Becky Hill has ripped into Jack Whitehall for calling her ‘Wetherspoons Whitney’ and assuming she was less well off because of her Midlands accent at the BRIT Awards earlier this month.
Jack Whitehall was doing what he does best and roasting the stars in attendance as he hosted proceedings at the event, but Becky, 31, found his comment ‘classist’ and has now torn him a new one on her Instagram story:
Sharing statistics about the privately educated winners from this year, Hill, who is from Bewdley, Worcestershire, captioned it:
“Imagine being called a ‘Wetherspoons Whitney’ by some privately educated nepo baby who has a TV show with daddy the showbiz agent on national TV. My parents worked so hard to provide a middle class life for me, even tho they couldn’t afford it, no one gave me a leg up, I wasn’t near London so I couldn’t go to the BRIT School. So if you associate a Midlands accent with a Wetherspoons that says more about the silver spoon in your mouth jolly ol’ boy.”
Brutal stuff. At the awards show on March 1, Jack Whitehall had said:
‘It’s an eclectic mix of nominees this year, from the soaring vocals of the Wetherspoons Whitney Becky Hill, to the atmospheric house of top jaw with decks, Fred Again.’
In fairness to Whitehall, he did say she has ‘soaring vocals’, and you would think there’s no greater compliment than being compared to Whitney Houston, but ‘Wetherspoons Whitney’? Apparently Becky Hill did not see the funny side, and has now fired back by essentially calling him a privileged rich boy who’s only where he is in his career because his dad works in the industry. Doesn’t get more insulting than that really, does it?
Jack Whitehall has yet to respond to Becky Hill’s comments, but it will be interesting to see what he says if he does. Will he apologise for calling the talented singer/songwriter ‘Wetherspoons Whitney’? Or will he double down by taking the p1ss out of her some more? A mixture of the two might be good. He’s a comedian ffs! Don’t take it so seriously.
For Jack Whitehall’s reaction at discovering Leo DiCaprio had sex with his girlfriend, click HERE.
