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Brit Awards 2019 accidentally spoil two categories in huge blunder

Photo credit: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images
Photo credit: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images

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What would an award show be without a bit of controversy, eh?

Before the Brit Awards 2019 even kicked off at London’s O2 arena on Wednesday night (February 20), two of the biggest categories of the night had actually been leaked.

An eagle-eyed telly watcher spotted an advert for The 1975′s album revealing that they had won (spoiler) Best British Group and British Album of the Year - which surprise, surprise, they did.

The advert was shown on online catch-up service UKTV Play an hour before the Brits aired, so basically someone's in a bit of trouble.

Host Jack Whitehall also managed to make everything awkward and inappropriate with a "disrespectful" joke aimed at Little Mix.

Following the group's performance of 'Woman Like Me', Jack said: "Dads up and down the country awkwardly fumbling for a scatter cushion right now," and this did not go down well with viewers.

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Photo credit: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images

One viewer tweeted: "Jack Whitehall’s comments after Little Mix’s performance, reducing them to sex symbols that exist to satisfy men. Gross. It’s 2019. He is cancelled."

Another wrote: "Just goes to show the society we live in and why we need feminism: You have The 1975 trying to address misogyny in the music industry and then Jack Whitehall joking about dads hiding their hard-on after Little Mix perform..."

Little Mix might have lost out on Best British Group, but they did nab the statue for Music Video of the Year for 'Woman Like Me'.

And still, at least their award wasn't spoiled.

Check out all the best looks from the Brit Awards 2019 red carpet on Instagram:

The Brit Awards aired on ITV.


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