Blogging on his website Fry said, "It's no big deal - as it shouldn't be. But yes, for anyone interested I have indeed deactivated my twitter account. I've 'left' twitter before, of course: many people have time off from it whether they are in the public eye or not. Think of it as not much more than leaving a room.
"I like to believe I haven't slammed the door, much less stalked off in a huff throwing my toys out of the pram as I go or however one should phrase it. It's quite simple really: the room had started to smell. Really quite bad."