Jackie Weaver opens Brit Awards with hilarious Line of Duty sketch with Jack Whitehall

Perrie Edwards was visibly horrified as Jack Whitehall made a crude joke about her and bandmate Leigh-Anne Pinnock’s pregnancies at the Brit Awards on Tuesday 11 May. Little Mix singer Perrie, 27, announced she is expecting her first child with Alex Oxlande-Chamberlain just days before she and her bandmates appeared at the star-studded ceremony.The week before, Leigh-Anne, 29, shared the happy news that she is also expecting her fist child with fiancé Andre Gray.

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One of music's biggest nights in Britain, the coveted Brit Awards were held recently and it was a delight to see who's who of the music industry turn up looking their best for the evening. Held at London's O2 Arena, the awards ceremony hosted an in-person audience and popular comedian y Jack Whitehall was the host for the evening.

As he hosted The Brit Awards for a fourth consecutive year, Jack Whitehall took aim at several famous faces over the course of the ceremony.The presenter, who was praised by girlfriend Roxy Horner after she was rushed to hospital, mocked Piers Morgan for being forced off of Good Morning Britain and slammed Rita Ora's illegal party.

Little Mix, Dua Lipa, Arlo Parks, HAIM and Billie Eilish were among the winners at the female-dominated Brit Awards. The event, which featured an audience of 4,000 people including 2,500 key workers, marked the return of live music to London’s O2 Arena after more than a year.

Meghan Markle and, just hours later, quit after refusing to apologise for remarks he had made. Appearing at the O2 Arena in the UK's first major event in over a year, Jack joked: "This arena has been emptier than Piers Morgan's diary.

Martin Compston and Jackie Weaver with a hilarious 'Zoom call' sketch. To open the show, Brits host Jack Whitehall was seen sitting down to a Zoom call with some very familiar faces.Line of Duty 's Martin Compston and Vicky McClure joined Jack but when Compston told Jack: "It’s time to roll out the big guns", Jack replied: "Mother of God they’re bringing out the gaffer." But many were shocked when it wasn't Line of Duty 's Adrian Dunbar, but was non-other than Scot Jackie Weaver.

Rag ‘n’ Bone Man, Pink! and the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS choirs closed this year’s BRIT Awards.Their emotive performance of ‘Anywhere Away From Here’ is available to buy now and will see all proceeds going to NHS charities.Introducing the final performance of the night, host Jack Whitehall described the song as “a powerful reflection of the new hop that we’ve found; there’s light at the end of the tunnel.”He added: “A massive big up to the key workers here tonight and across the country.

BRIT Awards 2021 are currently taking place at London’s O2 Arena, where a crowd of 4000 people has gathered to celebrate the past 12 months of music – check out the rolling list of winners below.Hosted by comedian Jack Whitehall, this year’s ceremony opened with Coldplay performing their new single ‘Higher Power’ from a pontoon on the River Thames.