Brit Awards viewers were left baffled after parts of rap star Kendrick Lamar's performance were muted by ITV.
"What's the point in having Kendrick Lamar perform on #BRITS if you're going to mute him every other word?" tweeted JP, voicing the discontent of many.
Many assumed that Lamar's songs - Feel and New Freezer - were muted due to bad language. But it seems the main issues were references to drugs and oral sex.
Some muted sections featured mentions of "bad dope" and "cocaine white".
The US superstar himself actually changed the most overt bad language in his lyrics - but fell foul of the censor's button for the drug words and oblique slang references to oral sex.
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Lamar's performance at the Brit Awards in London was broadcast on ITV on Wednesday almost an hour past the 21:00 watershed.
Yet the decision was made to mute the audio 10 times during his performance - recalling an appearance by Kanye West in 2015 that also fell foul of the broadcaster's censors.
Asked about the decision to mute parts of the songs, ITV said the ceremony was broadcast "to a wide audience".
"We have always used a short time delay and audio muting to deal with language viewers may consider unsuitable," a spokeswoman said
source:www.bbc.com
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