Jack Whitehall looked worn out as he checked out of his hotel in Manchester on Sunday morning, after performing his hosting duties at the 2026 BRIT awards the night before.
The comedian, 37, helmed the ceremony for the sixth time on Saturday night at the Co-op Live Arena – the awards’ first year outside of London.
And after busy night of presenting, followed by an appearance at the star-studded Sony Music afterparty at Soho House Manchester, he and his fiancée Roxy Horner looked slightly worse for wear the following morning.
Jack wrapped up in a padded jacket and jogging bottoms as he exited the hotel, hiding his face under a baseball cap.
While model Roxy managed to still look effortlessly stylish in circular-patterned jeans and white T-shirt and trainers, but also hid behind a pair of white retro shades.
Jack was in top form for the awards ceremony on Saturday, wasting no time in dropping his classic one-liners.
Jack Whitehall looked worn out as he checked out of his hotel in Manchester on Sunday morning, after performing his hosting duties at the 2026 BRIT awards the night before
The comedian, 37, helmed the ceremony for the sixth time on Saturday night at the Co-op Live Arena – the awards’ first year outside of London
Just minutes into to the show, he took a swipe at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards as he told viewers the BRITs had the ‘best in the business’ on the bleep button for the show – joking it was the same person running the under-fire ceremony last Sunday.
He said: ‘We’ve got the best in the business here tonight [for bleeping swear words], we’ve got the guy from the BAFTAs.’
The quip was in reference of the firestorm that embroiled the BBC after they failed to censor a racial slur shouted out involuntarily by John Davidson – due to his Tourette’s – while Sinners stars Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting an award.
Jack also addressed the BRITs moving to Manchester calling the city the ‘G spot of the North’, as well as the long-awaited Oasis reunion.
As cameras focused on Noel Gallagher in the arena, the comic quipped it had been a ‘great year for Manchester’s drug dealers’, causing the singer, 58, to burst into laughter.
Meanwhile, as Harry Styles left the stage, Jack had the audience in hysterics as he likened watching the Watermelon Sugar singer’s performance to sitting on a washing machine for three minutes.
Robbie Williams was also in the firing line as he took to the stage to present Song of the Year and Jack couldn’t resist a swipe, telling the packed arena how the hitmaker has had ‘more comebacks than his hairline’.
Happy Monday stars Shaun Ryder and Bez presented this year’s Group of the Year gong – but even the legends weren’t safe from the gags.
Jack told the arena how the pair were ‘aging like service station flowers’ and assumed they were part of the ‘in memoriam’ VT.
Before Blackpink superstar Rosé and Bruno Mars scooped International Song of the Year for their hit song APT, Jack couldn’t help but say how the category had been ‘blighted by the fact American’s couldn’t be ars*ed’ to fly to the UK to collect the gong.
In a further dig at the Baftas, Jack said how they also invited Paddington Bear to their ceremony, with cameras then panning to a wider shot appearing to show the iconic bear under the table, intoxicated.
And after busy night of presenting, followed by an appearance at the star-studded Sony Music afterparty at Soho House Manchester, he and his fiancée Roxy Horner looked slightly worse for wear the following morning
Jack wrapped up in a padded jacket and jogging bottoms as he exited the hotel, hiding his face under a baseball cap
The Beckhams’ very public feud was also brought up during the evening as Mark Ronson’s set was introduced by host Jack.
He told the audience to ‘prepare to throw shapes like you’re Victoria Beckham during a first dance’ – a nod to Brooklyn’s scathing statement where he accused his mother of ‘dancing inappropriately’ during his wedding to Nicola Peltz.
However, one of his quips went unheard by viewers watching at home, after ITV bosses censored a joke he made about Peter Mandelson.
The disgraced former minister was arrested last week as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct in public office, following allegations he leaked sensitive information to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein during his time as business secretary.
Jack took to the opportunity to mock the former US ambassador, while speaking to Manchesters Mayor, Andy Burnham.
He joked that the BRITs was ‘the only party Andy is allowed into these days’, in reference to Prime Minister Keir Starmer blocking the politician from running as an MP for the Labour party.
He followed the quip up by making a thinly-veiled allusion at Mandelson’s name being in the so-called Epstein Files, saying: ‘I think I saw Peter Mandelson on the list… oh no sorry that’s another list!’
However, the joke didn’t make it past ITV censors, with the audio briefly cutting out during the broadcast, with viewers hearing a few seconds of bird noise instead of Jack’s words.
But despite being cut from the aired show, the joke was still shared on the BRIT Awards’ Instagram.
While model Roxy managed to still look effortlessly stylish in circular-patterned jeans and white T-shirt and trainers, but also hid behind a pair of white retro shades
Jack has presented the Brits six times, having previously hosted the event for four years in a row from 2018 to 2021, and then taking the reins again last year.
Mo Gilligan took over the presenting duties in 2022 and 2023, while Maya Jama, Roman Kemp, and Clara Amfo co-hosted the event together in 2024.
This year marked Jack’s first time presenting in Manchester, a city that he credits for shaping his early comedy career, after studying at The University Of Manchester.
Olivia Dean swept the floor at the 2026 BRIT Awards, as she took home four awards – winning in every category she was nominated for – Best Artist, Best Album, Best Song and Best Pop Act.
In the Song of the Year category, the British singer and songwriter, 26, was nominated twice, for her single Man I Need, as well as her song Rein Me In with Sam Fender – which won.
