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Robbie Williams talks about his struggle with anorexia. “It was either restriction or overeating.”

After a 30-year career, the British singer returns in a Netflix documentary about his life in the spotlight. A life marked by addictions and eating disorders.

It’s been years since Robbie Williams overcame his addiction to alcohol and drugs. Today sober, happily married to his wife Ida Field and their four children, the former member of the pop group Take That still struggles with another disorder, this time an eating disorder. As he himself reveals in his dedicated and soberly titled documentary film Robbie Williamson November 8 on Netflix. We find out that the 49-year-old singer works out regularly at his home gym, and that he even has a personal chef who cooks him five meals a day. healthy.

We also learn that Robbie Williams once ate just one banana a day, or about 90 calories. Having encountered this information, the journalist from SunClemmy Moody wanted to question the singer by SMS. Does she suffer from anorexia? “Yes,” he would affirm in his answer.

Later, Robbie Williams added during his interview with the columnist: “I looked up eating disorders after you texted me to make sure I got it right. And yes, there was a global eating disorder that accompanied me all my life, it is a mixture of several disorders,” the article reads. Sun , posted online on November 1. “I suffered from ‘bigorexia’, which consists of thinking that you have no muscles and no size, as well as anorexia,” admits the British star. But one word is missing, and that’s me. It was either restriction or overeating. I never knew what it was. I have an eating disorder…and I’m not sure what’s right for me.”

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“Like pure self-hatred”

Troubled as a teenager, Robbie Williams opened up about his relationship with his body back in July. “I could write a book about self-loathing when it comes to my body image. Like pure self-hatred. The ugliness of feeling ugly,” he wrote. Before proceeding. “I am dysmorphic. You can imagine what my mind sees. Or maybe you can’t. Either way, it’s a disaster.”

The artist also confided that despite losing weight, he still has this voice inside him, full of judgments. “Right now I’m thin… But knowing myself, my mind says: “Damn big Rob, you managed to get thin and now you’re old, congratulations, well done!” The struggle is real, the sadness is shocking. I’ve had this my whole life. And it will not weaken,” he concluded, resigning. Clarifying that he gave himself in this way to “relieve” himself, but also to help other people suffering from the same disorder;

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Suffering from depression and anxiety since the age of 16, Robbie Williams took refuge in drugs early in his career. A difficult period when he traded under materials, thus gaining a lot of weight. If this era is now over, the translator No regrets he was assured in newspaper columns Sun , in September 2022. it has an “addictive nature”. Finally, in Suits – title from 2009, he already sang “God save me from my reflection’s rejection / I want perfection”…

Source: Le Figaro

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