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Fyre festival scam artist is having a rough week after second Mexican location says he's delusional

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 08, 2025
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Billy McFarland (Fyre Fest promotional video screengrab)

Turns out grifting is harder when an entire country can Google your name. TMZ reports that Fyre Festival 2 —the sequel nobody asked for — just got bounced from its second Mexican location like a tourist trying to pay with Trump meme coins.

TMZ published screengrabs of text messages, ostensibly betwe…

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