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ITV apologises to Adele for Brit Awards "interruption"
Published Wednesday, Feb 22 2012, 01:31 GMT | By Rebecca Davies | 151 comments
ITV has released a statement apologising for cutting Adele off during her acceptance speech at the Brit Awards last night.
A spokesperson for the television network said that they had no choice but to ask host James Corden to stop the 'Rolling in the Deep' singer's speech short because they were "over-running", leading her to show her middle finger to the camera.
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The Brit Awards published an official TV statement on their Twitter page, saying: "Evening all… We would like to say a few words about Adele's British Album acceptance speech tonight.
"We regret this happened and we send deepest apologies to Adele that her big moment was cut short tonight due to the live show over-running... We don't want this to undermine her incredible achievement in winning her incredible award... it tops off what's been an incredible year for her."
The ITV statement read: "The Brits is a live event, sadly the programme was over-running and we had to move on. We would like to apologise to Adele for the interruption."
Corden said after the awards ceremony: "I just feel bad about having to cut Adele off. I really don't understand quite why I was made to, but it's not a very nice way to end.
"I was having the best night of my life but then I had to cut Adele off before she had a chance to say thank you - she's the biggest star in the world."
Adele later defended herself for sticking her middle finger up after the incident, saying: "That was for the suits at the Brit Awards, not my fans. I'm sorry if I offended anyone but the suits offended me."
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A spokesperson for the television network said that they had no choice but to ask host James Corden to stop the 'Rolling in the Deep' singer's speech short because they were "over-running", leading her to show her middle finger to the camera.
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> Brit Awards 2012 winners - in full
> Brit Awards 2012 - Live blog
The Brit Awards published an official TV statement on their Twitter page, saying: "Evening all… We would like to say a few words about Adele's British Album acceptance speech tonight.
"We regret this happened and we send deepest apologies to Adele that her big moment was cut short tonight due to the live show over-running... We don't want this to undermine her incredible achievement in winning her incredible award... it tops off what's been an incredible year for her."
The ITV statement read: "The Brits is a live event, sadly the programme was over-running and we had to move on. We would like to apologise to Adele for the interruption."
Corden said after the awards ceremony: "I just feel bad about having to cut Adele off. I really don't understand quite why I was made to, but it's not a very nice way to end.
"I was having the best night of my life but then I had to cut Adele off before she had a chance to say thank you - she's the biggest star in the world."
Adele later defended herself for sticking her middle finger up after the incident, saying: "That was for the suits at the Brit Awards, not my fans. I'm sorry if I offended anyone but the suits offended me."
> Brit Awards 2012 in pictures
> Brits 2012 red carpet pictures
Scroll through a picture gallery from the 2012 Brit Awards below:
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