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Adele Breaks Her Grammy Award In Half

Well, that looks easier to do than it probably should be.
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Adele concluded an emotional Grammy acceptance speech after winning Album of the Year by breaking her award in half. 

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The star won five Grammys on Sunday night, taking home awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Hello,” and Album of the Year for “25.” The singer used her acceptance speech for the final award of the night to say that Beyoncé, who was nominated in the same category for her album “Lemonade,” should have won instead. 

“The reason I felt the need to say something was my album of the year is ‘Lemonade.’ She is my icon of my whole life,” Adele told the press after the show. She later added, “What the fuck does [Beyoncé] have to do to win Album of the Year?”

Beyoncé was nominated for nine awards but won only two ― Best Urban Contemporary Album for “Lemonade” and Best Music Video for “Formation.”

Folks on Twitter immediately thought Adele intentionally broke the award to share it with Beyoncé, a move users likened to Cady Heron breaking a plastic tiara into pieces when she was crowned Spring Fling queen in “Mean Girls.”

Others said the singer broke her Grammy by accident. Requests made to Adele’s reps for confirmation were not immediately returned.

Either way, Adele didn’t seem to care too much.

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Adele's all laughs as she breaks her Grammy.
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The star broke the award after winning Album of the Year.
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The 2017 Grammy Awards Ceremony
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Musician Bruno Mars (C) during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Christopher Polk via Getty Images)
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Jay Z and Beyonce during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Kevin Mazur via Getty Images)
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Recording artists Lars Ulrich (L) of music group Metallica and Lady Gaga perform onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Recording artists Chance The Rapper (L) and Kirk Franklin perform onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Kevork Djansezian via Getty Images)
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Bruno Mars performs onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Kevin Mazur via Getty Images)
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Demi Lovato performs onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Kevork Djansezian via Getty Images)
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Lady Gaga crowd-surfs during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Jeff Kravitz via Getty Images)
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Host James Corden during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Christopher Polk via Getty Images)
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Host James Corden, recording artists Rihanna and Carrie Underwood during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Christopher Polk via Getty Images)
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Recording artists Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild, and Philip Sweet of music group Little Big Town, and recording artists Demi Lovato, Andra Day, and Tori Kelly perform onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Recording artist Lady Gaga (2nd R) and recording artists (from L) Robert Trujillo, James Hetfield, and Lars Ulrich of music group Metallica perform onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Singer Katy Perry (R) and recording artist Skip Marley appear onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Jeff Kravitz via Getty Images)
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Recording artist Chance the Rapper accepts the Best Rap Album award for "Coloring Book" onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Recording artist Adele performs onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Recording artist Beyonce (R, holding microphone) performs onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Recording artist Beyoncé performs onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for NARAS) (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Recording artists Camila Cabello (L) and Thomas Rhett speak onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Kevork Djansezian via Getty Images)
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Singer Bruno Mars performs onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Jeff Kravitz via Getty Images)
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Singer-songwriter Nick Jonas (L) and Blue Ivy Carter during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on Feb. 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (credit:Lester Cohen via Getty Images)
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