Bobby Brown has apparently recovered from the bout of food poisoning that caused him to miss his Boston book signing last week. (In case you haven’t heard, Bobby’s written a tawdry tell-all, called “Every Little Step.’’) Brown showed up at the BET Awards in LA over the weekend and took the stage with the cast of BET’s upcoming New Edition biopic.

“I had to come up here with one group I couldn’t get kicked out of,’’ said Brown. The movie about the Roxbury-bred boy band stars Woody McClain as Brown, Bryshere Y. Gray as Michael Bivins, Elijah Kelley as Ricky Bell, Luke James as Johnny Gill, Algee Smith as Ralph Tresvant, and Keith Powers as Ronnie Devoe.

A trailer for the movie debuted during the awards show, which was otherwise dominated by tributes to Prince, with performances by Erykah Badu and Bilal, Stevie Wonder, Tori Kelly and Jennifer Hudson, Janelle Monáe, and Sheila E. A tweet by Justin Timberlake, who wasn’t even there, also caused a kerfuffle. After “Grey’s Anatomy’’ actor Jesse Williams spoke about racial injustice, JT tweeted: “@iJesseWilliams tho…#Inspired #BET2016.’’ That prompted some to attack Timberlake. “Inspired you to do what? Continue to emulate black culture through your music while ignoring issues affecting black people,’’ tweeted one person.

“So does this mean you’re going to stop appropriating our music and culture? And apologize to Janet too,’’ tweeted another, referring to Janet Jackson’s infamous “wardrobe malfunction’’ during her performance with Timberlake at the 2004 Super Bowl.

To that, Justin tweeted: “Oh, you sweet soul. The more you realize that we are the same, the more we can have a conversation.’’