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Slowthai has a great career ahead of him aaaaaand it's gone (up: apology, see threadmark)
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Agreed. Arists don't operate a different standards and shouldn't be allowed to do so just when they display talent.
This tweet isn't downplaying his behavior at all, it's downplaying HIM. She doesn't call him 'sweet', she blows him off as meaningless.
I'm pretty sure that the term sweet boy is being used sarcastically to emasculate him further.
No offense to you in case I've misinterpreted your post but I personally wouldn't use the word 'stance' in there as that implies that her being a powerful woman and comic is an act.
Yeah he has like no presence in the London rap/grime scene. He was banking on being a liberal media darling/crossover act.
Katherine is beloved in the UK. She probably didn't want to make it a big deal and tank this dudes career.
Katherine is beloved in the UK. She probably didn't want to make it a big deal and tank this dudes career.
I don't know if snide one-liner shitposts express disgust. Disgust would be reasonable.
(I don't love the internet)
I also think she doesn't want to be defined by this. She's a comedian, she's blowing it off as "he couldn't phase me if he tried", she's certainly not defending him. Her reaction on stage and in that tweet seem pretty obviously condescending towards him, which he certainly earned.
Man this sucks, he's the bedt thing from the UK with Idles, and they are buddies too.
Stahp.
Not sure what's particularly unreasonable about a handful of dismissive posts in response to an artist sexually harassing and assaulting a woman on stage, nor why it warrants whining about people cancelling people.
The only reason I know this dude is because of that dumb drug deala meme on Tiktok.
Anyway, a dumb thing to do. Hope he can learn from it
Anyway, a dumb thing to do. Hope he can learn from it
Hate is people saying "who?" in a mock throwaway post toward an artist that's just harassed someone?
So I was actually there and some of the clips are missing a bit of context. That said, regardless of the context - how he acted was completely out of order.
Slowthai opened the show with a great performance with Mura Masa, later he accepted an award and Katherine Ryan made remarks about him being a 'beautiful tan passport' or something to that effect, joking about his skin colour and all of his tattoos. Saying he looked well travelled and acting thirsty for him, which is par for the course for her comedy material if you're familiar with her.
It all started when Katherine Ryan said something that I assume Slowthai didn't like and he heckled her, which she then goaded him and ended up calling him up on stage. It was all some weird awkward confrontation which went on for way too long and he was so drunk he was being pretty lecherous which was making everyone watching wince. Going by the stuff he was saying (in one of the videos in OP) I guess he took her jokey thirst comments seriously. She seemed to play it off as she would any other heckler by basically just rinsing him, and made him look a mug. He went back to his seat after a while and then for a lot of the show she was getting jabs in at him wherever she could - at one point she came out with a fake baby bump saying it was their child that they'd just made backstage, calling him Fastthai.
He was later the recipent of Hero of the Year where he gave a speech dismissing it all as a joke which is when someone in the crowd cut him off by shouting misogynist at him, and the rest is what's in the video in the OP.
It's a real shame he acted such a bellend - his album is absolutely fantastic and he's got a hell of a lot of potential. He was one of if not the most nominated act last night as well. Ryan seems to be dismissing it as just a comic/heckler situation, I guess we'll see what Slowthai responds with.
It's going to be one hell of a hangover for him for sure.
Slowthai opened the show with a great performance with Mura Masa, later he accepted an award and Katherine Ryan made remarks about him being a 'beautiful tan passport' or something to that effect, joking about his skin colour and all of his tattoos. Saying he looked well travelled and acting thirsty for him, which is par for the course for her comedy material if you're familiar with her.
It all started when Katherine Ryan said something that I assume Slowthai didn't like and he heckled her, which she then goaded him and ended up calling him up on stage. It was all some weird awkward confrontation which went on for way too long and he was so drunk he was being pretty lecherous which was making everyone watching wince. Going by the stuff he was saying (in one of the videos in OP) I guess he took her jokey thirst comments seriously. She seemed to play it off as she would any other heckler by basically just rinsing him, and made him look a mug. He went back to his seat after a while and then for a lot of the show she was getting jabs in at him wherever she could - at one point she came out with a fake baby bump saying it was their child that they'd just made backstage, calling him Fastthai.
