Adele cut off during her acceptance speech Brit Awards 2012

[Eric]

She was getting cut off rudely so Blur could perform.

Contains rude gestures

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[Lamz]

old news but hey...

Apology from ITV:

It seems Adele wasn’t the only one upset that her 2012 BRIT Awards acceptance speech was cut short Tuesday night. Host James Corden and UK network ITV have both publicly apologized for rushing the pop star off the stage in the middle of receiving her Best Album award, causing the boisterous chart-topper to flip the bird at “the suits” in retaliation. Below, James and ITV attempt to clear the air surrounding the unpleasant incident.

The comedian explained that he was merely (though reluctantly) following orders from producers, “Just after Adele said thank you, people were saying ‘You have to go on now. You have to do it now’. I said: ‘How can we cut her off?’…It was such a surreal moment, all you can hear is five people in your ear having an argument and there’s one overriding voice saying ‘James you have to’.”

The awards show host continued, “It’s a shame but it’s a live show and what can you do? It’s one of those things. The channel will learn from it, we’ll all learn from it and rectify that and change it next year.”

ITV explained in its apology, that — as live shows so often do — the show was running long, “We regret this happened and we send our deepest apologies to Adele that her big moment was cut short due to the live show over-running. We don’t want this to undermine her incredible achievement in winning our night’s biggest award.”

http://idolator.com/6195261/brit-awa...e-apology-2012


Adele on being cut off:

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[Jurv]

In my opinion it was wrong what they did, no-one should be 'cut off' when receiving an award and thanking their fans.

[Nick]

LOL good on her flinging up the finger :L

[Chris]

Very unfair that she got cut off. I understand that it may have caused problems and make the show overrun, but it would only have been a few minutes.

[wixard]

meh she'll get over it

[Mathew]

To be fair, Blur were the main focus of the evening and there was probably a load of money involved in their 11-minute long performance. Giving a rude gesture on TV, when you know you're not supposed to, is just inappropriate.

[Misawa]

Who cares? ITV had a schedule to keep to. They're told to keep it brief. Blown way out of proportion.

[Jurv]

I think it would have gone down better if Blur were cut off, they were **** live anyway. :rolleyes:

[geo]

Don't think it was fair at all. It's Blurs fault that she got cut off because of his long, boring speech. They were rubbish performing live and I just didn't see the point, that was like the most important award and her speech was cut off?