Jack Whitehall has said he is “honoured” that Becky Hill has written a diss song about him after his “Wetherspoons Whitney” comment.
The comedian hosted the 2025 BRIT Awards and he took aim at Hill by referring to her as a “Wetherspoons Whitney”, insinuating that she was less well off because of her Midlands accent.
Hill, who is from Bewdley, Worcestershire, fired back at the time, highlighting how many of the night’s winners, including Charli XCX, A.G. Cook and The Last Dinner Party, had come from highly privileged backgrounds with expensive educations.
“Imagine being called a ‘Wetherspoons Whitney’ by some privately educated nepo baby who has a TV show with daddy the showbiz agent on national TV,” she wrote.
“My parents worked so hard to provide a middle class life for me, even tho they couldn’t afford it, no one gave me a leg up, I wasn’t near London so I couldn’t go to the BRIT School. So if you associate a Midlands accent with a Wetherspoons that says more about the silver spoon in your mouth jolly ol’ boy.”
Hill recently spoke to NME about her upcoming third album ‘Rebecca’, revealing that there is a song on it titled ‘Daddy Range Rover’, which was directly inspired by Whitehall’s comment.
“That song is about the ‘Wetherspoons Whitney’ thing because how fucking dare [Whitehall] punch down,” she said. “I’ll take the Whitney [comparison]. I’ll take ‘landfill Whitney’, but how fucking dare he punch down and call me a Wetherspoons Whitney, because where the fuck is he frequenting?”
Whitehall has now responded, in a red carpet interview with blogger ThisIsMax. “I love her,” he said. “Hey, there’s no beef from my side. I saw her at the F1, we were having a good ol’ laugh about it.”
“Do you know what, I feel honoured that I’ve got a diss track written about me, and I’m surprised it’s taken this long. I’ve been throwing musicians under the bus for like nearly a decade now, how has no-one done this already!”
Hill also told NME that her new single ‘More! More! More!’ was also inspired by the frustration of seeing working class people being “trodden on”. “I do think that grind is something a lot of people are struggling with, especially in this cost of living crisis,” she said. “People are pushing themselves to the limit in fear that they aren’t going to be able to feed their family, keep the lights on or support themselves. A lot of us feel trodden on, and we accept it.”
‘Rebecca’ is released on September 25 (pre-order here) and it will see her embrace a new “punk” energy, with nods to Blur and The Prodigy.
Among the live shows Hill has lined-up for this summer is a slot at the top of the bill for the new Everywhere At Once festival, which has been made by Music Venue Trust and The National Lottery, and will see artists perform at grassroots venues across the UK.
Joining Hill on the line-up is The Lathums and Tinie Tempah, and the event is being spearheaded by Music Venue Trust, Save Our Scene and Association of Independent Promoters. Visit here for tickets and more information.