Fred Again… fans are stunned to learn that the DJ has VERY posh relatives and attended the same posh £45,000 school as Kate Middleton – with some calling him a ‘fake baby’
Fred Again…fans have branded him a “fake baby” after discovering his very posh relatives and swanky schooling.
The 30-year-old British recording artist and Mercury nominee has become one of the country’s most in-demand disc jockeys following his headline show at Coachella last month.
But looking at Twitter fans, we couldn’t believe that the trendy hitmaker, whose real name is Frederick John Philip Gibson, was a direct descendant of a baronet and had an income of £45,000 a year at Marlborough College.
The elite boarding school’s former students include none other than the Princess of Wales Kate Middleton, her sister Pippa, and comedian Jack Whitehall.
One fan commented, “FRED IS A NEPOBABY AGAIN CAUSE HE’S AN ARISTOCRAT WTF!?”
Slammed: Fred Again slammed the musician and labeled him a ‘fake baby’ after discovering his very posh relatives and posh schooling
Shock: Twitter fans couldn’t believe that the trendy hitmaker, whose real name is Frederick John Philip Gibson, was a direct descendant of a baronet and had an income of £45,000 a year at Marlborough College (fellow Princess of Wales alumni at the photo)
A second asked, “Is Fred secretly rich again, and to appear more approachable, he changed his name from ‘fredrick the second’ to ‘fred again?’.”
While a third said, “Is it wrong that the discovery that Fred Again is literally an aristocrat makes me less enthusiastic about his heartfelt, rousing dance tunes?”
Someone else warned, “Don’t look up Fred on Wikipedia again. most fitzroy garagable aristocrat’
And another wrote, “Today I learned that FRED AGAIN is a direct descendant of the British Royal Family, the son of the King’s Counsel barrister and an aristocrat.”
The DJ is the son of King’s Counsel attorney Charles Anthony Warneford Gibson and Mary Ann Frances Morgan, who are members of the British nobility.
Meanwhile, his great-grandparents include the aristocrat and financier Shane O’Neill, 3rd Baron O’Neill and British socialite Ann Fleming – who later married James Bond creator Ian Fleming.
Fred arrived at the posh college in 2006, six years after the Princess left after completing three A levels
Arctic Monkeys, Raye and Fred Again.. are among the nominees competing for the 2023 Mercury Prize for Album of the Year.
Radio DJ and presenter Lauren Laverne will host the ceremony on Thursday at the Eventim Apollo in London’s Hammersmith.
Music man: The 30-year-old British recording artist and Mercury nominee has become one of the country’s most in-demand disc jockeys following his headline show at Coachella last month
Posh: Former students of the elite boarding school are none other than the Princess of Wales Kate Middleton, her sister Pippa and comedian Jack Whitehall
Can’t believe it: One fan said, ‘FRED IS A FAKE BABY AGAIN CAUSE HE’S AN ARISTOCRAT WTF!?’
All nominees – except Arctic Monkeys and Fred Again who are on tour – will attend and perform at the ceremony, with the winner announced at 10pm on BBC Four and 6 Music.
Arctic Monkeys are in the running for their second career Mercury Prize with 2022’s ‘The Car’, having previously won the prestigious accolade for their groundbreaking 2006 debut album ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’.
The group ‘Mardy Bum’, which consists of Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Nick O’Malley and Matt Helders, has now been nominated five times in total
Comeback queen RAYE self-released ‘My 21st Century Blues’ after a brutal breakup with a major label and has earned herself her first-ever Mercury nod for the critically acclaimed collection.
Jessie Ware’s ‘That! Feels good!’ has earned the disco pop star her second nomination after her 2012 album ‘Devotion’ was shortlisted.
Speaking of the nomination on Instagram, Jessie wrote, “Thanks for shortlisting That! Feels good! as one of your albums of the year. Now what to wear!’
Studio wizard Fred Again.. – who has written and produced tracks for Ed Sheeran, Rita Ora and George Ezra – has received his first nomination for ‘Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9, 2022)’, part of a trilogy.