In his new post on Instagram, he shared a photo of himself from the day in a sparkly blue tracksuit alongside a photo of The Sopranos character Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri (Tony Sirico) after fans compared their looks.<\/p>\n
Alongside the photos, he wrote: “To have a Nicorette fall out of my mouth during a live interview\u2026 and then stick to my forehead\u2026 is the most me thing I\u2019ve ever done.<\/p>\n
“I had absolutely no idea it was there until the following day.<\/p>\n
“The fake apology has now had over 27 million views.<\/p>\n
“The whole MintGate thing has reached 51 million people.”<\/p>\n
Williams added that the comparisons to Paulie Walnuts were “magnificent”.<\/p>\n
The star also reflected on the pressure of performing at the World Cup closing ceremony.<\/p>\n
He said: “It wouldn\u2019t feel right if I appeared on the world stage and absolutely nothing weird happened.<\/p>\n
“One and a half billion people were watching.<\/p>\n
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“For someone whose nervous system is permanently convinced we\u2019re moments away from disaster, I\u2019m quite proud that none of it was visible on my face.<\/p>\n
“Well\u2026 apart from the Nicorette.”<\/p>\n
Williams then poked fun at claims he had been under the influence during his interview.<\/p>\n
“\u2019Remember when Robbie was off his nut at the World Cup?\u2019<\/p>\n
“I wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m not.<\/p>\n
“And I haven\u2019t been for a very long time.”<\/p>\n
Williams told how, moments before the interview, he declared backstage that his performance with Laura Pausini and Nicole Scherzinger had gone well because “no one died and I didn\u2019t cause an international incident.”<\/p>\n
He then agreed to do the interview which he was told wouldn\u2019t “take long”.<\/p>\n
The singer concluded the humorous post with: “I\u2019m off to continue ageing in public.<\/p>\n
“See you at the next misunderstanding.”<\/p>\n
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