Photo: Billy McFarland | By Taryn Ryder·Writer, Yahoo Entertainment | Billy McFarland, the fraudster known for putting on the disastrous Fyre Festival, apologized in his first television interview since he was released from prison.
“I was wrong. I messed up. And I was so driven by this desperate desire to prove people right. I had these early investors, backers, employees and I think I was just so insecure that I thought the only way to prove myself to them was to succeed,” he told Michael Strahan on Friday’s Good Morning America. “And that led me down just this terrible path of bad decisions.”
“But was it more to prove yourself, or was it more for money?” Strahan asked.
“It was to prove myself and, once again, I was totally wrong and I lied to investors to get money. But I put every dollar I had or could find to make this festival happen and I literally came back to New York after with $100 in my pocket,” McFarland, 30, replied.
McFarland was convicted of fraud for throwing the infamous 2017 festival that left concertgoers stranded in the Bahamas. . .
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The Fyre Festival Guy is Launching a Bahamas Treasure Hunt Now
By Conor Lochrie, Tone Deaf/The Brag | Disgraced businessman Billy McFarland announced his new venture as part of a documentary called ‘After the Fyre’.
The disgraced businessman announced his new venture this week as part of a documentary film called After the Fyre, as per Deadline.
McFarland will return to the Bahamas for a massive treasure hunt called PYRT, and will begin by having participants track down one of 99 bottles with a message contained inside.
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Fraudster Billy McFarland Apologizes for Disastrous Fyre Festival: ‘I’m wrong and it’s bad’ // The Fyre Festival Guy is Launching a Bahamas Treasure Hunt Now
