Ciara Says BET Banned “Ride”; Network Disagrees

Ciara fans are still waiting for the music video of the singer’s latest single, Ride, to appear somewhere other than cyberspace, but according to the diva, it may not happen becauseBET has banned the clip.

“My intention is always to do something as good as I can do it, to give my best effort and I always hope that it comes out the way that I envision it,” saidCiara while talking to MTV News. “You never necessarily think, ‘Oh, this is gonna get banned.’”

“In my past experiences with BET, in particular, they have asked me maybe to take out a few things so normally you expect that — not necessarily banned. That was the first time for me and that was definitely something that was unexpected.”

The network though claims that they didn’t ban the singer’s video. In written communication with MTV, BET publicist Marcy Polanco said, “BET never banned Ciara’s video. It went through the normal processes where we gave edits and we never received a response.”

During an earlier interview with Rap-Up, Ciara said that she would be open to making some changes to the video, so that it could be played on BET, since the channel obviously has concerns over its sexual tone, but she also added: “I am definitely aware that my video has some very sensual moments in it. However, I do know that they do play sensual videos as well.”

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