The creator of the disastrous Fyre Festival now admits he believes the ‘most f***ed up part’ of his scheme was lying to those who invested $26 million into his hyper-exclusive event.
In a recent interview on the Full Send Podcast, Billy McFarland, 31, discussed the moral and ethical issues when it came to the festival.
‘I lied to investors to get money and like morally, ethically as a human, like totally the most f***ed up part. But the worst like business decision was time,’ McFarland said in the interview when asked what the biggest dilemma with the event was.
McFarland, who was released from prison earlier this year after serving four years out of his six-year sentence, also told the hosts people around him had tried to warn him that it would be all but impossible to pull the event off in just four months.
Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland, 31, said in a recent interview that the worst part of his scheme was lying to investors who gave him $26 million to pull off the event
‘You didn’t have anyone at the time who was like, “Yo, this — you shouldn’t do this. Like, you shouldn’t move this fast.” Or like, “It’s not gonna work this way.” Like, was there anyone trying to like, speak logic in that sense?’ host Bradley Martyn asked.
‘For sure. But I was kind of caught up in this mindset that like, we have to go really fast. And the downside is there’s great artists in a beautiful location, but it’s…
