Stephen Fry has revealed the reason why he took a break from Twitter earlier this year.

The comedian and broadcaster is well known for his presence on the social networking site, and his followers were left wondering what had happened when he had an online absence.

But Stephen explained to Alan Carr on his talk show Chatty Man that the truth behind his Twitter holiday was something quite mundane.

Stephen Fry Alan Carr
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He said: “It might disappoint you, it’s not that thrilling an answer, but it was for kind of contractual reasons that I couldn’t say, that’s to say insurance company reasons.

“I was filming in Mexico, which is a wonderful country, but the insurance company decided that I shouldn’t tweet for fear of kidnapping and things like that. They didn’t want me to reveal where I was, and they thought it was too complicated to make me insist that so long as I didn’t tweet where I was, because you know, it’s almost impossible, they just said, ‘Don’t tweet, no social networking’.

Stephen Fry
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“And also we weren’t allowed to drive at night and various other things, because there has been appalling violence in Mexico, but I have to say, filming there for a month, as we did, I didn’t sense anything violent at all, it was just a wonderful country, and I would recommend anyone going there.”

Stephen Fry is a guest on the episode of Alan Carr: Chatty Man which airs on Channel 4 tonight at 10pm.