Fyre Festival's Billy McFarland Has Reached Out To Andy King From Jail

Fyre Festival co-founder Billy McFarland has reached out to Andy King from jail, but King isn't too sure on paying his former employer a visit. I can't think why...

Fans of the Netflix documentary Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened will be familiar with the story of the absolute shit-show that was Fyre Festival, which resulted in a prison sentence for McFarland for fraud.

McFarland and rapper Ja Rule organised the festival, which was billed as being a 'once in a lifetime' experience, and it certainly was - quickly descending into absolute chaos.

Andy was an advisor to Billy - as well as a friend - but now says that, understandably, things are rocky between them.

Speaking on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Andy was asked if he thought Billy was remorseful and replied: "I think so, he reached out last week from jail, his girlfriend wants to take me up to see him."

But he's not sure if he fancies it, adding: "I have mixed emotions. That's who I am, that's why the world is embracing me. But that can get you into trouble every once in a while, i.e. Fyre. And so I... it's mind-boggling."

Mind-boggling indeed.

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Of course, to anyone who has seen the documentary, Andy is best known as the fella who was willing to perform oral sex to secure four 18-wheeler trucks filled with Evian water.

Or to put it in Andy's own words: "I got to his office, fully prepared to suck his dick..."

In an interview with Netflix, Andy revealed what it was like to suddenly reach such heights of viral fame: "I'm now a noun, a verb, an adjective. It's mind-boggling. When someone reached out last weekend and said, 'You're trending,' I'm like, 'I don't even know what trending means.'"

He added: "After doing a documentary like this, and you have your 15 minutes of fame, what happens next? One of our biggest goals, obviously, is paying back everybody in the Bahamas.

"It's kind of rewarding that we started a GoFundMe last week to help Maryann."

On the whole Andy seems pretty chuffed with his newfound fame, though, saying: "I think I'm being given a platform that a lot of people, at age 58 especially, don't get the opportunity to have. And I'm kind of excited about it."

You can say that again, Andy.

Topics: TV and Film, Netflix

Claire Reid

Claire is a journalist at LADbible who, after dossing around for a few years, went to Liverpool John Moores University. She graduated with a degree in Journalism and a whole load of debt. When not writing words in exchange for money she is usually at home watching serial killer documentaries surrounded by cats. You can contact Claire at [email protected]

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