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You're onstage,
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and you don't know the script,
or you don't know what you're doin'.
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"You don't deserve it."
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"You can't do it."
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You know, constantly havin' to deliver,
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it just makes you feel queasy.
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You just wanna run away sometimes.
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I'm in a situation
that's completely unreal.
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It came true for me
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onstage in Leeds.
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People are just waitin' for me to fuck up.
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Yesterday, with Leeds,
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I had to experience an awful lot.
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I feel as though I'm wearing it today.
It was a prolonged car crash.
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As the days have progressed,
doing this process, it seems that I've...
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I've been on...
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The dark night of the soul
turned into a long weekend.
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Hello.
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Very gonzo, this.
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This filming.
Not a fuckin' clue what I'm doing.
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Um...
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But that's my life.
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I've already done an hour's blog
on this camera in this room,
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but we didn't turn the mic on.
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It would be good
for people that can lipread.
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I can't remember this.
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- At all?
- No.
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- What... What year is it?
- So this is 2007.
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2007.
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I can't remember
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anythin' about this.
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It's... It's an instantly
uncomfortable watch for some reason
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'cause I'm getting
some sort of energy from me that's...
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All is not well.
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This video blog has turned into somethin'
different than I thought it was gonna be.
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♪ Don't tell anyone I'm Jesus ♪
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♪ All men are fools ♪
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- ♪ And what makes them fools... ♪
- I remember that now.
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I started to write a song today,
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and it's called,
"Don't Tell Anybody I'm Jesus."
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It's a bit like "Mack The Knife" but, um...
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sacrilegious.
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I'm off the wagon.
That's where I am.
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Change the battery pack.
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Addicted to, um, prescribed speed...
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Is it not plugged in?
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...OxyContin, Adderall,
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Vicodins, morphine.
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You know, the greatest hits.
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Fuckin' 'ell. Dunno if you can see
the shiner I've got on my eye.
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I had an altercation with, uh,
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the bathroom floor.
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Slipped
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and took out the lighting... buttons.
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What they called? Lighting buttons?
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Light switches.
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In the middle of the night,
I got up to go to the toilet,
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and my legs weren't working
because I'd just taken a load of stuff.
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I literally couldn't figure out
how to use my legs,
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but I needed to go the toilet,
and I collapsed and fell into the wall.
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I've also decided that
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I'm not fit for purpose
when it comes to relationships.
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I'd be with somebody
but then see somebody else and think,
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"Oh. Want that one."
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I'm a want monster, I...
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I need... everything.
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Concerning who I sleep with,
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it's as old as time,
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the rock star
sleeping with the groupie or the fan.
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You know, I'm not the first,
and I won't be the last.
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A friend of mine
suggested that I have a date
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with this person
that was a good friend of his,
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and, uh, I looked her up
and was like, "Oh yeah!"
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Please welcome the lovely Ayda Field.
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- Well, hello.
- Yeah.
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Hello!
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I was actually
in a really good place, I think,
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when I met Rob.
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I had this dinner party I was going to.
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I was like, "Do you wanna go
to the dinner party with me?"
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He's like, "I'd rather
stick knives in my eyes."
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I was like,
"Okay, that's a strong response."
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He's like, "Let's meet up afterwards,"
and I was like, "Okay."
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♪ My love must be a kind of blind love... ♪
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She came over to my house
after being at a party.
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I'd just seen off my dealer,
that I was sleeping with at the time.
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The house is completely fuckin' dark.
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No candles. No lights.
I'm like, "Ooh, this is weird."
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So we're just sitting there talking.
We have nothing in common.
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And I was like,
"Oh, this is not working out."
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"I'd better take her back
to the party she's just come from."
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♪ Are the stars out tonight? ♪
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Unbeknownst to me, Rob is actually
gonna ditch me at this party.
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I guess we start... Maybe 'cause
we'd both surrendered to the fact
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that we were not each other's person,
and this was a total mess,
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we were completely loose with each other.
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We were saying funny shit in the car,
and I was like, "Oh, he's funny."
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And I was like,
"Oh. I'll come in for five minutes."
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And there was just this moment
we were laughing,
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and I cannot even tell you what happened.
It was like the universe opened up.
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And I had this moment
where I felt I'd known her forever.
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I guess I chose to ignore it.
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All of a sudden, Rob's like,
"I need to go to the bathroom."
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I'm, like, waiting.
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I'm like, "God.
Is he, like, taking a dump?"
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Um...
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I then did some coke.
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I got this tic. It was like...
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So I'm like, "I'm gonna get out
and see what's happened."
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There he is, pacing.
He's thrown up, and he's clucking.
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I was like, "Ah, we gotta go."
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She ended up comin' home and nursing me.
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Then we just talked all night.
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I think he explained
that he'd been sober for a very long time.
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He had just relapsed.
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It was like my entryway into addiction.
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I shall try and remember
what it was that I was sayin'.
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You wouldn't notice
his personality change,
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but all of a sudden,
he would just throw up, like, watching TV.
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"Robbie Williams is music
for people who don't feel."
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I didn't know this... this area
where someone could be doing drugs
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and have a problem
and it be, like, deadly.
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"Robbie's a showbiz chancer." Yeah, I am.
