Tracee Ellis Ross Didn't Mean to Diss Tyga During BET Awards: ''I'm Not the Shade Throwing Type''

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By Brett Malec Jun 29, 2015 7:10 PMTags
Tracee Ellis Ross, Tyga, BET Awards Jason Kempin/BET/Getty Images for BET; Araya Diaz/WireImage

Did Tracee Ellis Ross throw shade at Tyga during last night's 2015 BET Awards?!

While introducing Tyga and Chris Brown's performance Sunday, the hilarious Black-ish star said, "Equally a triple threat, young, sexy, and black. Please welcome..." before taking a long pause and laughing, "Tyga...and Chris Brown."

The 42-year-old actress quickly took to Instagram this morning to clarify she just has trouble remembering how to pronounce Tyga's name. "Absolutely not [throwing] shade at @kinggoldchains (I'm not the shade throwing type) as u might remember from my TMurda 'further exploration' video I have trouble saying his name right & I was nervous. I was hosting a live show. I was fighting in my head cause I was so scared I would say it the wrong way. That would have been awful. Saw him as he came off stage and there was nothing but love. You rock Tyga. #BETAwards," she wrote.

Ross also posted a video in which she clearly has trouble with the 25-year-old rapper's moniker. Ross tries saying "Tyga" several different ways before asking a friend behind the camera, "Tyga? Tigger is from Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh guy didn't do this? No?"

LOL!

Good to know there's no bad blood here.