Adele explains why she raised a middle finger during the Brit Awards 2012 

I feel bad for James Corden getting the blame... He was practically forced to cut her off :/ but I'd be upset if I were Adele too so...

She is real af. Love her

brit award is supposed to be prestigious, right so what is up with the tacky-looking award?

i love that it wasnt an apology. it was an explaination. she was clearly proud of herself. 0:42 way to stand up for yourself.

The Brits Awards should be blasted for cutting off the most important speech of the night. Cut a commercial, or the speech the presenter said. Sad showing Brits!

she wasn't apologising for giving the middle finger, she wanted to make it clear it wasn't to her fans.

Adele really makes me proud to be English. I loved her speech when she said she had snot in her nose. So proud of her.

She is fantastic!!!

She's so gorgeous,I love Adele so much.She could flip me off any day and I would still worship the ground she walks on.lol

''You know I'm really Bri'ish'' ''Don't think you can get more Bri'ish that me'' ''I've always been proud to be Bri'ish'' Love this Bri'ish one!!!

Adele is my idol,Shes brought out the best music in with world that everyone can relate to,Makes you proud to be British! I Love You Adele!

thats why i love her...shes very genuine!!!...

awrrh you can tell she's kind hearted :)

"Never gonna leave, always gonna be in the UK" -> _moves to America_

I am obsessed with Adele which will go on forever and always! Ok I love everythin about her and to me not one thing is bad about her! I don't get why people call her fat she is who she is and she ain't changing for you and it's not what the person looks like on the outside it is the inside that counts! I hope everyone reads this and puts it thumbs up!! I

YOU TELL `EM ADELE!..WHy shouldn`t you be able to thank your fans ,who ,as u said ,have supported you and helped you get to where u are today..along with your AMAZING TALENT!!!!xx

Hell ,dont u actually watch or listen?She didn`t "flip off Britain" ,shes said numerous times how proud she is to be british ,and how she wants her little one to be brought up here! She flipped at the corporate men in suits ,who ,as usual ,leave THEIR manners at home ,and a multi award winning artist cold just as she was thanking the fans who helped her get where she is today!!!

She is so down to Earth! I love her!! Fame hasn't gone to her head one bit! You tell 'em Adele!!

all i can see on here are comment about strokes, over weight, walking problems?! wtf, this is about adele and her MUSIC. so talk about that instead.

Hilalarious! She sounds so bogan!!!😂

Adele's self esteem is boosting ever since her grammy! Keep it up

Ahora todo me quedó claro el dedo de en medio fue xk le cortaron su discurso no fue hacia los fans! Te amo Adele! Gettings from Mexico

Ya know what I don't blame Adele for doing the finger to be honest

I luv Adele. She seems down to earth and genuine. She gave the finger to the producers who cut her off...lol that's funny! She may be a little rough around the edges, but that's part of her charm!

it's OK still love u!!!

yes, she is real. I become a fan when I heard her for the first time. Now she is my number one singer

I woulda done the same thing! Love Adele!

i didnt think she had to explain f them

I love how she asks them to send it everywhere so her fans don't think she gave them the middle finger. Aw :)

i love u adele so much that i dont realy care about what you ve done,in fact i found it really funny and authentic...

@Dtkalo84 I have to agree with you. She's not professional about her job. She maybe thinks it's the kind of job she does, she maybe wants to be controversial and just because she has fans who love her or cause she's famous she can do whatever she wants and get greeted, and it's not like that. She may be real about her personality, but she's not taking the job seriously, and she's anything but humble. Maybe fame is getting to her head.

It was wrong of ITV to cut her off like that, it was, but I feel more embaressed for Adele because of HER behaviour. A lot of people are saying 'what you see is what you get' with her but there's such a thing as social grace and dignity. I like Adele, I think she is an amazing singer, and I do hope she doesn't turn into one of the diva's you so often see once they hit fame and fortune - where they believe they can do no wrong, because one day, they always go too far.

