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Adele flipped the producers of the Brit Awards “the bird,” after her acceptance speech for collecting the British album of the year award was cut short. After receiving the Brit Award’s most prestigious prize, Adele uttered a few words before being told to make way for a live performance from U.K. indie rock act Blur.
She also won the British female solo artist award at yesterday evening’s ceremony, held at London’s O2 Arena. Later she said that her middle-finger gesture was aimed at executives and producers in charge of the event.
“I got cut off during my speech and flung the middle finger. But that finger was to the suits at the Brit Awards, not to my fans,” Adele told reporters after the event.
The organizers of this year’s Brit Awards have recently issued an apology to the singer for the disruption.
“We regret this happened and we send our deepest apologies to Adele that her big moment was cut short this evening due to the live show over-running,” said a statement from Brit Awards organizers. “We don’t want this to undermine her incredible achievement in winning our night’s biggest award. It tops off what’s been an incredible year for her,” the statement went on to say.
According to overnight figures, an audience of 6.2 million watched last night’s ceremony.
