Jack Whitehall has been criticised for 'punching down at Manchester' during this year's BRIT Awards as he viewers hit out at his 'painful posh boy schtick'. The comedian, 37, hosted the ceremony from Manchester's Co-op Live Arena - marking the awards' first year outside of London. Furious viewers flooded social media, with one writing: 'Jack Whitehall being hired to host the Brits because of his connection to Manchester, and then proceeding to sh** on Manchester all night. Right';'Please make this the last year jack whitehall hosts the #BRITs'; 'Please get rid of the INSUFFERABLE Jack Whitehall next year';'Can Jack Whitehall make a joke that isn’t classist god'; 'Jack Whitehall try and not make a joke at the expense of working-class Mancunians challenge (level impossible)';'At what point in tonight’s @BRITAwards does @jackwhitehall become funny? Comedy shouldn’t be painful and Whitehall’s posh boy schtick is tediously dull and makes an already overlong evening even more interminable';'Sick of Jack Whitehall coming out with all these poor Manchester tropes'; 'Get Jack Whitehall off my screen with his weird and bizarre classist Manchester jokes.

Source: Daily Mail March 01, 2026 00:29 UTC