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Sam Smith announced on Tuesday he would be leaving Twitter following the fall out from his Oscars acceptance speech on Sunday.

Smith received backlash from social media after he misquoted an article by Sir Ian McKellen insinuating he was the first openly gay man to win an Academy Award. One tweet from screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who won an Oscar as screenwriter for “Milk,” brought widespread attention to the flub with Black linking his own acceptance speech and asking Smith to “stop texting my fiancé,” Olympic diver Tom Daley.

Hey @SamSmithWorld, if you have no idea who I am, it may be time to stop texting my fiancé. Here’s a start: https://t.co/8hGTRtIaMK

— Dustin Lance Black (@DLanceBlack) February 29, 2016

Black returned to Twitter and insisted his tweet was meant as a joke.

Dear Internet: @TomDaley1994 and @samsmithworld are pals. They text. Thus my surprise Sam took me for a closet case! Feel free to laugh. — Dustin Lance Black (@DLanceBlack) February 29, 2016

Smith has since told his Twitter followers not to expect any Tweet updates from him anytime soon.

I’m logging off for a while. Some Martinis shaken not stirred are definitely in order. — Sam Smith (@samsmithworld) March 1, 2016

Smith received an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Writing’s on the Wall” featured on the “Spectre” soundtrack.