In an impassioned plea on social media, Robbie Williams has called on fans to be more respectful of artists when they are approaching them for photos, suggesting that people consider that celebrities also deserve privacy.
In a lengthy post on Instagram, the singer drew upon his own personal experience to make a larger point about the way people interact with celebrities, in the hopes that people will be more understanding in either respecting boundaries or not feeling deflated if their heroes don’t agree to a photo opportunity.
Williams, the subject of the recent, critically acclaimed biopic Better Man, wrote that he was writing the post whilst on a “domestic flight, going across America,” where he had “three interactions with fellow passengers” in which they asked for a photo with him. He explained how each interaction went down, offering an insight into the crippling anxiety he feels at the best of times,…