Robbie Williams Defends World Cup Gig: “Anyone Leaving Messages Saying ‘No To Qatar’ Are Doing So On Chinese Technology”

Robbie Williams is defending his decision to perform in Qatar during the World Cup, which starts tomorrow night. Fellow musicians such as Dua Lipa and Rod Stewart have already stated that they would not perform in Qatar, as human rights groups say Qatari laws discriminate against women and LGBTQ+ individuals. (Earlier this month, a Qatar World Cup ambassador told a German TV broadcaster that homosexuality was “damage in the mind.”) In an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Venerdì di Repubblica, Williams started with, “Of course, I don’t condone any abuses of human rights anywhere.”