Gary Barlow recalls 'drowning in jealously' when Robbie Williams went solo
msn.comGary Barlow has confessed he was "drowning in jealously" after Robbie Williams quit Take That for a solo career. The 'Back For Good' hitmaker wishes he was the one who ditched his bandmates and become a wild pop star like the 'Angels' hitmaker, who became one of the world’s biggest solo stars after leaving the band in 1995.
Writing in his new tome, 'A Different Stage', he spilled: "I felt a bit jealous that I wasn’t the one who’d stood up and said, 'Up yours, I wanna have some fun.
I’m a pop star, I’m going to behave like one for a bit'. "None of us wanted to leave Take That, but watching someone else leave I — we all — couldn’t help but think about taking the leap too. " The following year, Gary released his debut solo single, 'Forever Love', but he's failed to achieve the same success alone as Robbie has.
No matter how successful they were, both stars were plighted by substance abuse. Gary recalled piling on the pounds after he turned to marijuana, nicotine and food for comfort after his solo career failed to alight, and then locking himself away as he was "ashamed" of his eating disorder.
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