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    Former BET CEO Debra Lee details affair with co-founder: 'I would've lost everything'

    by Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times Mar 08, 2023 3 minutes
    Debra L. Lee attends the Pre-Grammy Gala& Grammy Salute To Industry Icons Honoring Julie Greenwald& Craig Kallman at the Beverly Hilton on Feb. 4, 2023, in Beverly Hills, California.

    Former BET Chief Executive Debra Lee is getting candid about her tenure at the cable network in her new memoir, "I Am Debra Lee," sharing advice for women who want to succeed in corporate America, details about her extramarital affair with BET co-founder Bob Johnson and how she stood up to the likes of Aretha Franklin and Oprah Winfrey during her tenure at the company.

    "I wanted to give advice to those coming behind me because that's always been part of who I am," Lee told ABC host Robin Roberts Tuesday on "Good Morning America." "I

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