Seriously, just put on some embarassing music like in the oscars, no need to go and tell her in the mic. Also, I see a little ego developing, i like it ;)

Are you referring to me as a hater? If you read my comment carefully, I merely stated to those claiming that someone could sing live doesn't mean anything nowadays, since the autotuning programs can be easily run through the PA at a concert. I don't find Rihanna's music appealing, and if you do, that's cool. I don't hate on her, all I did was address people who think someone can sing live implying they're good singers. If she can really sing, that is good that she found a career doing it.

im just pissed off because Adele is being judged by people, just for flinging the middle finger.. most kids dont even know what it means, and if they do know what it means then it's nobodys fault but your own. At least she didn't say 'fuck you'.. If the people who are criticizing Adele, actually knew what she was like, they wouldn't be shocked that she put the finger up.. She's done it loads of times.

@TheRyanKavanagh Just because someone sounds good live doesn't mean a thing any more. Sound techs can rig the same autotuning/vocording devices through the PA and amplifiers in a concert setting just as easily as they do it in the studio. I'm not saying that Rihanna can't sing, I don't know one way or the other, and don't really care, to be honest. All I'm saying is that sounding good live does not prove that you can sing well.

@ModernMovies She isn't talented, have you heard her live?? I went to her concert and went right off her because she's acually not a good singer.

@acynicalgentleman who cares you fool..overated? i dont think so.. i agree that there are so many singers that should be as popular as her bcoz of their talent..but adele deserves every bit of popularity she has..who cares if shes a 300 lb woman..and by the way shes really great in the eyes she has a very pretty face and a gorgeous voice..

Uninhibited she babbled on for a minute and ten seconds, case proven I'd say! As for those (having got their heads round that it wasn't James Corden) implying she stuck the finger at those who set her on the road to glory.. It was a music critics award in 2008, not Brits suits

Yes, everyone's flung a middle finger before but she was on stage receiving an award and she did it. She may have intended it to whoever cut her off but people watching the show might have been offended at the same time. It's a rude gesture and she should've thought twice.

@boyScotland Oh that's nice, calling someone a chav because of their accent hmmm, do you even know what a chav is? Obviously not.

Adele wasted half of her time anyway crying and overusing the words "thank you" before even starting to speak although I do understand her achievements and if the director tells James Cordon to cut her off he has to do that - don't blame him.

Just because she's Adele doesn't mean she gets more than the allotted time for her speech. Giving the finger on TV was a really poor move by her and I'm quite disappointed in her behavior.

@kargenlewis You do realise this is a British TV news channel? .. it's pretty easy to avoid. Ya know professing hate for something while actively seeking it out seems a bit obsessive to me...

If you read my piece correctly, you would understand that my question was pertaining to 'enriching lives', as Adele has done, not 'how you define yourself'. Yes you could have obtained a pass in 'English' and I don't doubt two A+ in 'rubbish' and 'sarcasm'..there are your three languages sorted (personally I speak five; English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian) If you are so totally anti every aspect of Adele, why then waste so much of your precious time reading and commenting about her?

@spike14786 They would have simply turned her mike off and turned the cameras away you dork. These things run on a very tight schedule, get a grip .

@IIQSPAT well considering half of her speech time was the audience cheering for her, they should be ready to extend the time for people if needed.

Just one more reason to love Adele

She makes award shows fun and spontaneous just like Kayne West I love her.

the akward moment when i don't know what the top 2 comments were about because of a comment talking about the top 2 comments.

@RustingMetalMusic James actually delayed the suits 15 seconds.. they told him to cut her off earlier but he said no..

People fall in love regardless of external looks as the personality is more attractive however whatever the weight you should not attack them because it is hurtful - if you have a health message then be compassionate which allows to deliver harmless message that there health is in danger. Being conscious of money is only a sign of maturity when no one is hurt - you can't hurt people then use excuse as money and say its mature. Vast scientific evidence exists for comfort eating, bone diseases etc

It is mostly because of comments such as yours that influence young girls to such extremes. If you didn't say them then you can say "why are they doing this?" - but you can't proliferate such views, then say "not my problem" You contradict yourself - if you didn't "give a flying fuck" then you wouldn't feel the need to to make such offensive comments in the first place - then you justify you're immaturity by saying you pay tax..Study Health Issues, they aren't at all as simple as you think