Olivia became the first woman to claim the UK’s No 1 single and album in the same week since Adele in 2021, with her song Man I Need and album The Art Of Loving, both released in 2025.
It was a completely different night for Lily Allen who didn’t take home any awards.
While she dominated the charts last year with the release of her fifth studio album West End Girl, Lily Allen failed to beat Miss Dean in categories Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Best Pop Act categories.
The singer, 40, used the album to chronicle the collapse of her marriage to Stranger Things star David Harbour, 50, and detailed his alleged affair with ‘Madeline’ whilst they were together.
Despite being nominated eight times previously, the Not Fair hitmaker has only ever won one BRIT award and did not attend this year’s ceremony.
Manchester born Noel Gallagher, 58, was honoured with this year’s Songwriter of the Year award, after he reunited with his brother Liam for their mammoth Oasis reunion tour.
Sharon Osbourne, 73, took to the stage to accept an award on behalf of her late husband Ozzy Osbourne, who was honoured with the BRITs Lifetime Achievement Award.
Supported by her daughter Kelly, 41, the TV personality gave a heartfelt speech, saying: ‘[Ozzy] was gifted, totally unpredictable, a wild man – he was a true artist.
‘He came from a small, working-class neighbourhood in Birmingham and rose to become one of the most recognisable and respected musicians of his life. He never stopped pushing himself to do better.
‘He was the most humble ego-maniac you could ever meet. And yes, at the end of the day, he will always be a rock star. Ozzy’s heart never left England. Wherever he was in the world, he was always proud to be that working-class Brummie.’
What followed was an all-star rock tribute performance, to close the show on the which paid homage to Ozzy, who sadly passed away last July.
This performance was a special arrangement of ‘No More Tears’ – the title track from Ozzy’s multi-million selling 1991 album of the same name and was curated by Sharon herself.
The performance featured musicians that played as part of Ozzy’s band over the years; Adam Wakeman, Robert Trujillo, Tommy Clufetos and Zakk Wylde; and was fronted by Robbie Williams, who was invited personally by Sharon to be part of this special moment, as a long-standing fan of the music, and friend of the Osbourne family.
Lola Young who was nominated for five awards, took home the award from breakthrough artist after a turbulent few months.
It comes after a hiatus from music, following the 25-year-old sparking concern when she collapsed on stage at a New York gig in September.
She cancelled her remaining tour dates to take a break and get her ‘head in a better place’, but has since returned to the music scene and took to the stage to accept her award last night.
British rapper Dave, 27, won in the Hip Hop category off the back of releasing his third studio album, The Boy Who Played The Harp, at the end of last year.
British producer and DJ Fred Again, real name Fred Gibson, Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax took home the Dance award, while Sam Fender triumphed in the Best Rock category.
Ten-time Grammy Award winning artist and producer Mark Ronson, 50, received the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award, before taking to the stage to perform.
And SAULT took home the R&B award, whilst Jacob Alon won the Critics Choice award and PinkPanthress won Producer of the Year.
Geese won Best International Group and Rosalia won Best International Artist whilst International Song of the Year was taken home by ROSE and Bruno Mars.
International Song of the Year was won by Rosé and Bruno Mars for APT with Rosé at the ceremony to accept the honour.
The Group of the Year award was won by Wolf Alice after the success of their fourth album The Clearing, while American rock band Geese won International Group of the Year, their first BRIT award.
Spanish star Rosalia won the International Artist of the Year award, beating out the likes of Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga, before performing LUX lead single, Berghain, complete with a surprise appearance from Björk.
Harry Styles took to the stage to perform, just seven days before his hotly anticipated album, Kiss All The Time, Disco, Occasionally.
Seven-time BRIT winner, Raye, 28, also performed her hit, Where Is My Husband – which was nominated for Song of the Year – and her new single, Nightingale Lane.
Also taking to the stage were Wolf Alice, Alex Warren, Sombr and EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, the singing voices of HUNTR/X from Netflix’s global phenomenon KPop Demon Hunters.
The BRIT Awards have been held annually at London’s O2 Arena since 2011, but the Daily Mail revealed that the annual showpiece, regarded as the biggest night in British music, will be held in Manchester this year and is likely to move around the UK in different locations for the foreseeable future.
The 2026 event was the first of three years under the stewardship of Sony Music UK, who spearheaded the move to Manchester.
Past venues include Earl’s Court, the London Arena, Alexandra Palace, Hammersmith Apollo, the Dominion Theatre, the Royal Albert Hall, the Grosvenor Hotel and its original location, Wembley Conference Centre.
But the move away from the capital signals another new era in the ceremony’s history, arguably the most seismic.
A source told the Daily Mail: ‘It’s officially the end of an era. The BRIT Awards has been hosted in London since the ceremony first took place in 1977 and now for the first time ever, it will be held outside of the capital.
‘Obviously, it’s going to come as sad news to artists and talent who are London-based but there’s a feeling within the music industry that these shows don’t always need to be held at the same venues, year after year.
‘The BRITs is the biggest night in the British music calendar and now it will be shared with a new audience, as fans from Manchester and the surrounding areas are more likely to attend.
‘In recent years, there has been a general appetite for the ceremony to move, as with the The Mercury Prize and The MOBO Awards and now for the first time the music scene won’t be as London-centric, both for the nominees and fans.’
