Disappointed festivalgoers posted on social media at the time about less-than-gourmet meal options and inadequate water supply.
But in Netflix’sFyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened,event producer Andy King — who worked withMcFarlandon his previous Magnises venture before pitching in onFyre Festival— recalls the ends he almost went to in order to acquire the little water the festival did supply.
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“We had four containers filled, four 18-wheeler trucks filled with Evian water that I had left the week before for two days to go to meetings in Bermuda for the America’s Cup,” King claims inFyre. “And when I came back, I had missed the big meeting with customs. And of course customs had said to Billy and the gang, you need to pay us $175,000 in cash today for us to release the water.”
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With McFarlandstruggling for moneyto keep the festival afloat, he suggested an alternate plan to King.
“Billy called and said, ‘Andy, we need you to take one big thing for the team.’ And I said, ‘Oh my gosh, I’ve been taking something for the team every day,’ ” King says. “He said, ‘You’re our wonderful gay leader and we need you to go down, will you suck d— to fix this water problem?’ And I said, ‘Billy, what?’ And he said, ‘Andy, if you will go down and suck Cunningham’s d—, who’s the head of customs, and get him to clear all of the containers with water, you will save this festival.’ ”
With the first Fyre Fest on the line, King didn’t miss a beat.
“I literally drove home, took a shower, I drank some mouthwash,” he says. “I’m like, oh my gosh I’m really … and I got into my car to drive across the island to take one for the team. And I got to his office fully prepared to suck his d—.”
Luckily, the customs officer was understanding and all he wanted in return for releasing the water was to be promptly paid the import fee for the goods.
“Can you imagine, in my 30 years of a career, that this is what I was going to do?” King asks inFyre. “I was going to do that, honestly, to save the festival.”
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Of course, getting the trucks of water did not actually save Fyre Festival, and many Bahamian vendors andworkers remain unpaid.
Netflix’sFyreand Hulu’sFyre Fraudare streaming now.
source: people.com
