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== Martin's anger at fans who are speculating about his health and his future time of death ==
== Martin's anger at fans who are speculating about his health and his future time of death ==
Martin is overweight. in 2014, Martin became angry about some of his fans speculating about his health and the time of his future death. The fans were concerned that he would not finish his lengthy fantasy series before he dies.<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/martin938393/ George RR Martin gives impatient readers the finger] by Alison Flood, The Guardian, Thursday 10 July 2014 07.18 EDT</ref> In response, on July 10, 2014 Martin published a picture in ''The Guardian'' which featured him giving those fans a profane gesture using his middle finger (see also: [[Atheism and profanity]]).<ref>''George RR Martin gives impatient readers the finger'' by Alison Flood, ''The Guardian'', Thursday 10 July 2014 07.18 EDT</ref> He also did the same thing on a German news interview, where he also verbally stated "[Censored] you, to those people!" while claiming their concern about his health and possible death was offensive to him.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTOrBNCeF1Y</ref>
Martin is [[obesity|obese]]. In 2014, Martin became angry about some of his fans speculating about his health and the time of his future death. The fans were concerned that he would not finish his lengthy fantasy series before he dies.<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/martin938393/ George RR Martin gives impatient readers the finger] by Alison Flood, The Guardian, Thursday 10 July 2014 07.18 EDT</ref> In response, on July 10, 2014 Martin published a picture in ''The Guardian'' which featured him giving those fans a profane gesture using his middle finger (see also: [[Atheism and profanity]]).<ref>''George RR Martin gives impatient readers the finger'' by Alison Flood, ''The Guardian'', Thursday 10 July 2014 07.18 EDT</ref> He also did the same thing on a German news interview, where he also verbally stated "[Censored] you, to those people!" while claiming their concern about his health and possible death was offensive to him.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTOrBNCeF1Y</ref>
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