Earlier this month transgender media personality B. Scott filed a discrimination lawsuit against BET for forcing him to tone down his makeup and change into more masculine clothing in the middle of hosting a fashion segment for the BET Awards.
He appeared on MSNBC earlier this week, where spoke out for the first time publicly about the suit.
“It’s really sad that people have to go through something like this in 2013 when we’ve seen all different types of personalities,” Scott said. “I’m not the first of my kind. There has been Michael Jackson, Prince, Grace Jones and the list goes on. So this is really shocking to me.”
Although BET maintains it was a case of miscommunication, Scott feels he was the victim of discrimination, hence the reason for filing suit.
Scott said his reputation was damaged and is asking for $2.5 million in damages, according to TMZ.