I never even implied I'm against keeping fit - why would I? My point is you're entire approach was extremely disrespectful to young women (yet I'm a man) - using curse words which you implied her weight caused her to be ugly - if not please correct me. You become partly responsible for making young girls develop anorexia with such language as that is what fuels medial bombardment on women's image. I read she's healthy but am not so sure. Ultimately if you have a message of health, be respectful

If you want to care about about such mistakes then continue pointing them out because I don't care - all that matters is you got my point. So I'm trying to sound intellectual because I used the words: "patriarchal" & "conform"? To be honest I wouldn't care if you insulted only Adele - but the problem is that when you say "lose some weight bitch" - that is what fuels the media portrayals of young girls feeling the need to be stick thin and that is very harmful whereas Adele technically is healthy

My kids are metalcore fans, and they tend to 'hate' anything that isn't - until something strikes their fancy in another genre; like some mild-mannered musician swearing or telling someone to go fuck themselves -and presto- that musician goes from hate puppet to hero in a flash. Wish it would work that way for me - if only I could really cut loose and swear in the house - and Shazam! Dad is now supercool...

You are absurdly biased in your argumentation. You're the type of person who believes your own opinion is factual data. The fact you like radiohead is your problem. Radiohead is a depressing band who appeals to disturbed people, and an EXTREMELY overrated band, Anyway, Kanye West's stunt with Taylor Swift puts him in a pedestal, the pedestal of idiots. And comparing Adele to him is just insane. Also, musically, Kanye is far from his better days, his rapping is pure shit nowadays.

My point was, Adele isn't more stuck up then any other average top celebrity. There are thousands of much more stuck up celebrities (usually less talented and relevant). I'm not saying she is the most humble celebrity out there, but there are so many who are much worse than she might be, stuck-up wise, that is just uncalled for to call her stuck up. Every Rap artist for instance, is more stuck up than her. And overrated... well, that's a matter of taste. I think Radiohead is extremely overrated.

The next Amy Winehouse? What is that supposed to mean? And I really don't think she's overrated. She's unique, retro, and is different from every other artist out there. The UK really helped to bring back that old 1960s soul to the music business and Adele and Amy are the biggest pioneers in that area. So how is she overrated? And please don't compare her to Radiohead. They're absolutely incomparable.

@pennyoncaffeine Firstly it is 'all right' not 'alright'. Secondly it is 'untalented' not 'non-talented', if you're going to make up your own vocabularly. Lastly look at the success of Rihanna and Nicki Minaj- they're obviously very talented and it may be controversial for some but it is broadcasted after 9:00pm therefore no one can complain because they should send their kids to bed if they don't agree. Your argument is pretty dull and unjustified therefore you're wrong. Perhaps even jealous.

well i dont blam her for givin gthe fingure.. it was rude of them to cut her off.. i couldnt believe they would do that . the american and canadian would have never done that....and if they have done its was after 3 min. and they just start to play a little music. to let the artist know that they need to rap it up.. what the did to adele was very rude and disrespectful to her and her fans...

To everyone who replied to my earlier comment what I said was just my opinion and if I offended you then you can just fling the middle finger I mean you have the right the same one that Adele had and to whoever was moaning at me about my spelling its called a typing error and calm down about the drunk mongo thing I mean remember last year they were steaming! So I officialy REST MY CASE !

James Corden said that he could hear five people arguing in his ear peice(the production staff) about Adele being cut off and then one voice just shouted, Cut Her Off! The evening was shambolic in terms of production. Any producer worth their salt would have realised much earlier that they were running out of time and made adjustments then not at the time when the biggest award of the night was being made. Adele didnt get a chance to thank her fans that was why she was upset.

@Starthrust11 well plenty of awards but i mean how bout grammy? Not to be disrespectful but i dont really like blur musicality.. N i wasn't saying that blur asked her to be cut off.. I think it's more about respecting someone or people who makes ur country proud by bringing their talent n creativity outside to the world n being recognized.. I think BRIT should do a proper thing..

