Robin Thicke's Twitter Q & A Backfires, as Expected

Somewhere, someone at VH1 is getting canned.

The "music" channel got it into their silly little head that hosting a Twitter Q & A session to promote Robin Thicke's new album, "Paula" would go well.

Fans were invited to submit questions for the singer under the hashtag #AskThicke.

Rather predictably, it backfired. Users immediately attacked and criticized the "Blurred Lines" singer, using their opportunity to ask him about the misogynistic themes in his songs and his weird, overtly media-happy attempt to reconnect with his estranged wife Paula Patton.

"If you cherish Paula as much as you say, why can't you respect her desire for space & time to think & heal?" asked a user.

"If you listen to the album you wouldn't ask that  question," was Thicke's response, without addressing rumors that he cheated on his wife of nine years.

But hey, that was one of the nicer questions.

"Why are you a f--king creeper?" seemed to pop up frequently. Questions like "Why are you stalking your ex through media?" and "Why do you promote rape culture?" prevailed.

"Robin Thicke is getting terrible abuse on the #AskThicke hashtag," notes user @Jim_Sheridan. "Maybe if he'd dressed less provocative & stayed sober it wouldn't happen?"

"Don't worry, guys. It's okay. We know he wants it," points out @sazza_jay.

So what did Thicke (fun fact - did you know the singer is the son of squeaky clean "Growing Pains" actor Alan Thicke?) have to say about all these pointed questions?

When VH1 stepped in to filter, Thicke said, "I'm a big boy. I can handle it."

Yet, very few questions seemed to get an appropriate answer, as the hashtag ran rampant.

Maybe his next album will beg his wife's forgiveness a little more discretely, and not toe those "blurred lines" of consent? Yeah, right.