He was later the recipent of Hero of the Year where he gave a speech dismissing it all as a joke which is when someone in the crowd cut him off by shouting misogynist at him, and the rest is what's in the video in the OP.
It's a real shame he acted such a bellend - his album is absolutely fantastic and he's got a hell of a lot of potential. He was one of if not the most nominated act last night as well. Ryan seems to be dismissing it as just a comic/heckler situation, I guess we'll see what Slowthai responds with.
It's going to be one hell of a hangover for him for sure.
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Predictable "never heard of him"/"one song" etc yawn-inducing drive-bys, as always. But holy shit what a let down, what a fucking asshole. Great album still but no.
Man Katherine Ryan is such a legend. What did we do to deserve her!
Man Katherine Ryan is such a legend. What did we do to deserve her!
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It's not like he has been cancelled in the 'traditional' sense unless I missed it. It's been short enough of a time his agent/representative could be working on a public statement and now it's a matter of waiting in him to sober up.
Oh yeah I imagine whoever represents him are having kittens right now haha. Skybet are taking bets on how he's going to issue his apology. It's just a big yikes situation all round.
ah, so it looks like he just got outplayed at being the smartarse, her comments make much more sense now.
Yes. Good times.
I'm bummed about this. Great album, and the Mura Masa track is great.
Dude is trash and deserves to have his career tank with a public performance like that.
But people will defend assholes like this, look at Kanye.
But people will defend assholes like this, look at Kanye.
Hiraeth explains it better, go back a bit.
She cracked a few jokes at his expense, he tried to heckle and couldn't keep up with her without crossing the line.
he is insanely talented and has made some awesome features on songs already as well as released some cool stuff himself. He really did, if he didn't turn out to be such a cunt
He might learn from it, it's pretty humiliating when you behave like a complete bellend.
A rapper acting like trash this will surely end his career.
Anyway Katherine Ryan is a treasure.
Anyway Katherine Ryan is a treasure.
He got triggered, let's be honest he is probably not the smartest cookie in the packet, and getting put down by someone faster and quick witted it becomes a trigger point, then add in alcohol and drugs, boom career gone
expect a full apology and a donation of money somewhere
expect a full apology and a donation of money somewhere
He's still a dick.. but the story completely changes out of context
twitter.com
Lola Coker on Twitter
“@NME what’s going on? 🤨 @slowthai @the1975 #NMEAwards2020 https://t.co/HodByVRJu7”
twitter.com
oh i missed that somehow! thanks guys.
Saw him trending on Twitter this morning and thought maybe there was new music..then i saw the videos. Fuck me. Shame, big fan, i saw him live a few years ago and he was great. He generally comes across as quite a sweet soul too in interviews etc.
No excusing that though, what the fuck was he thinking? Really let himself down. Katherine handled it very well.
No excusing that though, what the fuck was he thinking? Really let himself down. Katherine handled it very well.
You people really need to speak to people in person and not just online.
This sounds patronizing. Like when people say shit like sweet summer child.
He's put out an apology:
twitter.com
NOBODY on Twitter
“.@nme please forward my award to @kathbum for she is the hero of the year. what started as a joke between us escalated to a point of shameful actions on my part. i want to unreservedly apologise, there is no excuse and I am sorry. i am not a hero. (1/2)”
twitter.com
Apology
He's put out an apology:
NOBODY on Twitter
“.@nme please forward my award to @kathbum for she is the hero of the year. what started as a joke between us escalated to a point of shameful actions on my part. i want to unreservedly apologise, there is no excuse and I am sorry. i am not a hero. (1/2)”
He's still a dick.. but the story completely changes out of context
Lola Coker on Twitter
“@NME what’s going on? 🤨 @slowthai @the1975 #NMEAwards2020 https://t.co/HodByVRJu7”
This should probably be in the OP.
Agree, seems embarrassed and understanding of the problem and behaviour. Apologises to others for whom the event might have prompted bad memories as well. Hopefully learns where his line is around alcohol moving forward because yeh, not your standard drunken mistake.
The thing is, it's really, very easy to act in an appropriate manner.
That's totally unacceptable.
Especially when you're being recognised for your talents and for using your platform to speak truth about power.
What a waste.
That's totally unacceptable.
Especially when you're being recognised for your talents and for using your platform to speak truth about power.
What a waste.