People, I have something to say. Me, personally think adele has a beautiful voice, and is good at singing,and shouldn't that be it? I think it was a bit unreasonable, but she can do whatever she wants. People wo are in the music industry don't deserve to have this much crap said aabout them, considering their music is wonderful. Besides, she's just doing what regular people do, but all eyes are on her. None of this came out until she did one little thing in front of a crowd. Please grow up.

It's funny, one small thing that comes across as offensive or bad, people take advantage of it, and try to bring that person down. Adele is a wonderful person, and she had every right to be angry, and I thought the middle finger was funny, don't even say it was rude, because I can tell you this now; you have seen so much worse in your life than just the finger! If you think Adele did wrong and are talking down on her, you need to grow up, because we're all human. Love this girl by the way

Why is there an acceptance words if they have to cut it off? The acceptance words is to thank all of the fans n people who supporting her in her career.. That's the important thing.. But why they cut it off just for a duration matter? Who's Blur anyway? Have they won the grammy's? Everyone must be pissed if they were being cut off like that.. Not acting as a Diva but on that occasion she only wanted to thank everyone for supporting her..

It might seem that way to you but swearing isn't as big of a deal in England than in America so it wasn't a national scandal here as it probably would have been in America, as we have a very liberal attitude towards swearing - you can see on English chat shows. Also how does it look like she hates America - you do know the Brit Award are a British award show in England?

Well, she definitely had the right to be offended! It's the producers of The Brits Awards who are responsible for managing the time properly. The singers before her had such a long allocated time for their acceptance speech. Adele wasn't even halfway through her acceptance speech and they cut her off. How rude!

Well, Adele doesn't fit your comment really. You can say you hate every famous or successful artist, or every top rated billboard artist, or whatever generic prejudicious point of view you might wanna hold. But relatively to every other top artist out there, Adele is neither overrated or incredibly stuck up. Your comment on the other hand was...

@Hendrix1326 "sounding good live doesn't prove that you can sing well" - I think you'll find that sounding good live is a *singer's* job, people who use autotune aren't singers, they're puppets. I agree, Rihanna can't sing for shit, all she does is grind, seen her twice and she was just as shit the second time round.

@cr3yola Exactly, everyone is a bunch of hipocrites on here. What's even funnier is the fact she is supposed to be classy, whereas with the M.I.A. girl (whom I'm not familiar with) it seems like something expect or part of her stage presence. At a Super Bowl where everyone wears jersey's as opposed to a glam ceremony like the Brits. Adele -10 in the category.

@DavySigfusson funny how people act so shocked about a gesture or a swear I mean whats the big deal there are much more shocking things is this world like someone hurting someone or lying or participating in a crime she didn't do or say something racist didn't insult anyones beliefs of religions .so what its not a children's TV show.just a normal person who got pissed

Ok its one thing to be not be able to talk for 3 minutes becuase people r giving her a standing ovation which is an honor but to be cut off os their speech from the prrson giving her the award? " srry ur 30sec speech was too long kthxbye?", i would have given them more than the middle finger avtually i think she handled it with grace unlike me LOVE U ADELE

@acynicalgentleman she has outshined rihanna, beyonce and her music appeals to the masses, fair enough each to their own not everyone is going to like her music, u cant appeal to everyone and as for her weight it has nothing to do with her out of this world talent, theres loads successful male singers who are abit plum but why doesnt anyone say anything then.

I'm born and bred and live in England so both - two fingers & the middle finger is swearing for us and always has been. The middle finger represents a penis and the two fingers represent a vagina (which is why some people, when swearing, wiggle their tongue between the two fingers).

@acynicalgentleman she couldn't even say a word, because the audience was too loud, so she had to wait until they stop clapping. What's wrong with that? And yes, some people prefer good music about "another breakup" than shitty music like Selena Gomez's :) I'm just sayin'.

@CyoUNexTime taylor swift was cut off by another artist and caught off guard adele was disrespected by the people who invited her in order to award her!i don't know about britain but at least in my country that is considered extremely rude and insulting both to the artist and the fans

Ladies and Gentlemen please! I know it was rude to cut her off like that!!! But still that middle finger wasn't needed. She should have just hold it in, instead of looking like a complete idiot! I'm not saying she's not a amazing and awesome singer but yea....

she had every right to put the middle finger up, all the effort hard work and feelings into the album and they cant spare 5 mins for her, good on ya Adele! i wish she said no u will listen to my speach! and even if blur did start singing she could over power them with her voice, man i wish she done it

the middle finger *laugh* absolutely adorable!

