BRIT Awards viewers think Aitch made a dig at Harry Styles in his acceptance speech for Best Grime Act.
Aitch was the first winner of the evening and his gong came minutes after Harry Styles' opening performance, where he sang As It Was.
In his speech, in which he swore pre-watershed, saying he was "s**tting himself", Aitch said not many things like this happen to people like him, "from my side of Manchester."
It comes after Harry received backlash for his acceptance speech at the Grammy's, where she said: "This doesn't happen to people like me very often and this is so, so nice."
Harry's humble admission struck a chord with some viewers while others questioned whether he had a working class background.
One person on Twitter wrote: "Did Aitch just shade Harry styles with the same line from the Grammys."
Another wrote: "Did aitch just dig at Harry Styles at the brits coz i am pissing."
A third said: "hoping aitch's mention of his side of manny is a dig at harry styles."
One person questioned: "Did Aitch throw shade at Harry Styles?"
This year, the BRIT Awards takes place on a Saturday - the first time the star-studded music ceremony has ever been held over a weekend rather than its usual weeknight slot.
Buzz for this year’s show began last month, mainly thanks to the backlash surrounding the nominations for the Artist of the Year honour and the fact no women were put up for the award.
Fans were outraged to discover the category - won by Adele in 2022 - featured only male acts, with Harry, rapper Central Cee, DJ Fred again, pop singers George Ezra and and Stormzy.
Just 17.6% of artists originally shortlisted last year for Artist of the Year 2023 were women, and included Mabel, Florence and the Machine, Charli XCX, Becky Hill and Rina Sawayama - but none of the talented female stars made the final cut when the final nominations were announced on January 12.
Ahead of the awards, Mo explained how honoured he was to return as the main presenter and looked back on his favourite moments from last year’s show.
“The opening was awesome. How Ed Sheeran came out, people doing backflips and stuff, I was like, ‘Woah, it’s me who’s introducing him - is this really happening?!’” Mo recalled when speaking with Helen Lamont for the official BRITs programme.
“It was quite a ‘ full circle’ thing,’ I remember when he first started on the show [performing Lego House in 2012] James Corden was the host,” he continued.
“I was a lot younger then, so yeah. That was a moment I’ll never forget.”
