Jackson Denies Bet Snub.

Jackson Denies Bet Snub.MICHAEL JACKSON has blasted claims he was too busy to appear at the Black Entertainment Television (B.E.T) awards, branding the allegations "false and defamatory".The singer was asked to appear at the B.E.T ceremony in Los Angeles on 26 June (07) to perform a special Thriller album tribute and to present his mentor Diana Ross with a Lifetime Achievement Award - but American news agencies claimed Jackson was "too incapacitated to appear."Jackson's spokeswoman Raymone K. Bain says the information "being disseminated in the media with regards to Mr. Jackson's invitation .is false.We cannot understand why anyone affiliated with the program would deliberately misrepresent the facts or attempt to defame Mr. Jackson."Mr. Jackson spoke personally to B.E.T C.E.O Debra Lee regarding his invitation to attend the ceremony. Mr. Jackson respects B.E.T and was one of the first recording artists to demand that his record company cooperate with, at the time, a newly established network."