It's impossible to hold a 'conversation' with such a bigot! I will tell you I watched Alan Carr because Adele was on and would watch again if Adele was on. I don't regularly watch, but millions of people do or it wouldn't keep returning! I respect Adele for her voice, her song writing capabilities and her openness. She has worked to pull herself out of a mundane life and deserves the recognition and rewards she receives for enriching so many peoples' lives through her music. What have you done?

Adele is incredible, whether she is slim or fat it really isn't your business either way. Also just to add, my auntie has had 5 strokes and she's not fat in the slightest, so instead of ranting about other people's weight etc pipe down and watch the video.

Amy Lee or Evanescence, would never do such a thing! Lol sorry, don't know why i felt saying that. Besides leave Adele alone, so what she puts the middle finger up? It's not as if we never did it -.- Media is so Immature. Adele is cool!

adele!my gran and sister are disabled and my gran absoloutly adores u she listen to u all day loke on your album and i love u most am acc u #1 fan in my school we have to do a presentation on who we think is a gr8 role model and i picked u i luv u xxxxx

@Shadpulse Hmm well after having vocal cord surgery I am pretty sure its hard to eat you know since you just had surgery in your mouth O.O I lost 10 pounds when I got my wisdom teeth removed and It was not because I wanted to loose them.

@3beachbabe Rock on darling !! :D There was a big deal made about Kanye West at awards a couple years back cutting someone off and everyone thought it was mad....why should anyone cut off someone who has just won 6 grammys and 2 brits ??

Love the fact she did it, she was crying and stuf and it's such a great moment and than BAM, so I don't care, and I love it that she isn't overexpaining it, just like: ye, I flipt the vinger, sorry to the fans, don't be offended, I got cut off... and ready

@landerzoo Any complaint you make to official people won't be taken seriously because after the 9:00pm watershed they can put anything on TV, and it is the parents responsibility to make sure what is being watched is appropriate for their child.

WTF is wrong with people, so yeah there are amazing artists, scientist, intelligent people winning awards, publishing books etc but oh yeah I forgot they swear and get pissed sometimes ... thats it, they must be horrible then

@woodywoody07 It wasn't a general speech that she had put together herself, this was during a Q&A, she was just answering the questions asked (which had been edited out of the video to make it a smoother video).

the hole night was bad, nearly all the singers were out of tune(blur,olly murs) blur had like 10 mins talking about who to thank and 10 mins performing and adele had hardly 30s saying thank u so how is that fair ??

She got cut cos one direction and blur gives a bloody long acceptance speech so they need to prioritse the time and also the poor management of the brit awards. It was so messy and soooo unorganized. SUPER DUPER POOR MANAGEMENT.

You got it spot on...TROLLS like this want attention..so ignoring is the best way to prevent it..eventualy they`ll crawl back into their hole in the ground ,and we`ll all forget they ever appeared!:(

I hated Adele -- big metalcore fan here -- before I watched this. She flipped off the great land of Britain and lived to tell the tale! Shit, if she did that here in 'Murica, she'd be so beyond fucked.

If I was as good as her, I'd be fucking stuck up. I'd go around pulling the finger at people on a day-to-day basis just because I can. So congrats to her for being so grounded. I definitely wouldn't be :P

@dalotel in the words of adele: my agent told me to loose weight. I said I don't sing for the eye I sing for the ear. Y'all need to get a brain and maybe some hearing aids because Adele os very talented.

@SteampunkProduction1 I'm sorry you feel that way. But most Amerocans try to intimidate British accents because they admire them. I think that they are beautiful :) JESUS loves you and so do I :D

She didnt deserve to be cut off. She is much more talented and more important than blur!

It was not just rude, it was disgusting and unforgivable. The 'suits' should be fired and never find work in show business again. And they should be publicly humiliated when it happens.