David Attenborough shares why he won't return to Instagram after being 'persuaded' to join
Sir David Attenborough does not intend to return to Instagram after a brief stint on the social media platform. The broadcaster, 94, joined the site on September 24 in a bid to reach a wider audience and promptly broke the record for the fastest time to hit one million followers.
But Sir David's last post was on October 31 and he has now said he is offline for good after being inundated with messages. Speaking on Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James, the naturalist said he was not able to deal with the technology.
He said: "I'm so old I can't get used to all these new media but I was persuaded to do so in order to do a message about conservation. So for a limited period of time I contributed to Instagram, but I'm off now.
"I'm not on it anymore and I don't intend to go back. I've got enough problems with post. I get 70 letters a day. I do my very best [to respond to them all].
"Sometimes people, mercifully, don't actually put their address on because people are so unaccustomed to sending letters."
At the suggestion more people would now write to him and expect a response, Sir David said: "If you wouldn't mind including a self-addressed stamped envelope I'd be delighted to reply.”