This year’s NME Awards went down a few hours ago at London’s 02 Academy Brixton.

The night included performances from AJ Tracey, Yungblud, Beabadoobee, FKA Twigs, The 1975, Mura Masa and slowthai; with hosting duties shared between Beats 1’s Julie Adenuga and Canadian comedian Katherine Ryan.

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At some point after Mura Masa and slowthai jumped up together for their track ‘Deal Wiv It’, slowthai was back on stage. Attendees only captured part of what went down, but he was seen interrupting the two hosts. Reports vary, but it’s thought that this happened as the Northampton rapper was announced as the winner of the fan-voted Hero of the Year award.

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slowthai: Jealous innit?

Katherine Ryan: I didn’t get jealous, I was protecting another woman.

slowthai: You are jealous! She got jeallllllousssss, everybody! [To Katherine] Smell my cologne. Smell it. Smells good, doesn’t it?

Julie Adenuga: What is happening? What is the protocol for this situation?

Katherine Ryan: [To slowthai] Listen! Listen, I was just protecting my friend.

Julie Adenuga: Mura Masa, come up here and perform something!

Katherine Ryan: [To slowthai] What are your --

slowthai: [To Katherine] Shhhhhhhhhhhh. Shhhhhhhh. Shhhhhhh. Baby girl, I don’t want to have to do this to you right now but everybody, she needs to understand the levels right now. You know what I’m sayin’ [Laughs].”

At some point later, during his speech, apparently someone in the crowd yelled out “misogynist”. He replied “Thank you for ruining my speech, thank you very much” before throwing the mic off stage. And then things escalated:

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As slowthai was removed by security, KSI was all like:

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Katherine Ryan has since responded on Twitter saying, "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!"

No word from the man himself but there's a lot of this vibe going around:

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Update: Another video showing a longer exchange has now come out and slowthai has issued an apology on Twitter, asking NME to send of his 'Hero of the Year' trophy to Katherine Ryan.

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