Robbie Williams: ‘I could have competed in Olympics for self-hatred and my body wants me to be obese‘
msn.comRobbie Williams says he could easily have competed in an Olympic Games for “self-hatred” and still battles his natural desire to be morbidly obese.
The former drink and drug user, 48, added his substance abuse took him to “faraway places” and insisted his ego was not what some people think as he ended up convinced he couldn’t sing and hating his body.
He told The Sun on Friday night (09. 09. 22) in an interview to mark the release of his latest album ‘XV’, which celebrates his 25 years as a solo singer: “Drugs have taken me to some faraway places and, contrary to popular belief, my ego is the opposite of ego. “I hated myself and I thought I couldn’t sing and looked like s***.
If anyone thought I was wandering round with an inflated sense of self-importance it is actually the opposite. “If there are a great deal of people saying, ‘You’re a c***, you start to think you are, even if you’re like, ‘But I’m not though’. “If there was an Olympics for self-hatred I would represent my country. ” Robbie – clean and happier now partly thanks to his wife Ayda Field, 43, and their four children Teddy, nine, Charlie, seven, Colette, four, and two-year-old Beau – added about still constantly battling his weight: “I have lost weight but it is a constant fight.
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