The Awkward Moment When Kai Cenat Doesn’t Know Wale Goes Viral

June 11, 2025

Wale has flipped an awkward interaction with streamer Kai Cenat‘s at the 2025 BET Awards into a genius brand play.

Wale Runs Into Kai Cenat at the 2025 BET Awards

On Monday night (June 9), the stars showed up showed out at the 2025 BET Awards held at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Wale and Kai Cenat had a chance meeting backstage, which has since gone viral. In the video, which can be seen below, the two entertainers pass each other and exchange greetings. Kai notices the Nintendo Switch in Wale’s hand and asks him what he’s playing. When the D.C. MC responds, Smash Bros., Kai responds, “I’ll beat you,” and they both part ways.

After getting in his car, Kai is notified that he was just speaking to Wale. Kai responds, “Wale. What he do?”

Wale Confronts Kai Cenat

The moment, which occurred on livestream, began going viral. During the award show, Wale spotted Kai and decided to confront him about the clip.

“That sh*t making me look crazy right now, I’m just letting you know,” Wale says in the video below.

When Kai appears confused, Wale adds, “That’s making me look crazy, the exchange we had in the hallway.”

Kai apologizes and Wale says, “We’ll talk later,” before walking away.

Wale Addresses Viral Videos

After the videos of both interactions started spreading on the internet, Wale addressed the frenzy online.

“This is crazy,” he commented under a TheShadeRoom post about the videos. “I didn’t know we was bein filmed both times..we played in a celebrity football game last year …I was reallly confused.”

Wale Turns Interaction Into Brand Promotion?

On Tuesday (June 10), Wale shared a shortened clip of the interaction with Kai on X. The video closes out with the Nintendo Switch logo. Wale captioned the post, “Yall not on smash fr @kaicenat #ad.”

There is speculation online that this could all be set up.