Fans React to News That Fyre Festival II Is Officially Happening
We're really doing this again?
Fyre Festival co-founder Billy McFarland truly abides by the age-old adage, "If at first you don't succeed, try again."
The convicted conman has been out of prison for less than a year and still owes millions upon millions of dollars in restitution for the ill-fated island music fest, but he's ready to give it his best shot—again.
On April 9, 2023, the so-called entrepreneur made the announcement via Twitter, writing, "🔥 Fyre Festival II is finally happening," and encouraging followers to tell him why they deserved an invite, but for those who remember the complete disaster his first attempt was—endangering the lives of 5,000 or so people in the process—it was the perfect opportunity to troll McFarland.
"Perhaps we should instead beg not to attend?" one tweet suggested.
"Can I bring my therapist?" another wanted to know.
"Because I've been dying for generic brand cheese slices on stale bread. Get in my belly!" wrote a third.
"I’ve got the original pitch deck you guys sent when you wanted to book talent," another teased. "I flagged it as suspicious but here we are."
"If you need any help with planning, there’s a great documentary on this!" someone else cheekily informed.
"tell me why you shouldn't be in jail," one user countered, leading McFarland to respond: "It's in the best interest of those I owe for me to be working. people aren't getting paid back if i sit on the couch and watch tv. and because i served my time."
And to his credit, his next Tweet, which came yesterday, April 12, announced one way he plans to earn some of the money he owes: by selling grilled cheese sandwiches.
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"🔥🔥 Fyrst things Fyrst, gotta pay people back," he wrote, teasing an unnamed performer and an appearance from Andy King, who went viral for his interview during Netflix's documentary, during the three-hour event at 7th Street Burger East Village in New York City, promising, "All proceeds to those owed."
Needless to say, nobody was a fan of the idea.
"you do realize your legal fees aren't a charity cause, right?" one reminded him.
"Lmao bro ur trying to get us to pay off your debt? Madoff 2.0 over here," said another.
"This must be Ja Rule's big come back [sic] performance," another wrote with a laughing emoji, referring to McFarland's co-founder.
King even confirmed the plans, making it sound even more like a charity case by writing that they were "raising money for those affected in the Bahamas."
"How much did it cost to convince you??" one person wanted to know.
The barrage continued:
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