Fire Festival’s Billy McFarland apologizes after release

billy mcfarland He apologizes for his role in the infamous Fire Festival.

More than five months after the event organizer was released from prison on wire fraud charges, he apologized to everyone for his failed 2017 music event.

“I have to apologize. That’s the first and last thing to do,” McFarland said. good morning america November 4, during his first interview since being released from prison. “I let people down. I let my employees down. I let my family down. I let my investors down. So I have to apologize. .”

He admitted, “I have failed. And I was driven by this desperate desire to prove people right… I think the only way I can prove myself to them is to succeed.” I thought it was… a terrifying road of bad decisions.”