Robbie Williams stop Twitter as a result of he is satisfied it could have “ruined” his profession.

The 50-year-old pop star has admitted he stepped away from the social media platform – now often called X – as a result of his cheeky jokes weren’t happening properly and one explicit gag about shoplifting sparked outrage.

Robbie instructed the Observer newspaper: “I’m not on Twitter. It will damage my profession. The final time I used to be on it, I did a tweet that stated: ‘I fairly fancy entering into shoplifting. Has anybody received any good solutions for shoplifting?’

“The one who runs Gail’s, the bakery, stated: ‘That is terrible. This can be a pop star who lives in a bubble. How dare he?’ I noticed the backlash, and I used to be, like: ‘I don’t assume Twitter is for me.’ I received my fingers burned.”

Robbie went on to insist he was apprehensive his jokes would get him “cancelled”. He added: “I’m Robbie Williams, so I’m in a sure field. I’m in a pop star field, and if the pop star begins performing in another way from the best way a pop star ought to, then it causes confusion, which I like, nevertheless it may additionally get me cancelled.”

Nevertheless, Robbie is an enormous fan of Instagram and admits he could spend a bit an excessive amount of time dabbling on the location.

He stated: “Since I’m an addict, I suppose I’m hooked on social media proper now … “

It comes after Robbie used a submit on Instagram to confess he apprehensive he was “ugly” when folks stopped questioning his sexuality.

The ‘Angels’ hitmaker – who has 4 kids with spouse Ayda Area – mirrored on how the “high search” for his title was folks asking if he was homosexual, however now that “nobody appears to say it”.

He was left questioning if it was as a result of males had stopped discovering him engaging.

Robbie shared a self-portrait on Instagram, wherein he had colored himself in rainbow stripes, and it bore the phrases: “For the longest time the highest web seek for me was ‘Is Robbie Williams Homosexual?’ Nobody appears to say it today. So am I not homosexual any extra?(sic)”

And in his caption, the 50-year-old star admitted: “When ‘’Robbie Williams Homosexual’’ Stopped being the highest Google search my real thought was ‘’Am I ugly now?’’

“Not that I’ve ever thought I used to be a looker within the first place.(sic)”