Fyre Festival cofounder 'too scared' to watch Netflix doc in prison

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Convicted Fyre Festival cofounder Billy McFarland says the Netflix and Hulu shows about his disastrous party were screened in his prison — but he was 'too scared' to watch

Billy McFarland, the convicted cofounder of Fyre Festival, said he still hasn't watched the popular Netflix and Hulu shows about his failed music event nearly four years after they premiered.with British entrepreneur Steven Bartlett on"The Diary of a CEO" show, published Thursday, McFarland was asked whether he'd seen Netflix's"Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened" and Hulu's"Fyre Fraud," both of which aired in January 2019.

"I literally went outside, I think I was one of two people who wasn't in the TV room watching the documentary, but I couldn't do it," McFarland said. He told Bartlett he was still not ready to watch the documentaries."I don't know why, but I'm not ready," he said.

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