22 Feb 2012
She won two prizes at the Brit Awards in London, best British female & best British album.
Her acceptance speech for the latter, the final and most prestigious award of the night, was cut short.
She had said: "nothing makes me prouder than coming home with six Grammys and then coming to the Brits and winning album of the year. I'm so proud to be British and to be flying our flag" before she was interrupted by host James Corden, so that he could introduce Blur, the final performers.
Amidst boos, she added: "Can I just say, then, goodbye and I'll see you next time round."
She then did the one finger salute, which was seen on live television.
She explained later backstage: "I flung the middle finger. That was for the suits at the Brit Awards, not my fans. I'm sorry if I offended anyone but the suits offended me. I was about to thank the British public for all their support but they cut me off. So thank you very much for all your support. It's amazing."
ITV later issued a statement: "The Brits is a live event. Unfortunately the programme was over-running and we had to move on. We would like to apologise to Adele for the interruption."
A Brits Award spokesman added: "We regret this happened and we send our deepest apologies to Adele that her big moment was cut short. We don't want this to undermine her incredible achievement in winning our night's biggest award. It tops off what's been an incredible year for her."
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