Robbie Williams felt “anxious” about getting on stage for his latest tour but then immediately thought about things a different way once his wife Ayda had spoken to him.
Robbie Williams felt “anxious” about getting on stage for his latest tour.
The 51-year-old pop star – who had been married to Ayda Field since 2010 ‘ has been a major name in the music industry since his days as part of Take That in the 1990s but revealed as he launched his Britpop your in London on Friday that his wife had to calm him down in rehearsals.
He said: “I turned to my wife [Ayda] in rehearsals and said: ‘Babe, I’m anxious about this’.
“She said, ‘Rob, you behave like this is normal, you behave like you have to do this for the rest of your life, you behave like stadiums is where you should be’.”
The Angels hitmaker – who has Teddy, 12, Charlie, 10, Coco, six, and four-year-old Beau with Ayda – insisted that in that moment, his “perception” of things altered, and has now decided to embrace “getting older” with his audience.
He said: “In that moment, my perception changed.
“I might be in sniper’s alley — but I believe I have got a lot longer on this runway to go.
“I look forward to getting even older with you and I look forward to seeing you at many shows to come, whatever size venue that is.”
The Candy singer – who has a reported net worth of £300 million – then remembered why he continues with his career despite decades of success and money, and insisted that it is all for his children.
He said: “I remember why I do this. It is not for the glory, it is not for the money, it is because I have got four kids at home.”
Robbie’s positive comments come just weeks after he revealed that he had suffered a dip in his mental health for the first time in about a decade.
He told The Mirror: “The year started with some ill mental health, which I haven’t had for a very, very long time. I was sad, I was anxious, I was depressed.
“It’s been about 10 years…I thought I was at the other end of the arc.
“I thought this was the end of my story, and that I would just go walking into this marvelous wonderland. So for it to return was just confusing.”
Robbie Williams felt ‘anxious ‘ before going on stage but developed new ‘perspective’ on fame
