the way is in the grip of satan.”
In 2022, the Grammy Award winner won the BET awards for Best International Act and Best Collaboration for Wizkid’s ‘Essence’.
Tems also won the Best Collaboration award for her song “Wait for U” with Drake and Future in 2023. The song received the same prize at the BET Hip Hop Awards in 2022.