{"id":320013,"date":"2025-04-08T07:40:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/og-fyre-fest-planner-andy-king-says-billy-mcfarlands-setting-himself-up-for-failure-again-2"},"modified":"2025-04-08T07:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:41:09","slug":"og-fyre-fest-planner-andy-king-says-billy-mcfarlands-setting-himself-up-for-failure-again-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/og-fyre-fest-planner-andy-king-says-billy-mcfarlands-setting-himself-up-for-failure-again-2","title":{"rendered":"OG Fyre Fest Planner Andy King Says Billy McFarland&#039;s Setting Himself Up for Failure, Once more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">OG Fyre Festival Event Planner<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Billy&#8217;s Setting Himself Up For Another Failure!!!<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n            Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-04-07T13:59:13-07:00\">April 7, 2025 1:59 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"49.9030067895\">\n<section id=\"cb-ae280a2485d974da771bab9af324871a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250407_5d105f977add4ab8a6075acf90361bcf\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3f33f61c-7bc4-4b3f-a2b0-a60e9d797bc1\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Billy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5d\/4by3\/2025\/04\/07\/5d105f977add4ab8a6075acf90361bcf_md.jpg\" alt=\"andy king and billy mcfarland getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ae280a2485d974da771bab9af324871a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-39eb9b7fd7e94b1c7c6a6d247ad46f32\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Event planner <strong>Andy King<\/strong> is disappointed in <strong>Billy McFarland<\/strong> &#8212; saying he hoped prison would&#8217;ve knocked some sense into him after the first Fyre Fest fiasco, but clearly not &#8230; &#8217;cause round two is already going up in flames.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-39eb9b7fd7e94b1c7c6a6d247ad46f32--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-84e781622fe323dcbce24176838c2492\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>In a lengthy IG post, Andy said he was all for giving Billy a second chance &#8212; standing by him when no one else would &#8230; even linking up with him a year and a half ago to help him focus on empathy and paying back people from the OG festival. But clearly, it was all for nothing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-84e781622fe323dcbce24176838c2492--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-abab6dd7d268eeb1ea08bc8c77fc5921\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250407_7945aa34c6414170a58ba44dba2685e3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3f33f61c-7bc4-4b3f-a2b0-a60e9d797bc1\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/79\/4by3\/2025\/04\/07\/7945aa34c6414170a58ba44dba2685e3_md.jpg\" alt=\"andy king fyre festival instagram post 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-abab6dd7d268eeb1ea08bc8c77fc5921--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ef6a631778a25c8aba513e2092d56d6a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Andy added that on top of losing hundreds of thousands of dollars of his own money, his career also took a hit &#8212; getting labeled as toxic for his ties to the infamous fraudster.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ef6a631778a25c8aba513e2092d56d6a--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a4bebbfcfa64c5782d45a571628ad7ac\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>In fact, Andy says that when they started discussing a financial package to make sure he got paid this time around with FF2, Billy straight-up ghosted him and went off to do his own thing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a4bebbfcfa64c5782d45a571628ad7ac--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a1f4dc7b8668d1017078a8392ab00e02\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-c4d07bdb-4330-4997-aec2-ff49f96e1ab1-2098355381-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-c4d07bdb-4330-4997-aec2-ff49f96e1ab1-2098355381-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c2\/16by9\/2023\/03\/01\/c28622019b1341baa7d423be564a7f6f_md.png\" alt=\"better billy\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><br \/>\n           <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">March 2023<\/span>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a1f4dc7b8668d1017078a8392ab00e02--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3471926aa78a7f5d45273caa33abd942\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Andy shared a post with a screenshot of himself from the 2019 Netflix doc &#8220;Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened&#8221; &#8212; something he says he did for free just to help tell the real story and set up a GoFundMe to pay back as many people as possible.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3471926aa78a7f5d45273caa33abd942--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0d6996779f49abfb2c9299a6fbdc3da8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>His post pretty much summed up his belief that Billy never shared the same goals &#8212; saying he\u2019s genuinely saddened by Billy\u2019s actions and, from the looks of it, he&#8217;s setting himself up for another failure.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0d6996779f49abfb2c9299a6fbdc3da8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-636850716711033f94a57ccf9f277149\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250406_3e68dff6aee243a78c90aa5a915b2801\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3f33f61c-7bc4-4b3f-a2b0-a60e9d797bc1\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/3e\/4by3\/2025\/04\/06\/3e68dff6aee243a78c90aa5a915b2801_md.jpg\" alt=\"fyre-fest-texts-blurred-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-636850716711033f94a57ccf9f277149--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2c5bc0c279122e96922e3e69b6f64d30\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"23.1162790698\">\n<p>TMZ obtained text messages from a Fyre Fest 2.0 event producer saying the May event is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/06\/fyre-festival-2-not-happening-in-mexico-government-issues\/\"><strong>blaming the Mexican government<\/strong><\/a> for pulling the plug on the event in Playa del Carmen.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2c5bc0c279122e96922e3e69b6f64d30--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-78a8f858becd9358dfacca856ae50171\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-78a8f858becd9358dfacca856ae50171--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2c69398559e418d04b0d86b8ee958ec3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.3170731707\">\n<p>According to the producer, officials are acting like they had no clue the fest was even happening &#8212; a wild twist, considering Billy claimed just a day earlier that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/05\/billy-mcfarland-fyre-fest-2-work-with-mexico-government\/\"><strong>his team was working <\/strong><em><strong>with<\/strong><\/em><strong> Playa del Carmen<\/strong><\/a> to move things forward, even posting a whole timeline of supposed interactions.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2c69398559e418d04b0d86b8ee958ec3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c3a06413e63affbe8fc3ab3efefc8973\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-caba84ad-baa3-4725-b3af-cad872193352-905934724-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-caba84ad-baa3-4725-b3af-cad872193352-905934724-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/39\/16by9\/2025\/04\/04\/395d7471d9a542d8bfe050a7205e8747_md.jpg\" alt=\"menendez brothers-Key-Art-HORIZONTAL\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ Studios<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c3a06413e63affbe8fc3ab3efefc8973--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-48d16c6c9e5eaa7d1a42e1c0d12781a0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"25.6097560976\">\n<p>There\u2019s clearly a lot riding on Fyre Festival 2. Remember, Billy was convicted of fraud and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/10\/11\/fyre-festival-organizer-billy-mcfarland-sentenced-wire-fraud-case\/\"><strong>sentenced to 6 years in prison<\/strong><\/a> after the disaster that was the first festival in 2017. He was released in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-48d16c6c9e5eaa7d1a42e1c0d12781a0--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/07\/andy-king-original-fyre-festival-planner-billy-mcfarland\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OG Fyre Festival Event Planner Billy&#8217;s Setting Himself Up For Another Failure!!! 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