Twitter users sabotage Gary Barlow's live question and answer session

Gary Barlow attends the European premiere of "One Chance" at The Odeon Leicester Square on October 17, 2013 in London, England.

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Rachel Blundy

22 November 2013

Social media has helped inspire modern-day revolutions, highlight unjust injunctions and campaign for universal human rights.

But most of the time it's used to give people a laugh- usually at someone else's expense.

Musical powerhouse Gary Barlow has become the latest victim of a Twitter backlash after a live question and answer session with the Take That frontman was sabotaged.

Promoting his new album Since I Last Saw You, PR gurus at Amazon Music offered punters the chance to ask Mr Barlow whatever they wanted using the hashtag #askGaryBarlow.

Unfortunately many people on the social media site decided to use this new-found power for evil and ask the singer/songwriter some rather awkward questions.

Queries ranged from the cutting; "When you play monopoly do you freak out and start to get a bit sweaty when you land on the income tax space?", the insulting; "Is your surname an indicator of the standard you've set for pop music?" and to the more farcical; "Are you free on Saturday to help me move a sofa and two small side tables?"

Mr Barlow, who is currently appearing as a judge in what will be his final series of The X Factor, recently announced he would be releasing a duet with Elton John alongside solo gigs and a Take That tour.

Read some of the best tweets below.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23askGaryBarlow&src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-384396-https://twitter.com/search?q=%23askGaryBarlow&src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#askGaryBarlow</a> when you play monopoly do you freak out and start to get a bit sweaty when you land on the income tax space?— Becky (@becksthfc) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/becksthfc/statuses/403599857287696384" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-384396-https://twitter.com/becksthfc/statuses/403599857287696384" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 21, 2013</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AskGaryBarlow&src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-384396-https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AskGaryBarlow&src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#AskGaryBarlow</a> If you'll get away with it, would you kill Robbie Williams or Simon Cowell?— fleetstreetfox (@fleetstreetfox) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/fleetstreetfox/statuses/403610821034790912" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-384396-https://twitter.com/fleetstreetfox/statuses/403610821034790912" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 21, 2013</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23askgarybarlow&src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-384396-https://twitter.com/search?q=%23askgarybarlow&src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#askgarybarlow</a> Did you ever write lyrics with Jason Orange or is he impossible to rhyme with?— comedyfish (@comedyfish) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/comedyfish/statuses/403794378201632768" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-384396-https://twitter.com/comedyfish/statuses/403794378201632768" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 22, 2013</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23askGaryBarlow&src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-384396-https://twitter.com/search?q=%23askGaryBarlow&src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#askGaryBarlow</a> Are you aware that you could be owed thousands of pounds having been mis-sold PPI?— Lady Dysnomia (@ExxCee) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ExxCee/statuses/403838331630276608" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-384396-https://twitter.com/ExxCee/statuses/403838331630276608" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 22, 2013</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23askGaryBarlow&src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-384396-https://twitter.com/search?q=%23askGaryBarlow&src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#askGaryBarlow</a> Is your surname an indicator of the standard you've set for pop music?— Graeme Of Thrones (@ThatMrStirling) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ThatMrStirling/statuses/403595419609227264" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-384396-https://twitter.com/ThatMrStirling/statuses/403595419609227264" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 21, 2013</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23askGaryBarlow&src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-384396-https://twitter.com/search?q=%23askGaryBarlow&src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#askGaryBarlow</a> How long should I cook this pizza for? I threw the packaging out to fit it in the freezer and forgot the instructions— Jonathan Hackett (@MrTeaaabaaag) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MrTeaaabaaag/statuses/403878023143108608" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-384396-https://twitter.com/MrTeaaabaaag/statuses/403878023143108608" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 22, 2013</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23askGaryBarlow&src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-384396-https://twitter.com/search?q=%23askGaryBarlow&src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#askGaryBarlow</a> What’s should I include in the eulogy for my recently deceased guinea pig? For context, he was loyal and quite sarcastic…— Rob Curran (@CurranRob) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CurranRob/statuses/403870178616029184" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-384396-https://twitter.com/CurranRob/statuses/403870178616029184" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 22, 2013</a>

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