Select Not Working

Okay, I have this app that has the below code and anything under the Msg column is not returning.. I can get the EmployeeID, timestamp the Msg header and the status but the data from the Msg column does not appear

The query works directly in the sql query screen but not from here.. am I doing something wrong?

The table is called chat and it has columns of: EmpID, TimeStamp, Msg, Status

VB Code:

Private Function GetUnread() As String(,)
        Dim Conn As New DBConnection
        Dim qry As String(,) = Conn.ReturnQuery("SELECT * FROM CHAT WHERE Status='0'")
        Conn.ExecuteQuery("UPDATE Chat Set Status='1' WHERE Status='0'")
        Return qry
    End Function

VB Code:

Private Sub CheckMsg()
        Dim Conn As New DBConnection, EmpName As String(,)
        Dim qry2 As String(,) = Conn.ReturnQuery("SELECT EmployeeID FROM Chat WHERE STATUS='0'")
        Dim qry As String(,) = GetUnread()
        Dim x As Integer, TmpID As String
        Dim txtCurrent As String = txtChat.Text
        Dim AddLine As String
 
        If Not IsNothing(qry2(0, 0)) Then
            Dim y As Integer = ReturnArrayLength(qry2.Length)
            For x = 1 To y
                TmpID = qry(0, x)
                EmpName = Conn.ReturnQuery("SELECT EmployeeName FROM Employee WHERE EmployeeID='" & TmpID & "'")
                AddLine = Trim(EmpName(0, 1)) & " " & Trim(qry(1, x)) & ": " & Trim(qry(2, x))
                txtChat.Text = txtChat.Text & vbCrLf & AddLine
            Next
        End If
    End Sub