Robbie Williams Believes “Being In A Boy Band Causes Mental Illness”
deadline.comAccording to Robbie Williams, the very act of participating in a girl or boy band for any length of time will cause its members mental health problems.
The former member of UK hit-makers Take That turned solo superstar will release his four-part documentary series on Netflix in a fortnight, examining his rollercoaster ride of fame and outstanding commercial success, punctuated by bouts of depression and other illnesses.
He told The Times newspaper that he believes Take That, the UK’s biggest band which Williams dramatically quit in 1995 and now performs as a trio with three of the original members, serves as a case study for what happens when people join a band at a young age and are more successful than they could possibly have anticipated.
He said: “If you just take Take That as a case study — and all the boys have mentioned this publicly, so I’m not busting anyone’s privacy — you’ve got Gaz [Gary Barlow] who became bulimic and agoraphobic and didn’t leave his house, who forgot how to write songs and slept under his piano.
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