Dapper Laughs is actually in the running for Best British Breakthrough at the BRIT Awards 2015We're not even joking.

properly, this is all a piece ordinary. Much less than a month after comedian Daniel O'Reilly announced on BBC Newsnight that that "Dapper Laughs is long gone", it's been showed that the man or woman is within the going for walks for a BRIT Award.

earlier this 12 months, O'Reilly controlled to reach the pinnacle 20 along with his 'comedy' unmarried proper moist and as a end result, is in the walking for the first-rate British leap forward prize. WTF?

The unmarried blanketed lyrics like, "If she's lookin' at me however playin' along with her hair with the aid of the cease of the night she'll want a wheelchair," simply FYI. How delightful.

"Bands are eligible for British leap forward Act category in the event that they have had an authentic Charts company pinnacle forty unmarried and/or artist album chart fulfillment inside the current eligibility duration," a BRIT Awards spokesperson reportedly instructed The independent.

"they're now not eligible if they have formerly been nominated in any Brit Award category (except Critics' choice) or had an reputable Charts company pinnacle 30 single and/or artist album prior to the duration."

in the mean time, he is best on a longlist for the award, along with over 90 different acts and nonetheless has to make the very last shortlist. However even so, it's an unusual twist in occasions considering the controversy the man or woman precipitated and his subsequent decision to retire the act.

He stated in November: "Dapper Laughs is gone. I've spoken to my own family. No longer most effective do I now not need to hold on with it, I do not need to be seen to approve of it"

"It changed into splendid at the start, however it has absolutely ruined the whole thing for me as a comedian. It's wrecked my lifestyles to a positive extent."