According to Taiwan media reports, British singer Robbie Williams was in front of the camera and the middle finger was broadcast live to the world, causing controversy. The broadcaster Fox also apologized for this. After a few days of silence, he finally came forward to explain. At that time, he just wanted to express that "the countdown to the game starts by one minute." Unexpectedly, he regretted it very much.
Robbie Williams appeared on the show "This Morning" on the 19th and talked about his feelings of being invited to the opening of the Russian World Football Championship. Because it was an international event, he reminded himself not to make mistakes before taking the stage. Unexpectedly, he messed up in the end. "The pressure was very high at that time, because there was 1 minute left, and I was worried about whether it could be completed within half a minute, so I compared the countdown to 1 minute gesture." I couldn't believe that I actually made indecent moves.
Robbie Williams regretted the fact that he had made his middle finger. He emphasized: "I don't know what I would do suddenly. It's not in the plan. The initial plan was not to leave the sound and not fall. I didn't think much about it at that time, as if there was an obstacle between me and reason." As a result, it only came back to my senses 5 minutes after the incident, but it was too late.
Robbie Williams performed three songs that day. After singing the classic song "Angels", he was about to leave the stadium, but when the camera gave him a big close-up, he raised his middle finger, which attracted a large number of netizens to bombard him. The broadcasting unit also issued a statement: "The Russian World Cup opened for production for third-party units and was broadcast live on Fox TV. Because of this, we have no idea what will happen in Robbie Williams' performance. I apologize to the public here."