Robbie Williams is under fire after flipping the bird on live TV.

The English singer, songwriter, and actor was asked to perform during the Fifa World Cup opening ceremony.

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Williams, who performed three songs, stunned fans after raising his middle finger at the Luzhniki Stadium as he was leaving the pitch.

I see your dad got turned away from Tiger Tiger again pic.twitter.com/3iJlVSDBg0

— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) June 14, 2018

The singer also changed a line of a song he was performing. The original lyrics of the song being “Every night pimpin’ ain’t easy” was changed to “Most of them fleece me, I did this for free”.

The 44-year-old Brit performed his songs alongside Russian soprano Aida Garifullina, and as he ended his performance, six million viewers worldwide witnessed the rude gesture he did on camera which sent Twitter into a meltdown.

#robbiewilliams – showing young girls that the bad lad who you thought was cool always turns into a fat old ballbag eventually

— Gemma (@thedefinitiveg) June 14, 2018

Can’t tolerate this man, most overrated artist to ever make a living in music. #RobbieWilliams

— colin morris (@colin0306) June 14, 2018

#robbiewilliams did he just flick the bird to the world during WC performance.

— Dave Willcox (@navydoubs) June 14, 2018

Who thought it was a good idea to have #RobbieWilliams representing us at the #WorldCup Just an utter thundercunt.
Fucking hate the gurning gimp

— Mines a pint (@CQpr1968) June 14, 2018

Did #robbiewilliams just #flipoff the entre #world at the #WorldCup opening ceremony? Predicting we won't see him headline an opening ceremony again any time soon.

— Patrick (@aune_patrick) June 14, 2018

Turned on FOX just in time to see Robbie Williams give the middle finger to be worldwide audience. God, I love the World Cup.

— Luis Paez-Pumar (@lppny) June 14, 2018

Robbie Williams just showed his middle finger right in front of the camera. Right, this World Cup is absolutely gonna be lit af.#WorldCup

— Red Blooded Kiki (@SilverSong1892) June 14, 2018

Fox released a statement condemning and apologizing for the gesture:

“The 2018 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony was a newsworthy event produced by a third party and carried live on Fox. As it was broadcast live, we did not know what would happen during Robbie Williams’ performance and we apologize.”

It’s not clear why the 44-year-old singer did that. But many twitter users commented that he merely flipped the bird at the camera to “look cool”.

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But the ageing singer isn’t off the hook any time soon. According to reports, if the gesture is proven to be an insult, he could be arrested and fined. He could face charges of outraging public indecency and could be asked to pay up to $8,000.

 

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