{"id":322955,"date":"2026-03-01T05:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/322955\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T05:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:34:10","slug":"why-was-geeses-speech-censored-at-the-brits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/322955\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Was Geese\u2019s Speech Censored at the BRITs?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Host Jack Whitehall teased<\/a> that the BRIT Awards bleeping button was working, and the network seemed to have fulfilled that promise. During his acceptance speech at the 2026 BRIT Awards<\/a>, Max Bassin of the band Geese won Best International Group, and he kept his speech<\/a> short and sweet. \u201cI just want to say, Free Palestine, Fuck ICE, RIP Mani, let\u2019s go Geese!\u201d Bassin stated. However, while the speech was uncensored during the international YouTube livestream, some<\/a> ITV<\/a> viewers<\/a> report that his speech was bleeped during the TV broadcast. \u201cthe brits censoring free palestine and fuck ice\u2026??? embarrassing on their behalf,\u201d a fan wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n

Bassin\u2019s speech wasn\u2019t the only thing censored during tonight\u2019s show. Whitehall noticed a few politicians were all seated together in the audience, including Manchester\u2019s mayor, Andy Burnham. \u201cThis is the only party he\u2019s allowed into these days,\u201d he joked, before the next part was censored<\/a> by ITV. \u201cThis must be the politicians\u2019 table. I wonder who else is here. I think I saw Peter Mandelson on the list. Oh wait, that was another list\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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