ITV has issued an apology for host James Corden cutting Adele off during her acceptance speech at the Brit Awards last night.

The broadcast company released an official statement today saying that they had no choice but to let Corden stop the '21' singer while she was accepting the award for 'British Album' as the show was "over-running"- this then led to the 23 year-old giving her middle finger to the cameras.

The statement reads, "Evening all…We would like to say a few words about Adele's British Album acceptance speech tonight."

"We regret this happened and we send deepest apologies to Adele that her big moment was cut short tonight due to the live show over-running...We don't want this to undermine her incredible achievement in winning her incredible award... it tops off what's been an incredible year for her."

Adding, "The Brits is a live event, sadly the programme was over-running and we had to move on. We would like to apologise to Adele for the interruption."

Adele has since apologised for her reaction, saying that her middle finger was for "the suits, not the fans".

Speaking after the awards ceremony at the winners press conference. The 'Rolling In the Deep' singer said, "Sorry if I offended anyone, but the people in suits offended me. I wasn't swearing at the fans, but I didn't get to complete my thank you speech!"

"I flung the middle finger at the suits, not the fans, I want people to know that."

Watch the interruption below.