Robbie Williams
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: 13 February 2021
- Associated with: Take That
Rebecca claims the pair first got together in 2001 after Naomi’s battle with drugs hit the headlines and Robbie was the first to comfort her with a 48-hour romp. Rebecca told the News of the World newspaper: "I walked into Naomi’s bedroom and found them cuddled up in her bed. It was the apartment Naomi shared with Flavio with whom she was supposed to be having a serious relationship. But Naomi didn’t try to hide the fact that she was cheating on Flavio with Robbie."
The former PA alleged Naomi became obsessed with Robbie and she did all the running around during their 12-month fling. She added: "When Robbie was on the road in 2001, Naomi would have me track him down to various hotels and send flowers with the message, ’Thinking of you’. "It must have been very suffocating for Robbie because he never called her back to say thank you, and that got Naomi very upset." Rebecca claims their affair ended later that year after a final night of passion at one Naomi’s hotel suites. A spokesman for Robbie refused to comment on the story.
Robbie could self-destruct at any moment - Nov 16, 2020
Robbie Williams is so troubled he could self-destruct at any moment, his former manager has claimed. Take That boss Nigel Martin is scared the pop heartthrob - who has battled drug and alcohol addiction - will end up dead if can’t overcome his demons. He said: "He’s so bitter and it’s hard to know what his problem is, but he’s always had a self-destruct button. "Despite all the nasty things he’s said about me, I still worry about Rob. I ’m scared that one day I’m going to wake up and be told that he’s dead, like Paula Yates.
" Martin also revealed the singer was frequently in a bad state towards the end of his time with the band. He claimed: "We were supposed to be doing the MTV Awards in Germany but Robbie was unwell. "He’d been in bed with an international model the night before - I can’t say who - and he was shaking. A complete state. I called a doctor and told Robbie to be honest about what he’d taken so we’d get him the right shot. "He was a real mess."
Martin was speaking at a preview of ITV 1 documentary, ’Take That. For The Record’, which will air on British TV tonight (16.11.05).
Robbie Williams fans were left fuming - Nov 10, 2020
Robbie Williams fans were left fuming after his website crashed just minutes after tickets for his upcoming world tour went on sale.
Besotted fans were so desperate to see his 2006 tour they overloaded his site and crashed the members area just 10 minutes after tickets went on sale yesterday (09.11.05). The main site was unaffected, but the Inner Sanctum - which subscribers pay ?25 to enter so they can get priority ticket access - went down.
But a spokesman for the heartthrob singer revealed:"The system did get overloaded and crashed, but the problem’s been fixed and there are still tickets on sale." Earlier this week Robbie thanked his former Take That bandmates for saving him from a life of crime and drug addiction.
The star admitted the group - comprising Jason Orange, Howard Donald, Mark Owen and Gary Barlow - probably saved his life because their success gave him the money to beat his well-publicised drug addiction. He told a TV documentary: "Perhaps Take That saved my life. I’d have had a problem with drugs anyway, I was heading that way. "In all seriousness I would have been a dealer or a burglar and that’s the truth because I would not have had the money to fund my addiction and I’d have probably been in jail now."
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Robbie joined Take That when he was only 16, he had only one job previous to that, as a double glazing salesman, but apparently he wasn’t very good - he would tell customers not to buy them because they were so bad! For five years, Robbie became the joker of the band, always smiling and playing gags on people as Take That rose to record-breaking stardom. However, in July 1995 Robbie announced he was to leave the band to concentrate on a solo career...a nation of teenage girls mourned.
After a stint eating pies, doing drugs and being friends with the Gallaghers, Robbie signed to Chrysalis Records. His first ever solo single on this label would be a cover of George Michael’s Freedom . It was released on July 29th 1996 exactly one year after his departure from Take That. It reached No 2 in the UK charts. Life began to get a bit rough for Robbie during the following months, he met Jacquie Hamilton-Smith at a New Years Eve Party of 1996, moved in with her the next day and partied (in more ways that one) for exactly one year before coming to his senses. In the middle of all this he released his second single Old Before I Die on April 14th 1997 which also reached No 2 in the charts.
At the beginning of June 1997 after many bad reports in the media, Robbie checked himself into a rehab centre to receive treatment for his addiction to alcohol and drugs. After 4 weeks at the centre Rob emerged 2 stones lighter, sporting a new haircut, and hopefully feeling much better. The release of Lazy Days followed soon after on July 14th, and made it’s first appearance in the UK charts at No 8, to be followed shortly by South Of The Border.
December 1997 was the real beginning for Robbie, he released ’Angels’ as his Christmas single, never knowing quite what an impact it would have on the market. Into the new year of 1998 it was still in the charts and ’Life Thru A Lens’ shot back into the album charts and has been there ever since. Robbie truly had arrived, signing up thousands of new fans daily. Millennium and accompanying album I’ve Been Expecting You followed up on this success, making Robbie the biggest selling artist of 1998.
He began trying to win over the US in 1999 touring The Ego Has Landed. His success continued in 2000 with the release of immediate hit, Rock DJ. Sing When You’re Winning, was as popular as his accompanying collection of lounge covers, Swing When You’re winning. In 2002, Robbie signed a record breaking contract with EMI for £50m, securing his place in pop history. Escapology duly topped the charts in the UK while Robbie spent time in LA being papped with new girlfriend Rachel Hunter.
The biggest outdoor concert ever was hosted by Robbie in 2003 at Knebworth Park attracting 375,000 fans over three days. He followed up this success with two album releases, a Greatest Hits and 2005’s Intensive Care which accompanied his appearance on stage at Live8. Around this time speculation was rife that Robbie was ready to patch things up with his former bandmates and take part in a Take That reunion tour. However Robbie disappointed fans and friends by failing to turn up at an ITV organised reunion and merely recording a video part for the tour which Gary and co embarked on a UK tour without him.
But Robbie wasn’t resting on his laurels. While Take That returned to the studio Robbie did the same, releasing his tenth album, Rudebox in 2006 which brought more controversy to the singer when he failed to credit a supposed co-writer.
It never seems to stop for Robbie.
updated Oct 2006
September 2007