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Fresh from her six Grammy wins this month, Adele took home two more awards at Tuesday's Brit Awards, where she was abruptly cut off during her acceptance speech, and in response, flipped her middle finger on live television.

Adele asked if she could finish speaking, but the host explained he needed to usher her off the stage in order to introduce the next award. A frustrated Adele gave the middle finger before exiting. The O2 arena crowd disapproved of the decision to cut her speech short, and loudly booed.

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Adele Rents $10M Mansion in West Sussex -- The Mirror

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She added another six Grammys to her collection last night (she now has eight), and she covers the March issue of Vogue. Adele tells the mag about her dramatic year of vocal cord surgery, giving up alcohol, and the record-breaking album sales of "21."

Adele, 23, was diagnosed with acute laryngitis last year, and after a few weeks of rest, lost her voice again in May. "That was a hemorrhage," she says, "a burst blood vessel on my vocal cord. That healed, I did a tour, and then it happened again at my best friend's wedding on October 1."