The BRIT Awards totally roasted Fyre Festival with this brutal parody

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If you were wondering when the jokes about Fyre Festival are likely to stop, the answer would appear to be: not anytime soon.

This year’s BRIT Awards took place on Wednesday, and the show wasted no time laying into the infamous festival that sparked two recent documentaries on Netflix and Hulu.

The Awards show’s opening video introduces the “Bryt Festival”, before a dancing Jack Whitehall pops up to showcase the “ultimate VIP packages” of yep, you guessed it — cheese and bread.

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Elton John mispronounced Ed Sheeran’s name at the Brits or maybe it’s we who are wrong

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“Sheeran” is such a tricky name to say.

Ed Sheeran was awarded a Global Success award at the Brits on Wednesday night. Although he wasn’t there on the night, Elton John sent in a video congratulating Sheeran on the achievement. The only snag was he mispronounced the singer’s second name.

Meanwhile, I’m still cackling at Elton John and Ed Sh’ran #BRITs pic.twitter.com/un5COe65i2

— Ryan Love (@RyanJL) February 21, 2018

And so the internet descended.

Did Elton John just call him Ed Shiraz? 🍷 he’s made me thirsty

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This Haim sister’s photobomb of Cheryl and Liam Payne is a joy to behold

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Every awards show should feature at least one photobomb.

The Brit awards took place Wednesday night, and host Jack Whitehall did a fair amount of audience work.

He was busy embarrassing Cheryl and Liam Payne, but the real action was in the background. Bassist and vocalist Este Haim seized the opportunity to mess around on camera.

Highly enjoying the person sitting behind Cheryl and Liam mouthing the words “CALL ME.” #BRITs2018 pic.twitter.com/zVqhIq7cml

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Move over, Eminem. Stormzy just delivered the politically charged freestyle of the year.

Stormzy is one of the hottest grime artists in the UK. Live at the Brit Awards on Wednesday night, he took aim at Prime Minister Theresa May for her response to the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 71 people.
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