Comic Jack Whitehall has revealed which Hollywood actor was left unimpressed by his joke.
Jack Whitehall will return to host the 2026 Brit Awards (Picture: YouTube)
With the 2026 Brit Awards simply hours away, its host, Jack Whitehall, has revealed which movie star pressured him to alter a joke in his monologue. This 12 months marks the sixth time that the comic will return to the stage with an autocue stuffed with unsuspecting gags geared toward its well-known attendees, hoping to take dwelling the extremely coveted music awards. Jack initially hosted the star-studded ceremony for 4 consecutive years from 2018 earlier than passing the duties to Mo Gilligan.
Now, with the likes of Lily Allen, Noel Gallagher, Olivia Dean and Calvis Harris anticipated to be in attendance, the host mirrored on his earlier years on the Brits and revealed how he avoids getting threatened by publicists. Throughout a latest look on Scott Mills’ BBC Radio Present, the 37-year-old confirmed that no celebrities are warned about being talked about in his jokes and acknowledged: “That was one of many issues I learnt comparatively early on.
The comic’s monologue was modified mid present (Picture: Getty)
“If anybody will get wind of any intros or any jokes, then there’ll be complaints, and also you’ll get threatened by publicists. They’re so on it.” Sharing his strategies, Jack revealed: “Now what I do is I do a dummy script within the rehearsal, so I do that monologue the place I’m simply complimenting everybody.
“The entire individuals within the room hear that and go, ‘Oh, Jack’s being very nice this 12 months!’ Then on the precise present day, when it’s stay tv, and it’s too late to alter something, [it’s brutal].
“I needed to lock myself in my dressing room and conceal in the bathroom as a result of there have been so many individuals making an attempt to get in to inform me off and inform me I couldn’t say this about this artist.”
“Truly, deleting the intro and typing in his personal one. Somebody discovered him.” Jack then informed Scott that it was the Academy Award-winning actor, Jared Leto.
The host disclosed: “He needed me to introduce him as the largest rock star on the planet, and I wasn’t on board with that. I needed to introduce him because the ‘hipster Jesus’.”
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