Lewd & aggressive behaviour
Rapper slowthai appeared at the NME Awards in London last night.
He bagged the awards for Hero Of The Year and Best Collaboration alongside Mura Masa.
However, the evening soon took a turn for the worse.
Many viewers were shocked at the 25-year-old's behaviour towards host Katherine Ryan.
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The Northampton native invaded Ryan's personal space.
Among other comments he urged the comedian to smell his cologne and called her, "baby girl."
There was an incident at #NMEAwards2020 last night. British Rapper Slowthai, invaded host Katherine Ryan's space on stage and began making lewd & misogynist comments. Slowthai then began fighting with the audience. The amazing @Kathbum handled it like a pro, seemingly unphased. x pic.twitter.com/TdeV0lDHWI
— Stand Up Fanatic (@standup_fanatic) February 13, 2020
Despite many people taking to Twitter with their disgust Ryan has assured fans that slowthai didn't make her feel uncomfortable.
In a tweet she wrote, 'He didn’t make me uncomfortable. This is why we need women in positions of power.'
'I knew he had lost from the moment he opened his mouth like any heckler coming up against a COMIC - not a woman - a COMIC.'
'I was operating 2/10. What a sweet boy. I defused it. Tonight was fun!'
He didn’t make me uncomfortable.
This is why we need women in positions of power. I knew he had lost from the moment he opened his mouth like any heckler coming up against a COMIC - not a woman - a COMIC. I was operating 2/10. What a sweet boy. I defused it.
Tonight was fun! ❤️ https://t.co/BBMPZpIvhy— Katherine Ryan (@Kathbum) February 13, 2020
Altercation with audience member
Unfortunately slowthai didn't stop there.
Just after he collected the Hero Of The Year award he thanked the audience for ruining his speech.
He dropped his microphone from the stage and walked away as the crowd booed.
An audience member then threw the mic back at him resulting in slowthai throwing a glass of champagne and jumping from the stage.
The two men attempted to fight but were both held back by security.
It’s just kicked off at the NME Awards #Slowthai 😬 just after he won hero of the year #NMEAwards2020 pic.twitter.com/rKmUOXSuhB
— Vinesh (@V1nesh) February 12, 2020
slowthai Fans react
slowthai fans took to Twitter following the incidents to react to the artist's behaviour.
Many think that the rapper has ended his career.
Slowthai looking at himself in the reflection of his 8th pint: pic.twitter.com/UMuTqNyS3H
— AJ (@masiavelli) February 12, 2020
me scrolling on the tl watching slowthai’s career turn to shit pic.twitter.com/GTnqhlBBSE
— katie👩❤️💋👩 (@kxtielizabeth) February 12, 2020
@ slowthai ✨✨ pic.twitter.com/Ymw3St6FKY
— katie👩❤️💋👩 (@kxtielizabeth) February 12, 2020
has slowthai just ended his career? pic.twitter.com/lU7g6m7IYF
— séan (@_Sean7_) February 12, 2020
if you think your life is bad, Slowthai is about to wake up with a banging headache, 54 missed calls from his agent, and about 2000 Twitter notifications saying that he’s cancelled. imagine the fear he has right now
— marc moran the 13th (@moranmarc13) February 13, 2020
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