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The meanness, nasty, vitriolic bollocks,
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that "Robbie Williams is a shit joke."
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I remember that being very scary
'cause all of a sudden, I was, like...
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I was really... liking this person a lot.
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Do I hate music, then?
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Is that what I do?
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"To me, Robbie Williams
is a crime against music."
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"What don't I love about music?"
"You have so much rage."
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Fuckin' hate...
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Do you really think God is more proud
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of Bobby Gillespie
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or Gareth Gates?
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...wants to set me on fire.
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Somebody to hate.
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Here was this incredibly troubled soul
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who was, like,
a rock star in some other country
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and clearly fucked up about it
and a complete mess
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and yet so
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my person. Like, my fucking soulmate.
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...didn't know who the fuck I was.
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Yeah, I mean, that, um...
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that stare there doesn't look like mine.
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I did have a sense
of what I was doin' to myself.
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And I didn't care.
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And... And there is a... a sense of
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"It would be best if I sorta passed away."
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Um...
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I didn't care, and it'd be all right.
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That's where your addiction takes you.
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That's where it ends up.
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The natural progression
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of "Let's see how far we can take this."
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"Robbie Williams is music
for people who don't feel."
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The thing that would destroy me
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has also made me successful.
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Big. More.
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Touch the fire. Touch the button.
Push when it says "pull."
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All of those things
have given me my career,
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but there's also
a detrimental side to it too.
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Depends which wolf you feed.
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For me to change, I've gotta be dyin'.
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Die or stop what you're doin'.
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I remember it was, like, 2 a.m.
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I called him.
I was just getting on the highway.
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"Are you driving?"
"Just got on the highway."
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He was like, "Call me when you get home."
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I tell her,
"Look, my management have come,
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and they've done an intervention,
and they're gonna take me to rehab."
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And he is like,
"I can't be in a relationship."
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"I have to get better,
and I can't be with you."
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"I have to break up with you."
I was just like...
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And it was, like, I un...
I understood it 'cause I was like...
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I saw that he was unwell,
and I... I remember thinking,
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"I just want you to get better.
Whatever you need to do,"
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and I was just so crestfallen.
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He was my soulmate, and then he was gone.
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Robbie Williams is waking up
in rehab this morning
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on his 33rd birthday.
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You can't miss
the front pages this morning.
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Full of the tragedy
that seems to follow in the wake
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of Robbie Williams
and his turbulent lifestyle.
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It's claimed today
that he's gone into rehab
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to avoid doing himself some harm.
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After admitting to being hooked
on a cocktail of prescription drugs,
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he needed to check into rehab
before, in Robbie's words,
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he did "something silly."
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Rehab.
It's not a country club.
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It's a hospital.
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Some people can envision rehab
as being like, um,
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a health retreat.
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It's not that.
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Surrounded by
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other people that are completely depressed
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and, um, have just fucked up their lives.
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Understanding the nature
of what and who you are.
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An addict.
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Rehab cut the circuit on the addiction.
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It gave me a moment to recalibrate
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and see if I can live.
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My professional career
had become that big,
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the only thing
that I could do for self-preservation
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was to take myself out of it.
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If you don't start the process,
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then the process seldom finds you.
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At this period
in my life, I know I'm retired.
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Taking down the dam.
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Tryin' to undo all pop-starry apparel.
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Me and Ayda got back together again.
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I remember we went to Morocco,
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Egypt.
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I thought, "Better go and see these places
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that I've been to for work
and never seen."
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I remember me mate, Calvin,
takin' a picture of Ayda.
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She was dancin' on somethin'.
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I just remember
lookin' at the picture and just goin',
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"What a life force."
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"What a spirit."
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But I remember that photo. It's...
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It's burned into my mind.
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There was a cementing of a relationship
between me and my future wife.
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But, um...
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if you'd have asked me
what I was doing during that,
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I wouldn't have known that.
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There became enough space
between me and my career...
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...to fall in love.
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- Okay.
- Do her.
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- I'll just do... I'll do Sarah.
- Do Sarah.
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I'll do Sarah.
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I've lost 17 inches in my face.
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Three in my dimples alone.
All while eating cheesecake.
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- Very good.
- Love creamy foods.
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Really creamy foods.
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That is unbelievable.
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- Isn't it?
- I know, isn't it weird?
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Change to normal face...
So, high five!
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- Change back.
- "Change back"!
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- That is--
- It's a new game. Change!
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I've no idea how I developed this talent.
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Do you think it's because
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you can fit more marshmallows
in your mouth?
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Yeah, I mean, what a package, man.
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Silly and, uh,
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doesn't take herself seriously
and smart and beautiful.
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Makes me feel great,
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you know?
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When you look there, it's obvious that
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something really special's happenin'.
251
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It's really cool.
252
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- You know why he doesn't like it?
- Why?
253
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- He has to win at everything.
- He did it when he was watching.
254
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- Yeah, he was like...
- Try and do it.
255
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- You do it and watch Rob.
- Come on, Boozy, you can do it.
256
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She sees the best in me,
and I see the best in her.
257
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Fuck you.
258
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- You know how I like to eat a lot?
- Yeah.
259
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That's the face of the future.
260
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- Yeah, you've seen mine, so that's okay.
- Aw.
261
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So I don't do anything for three years.
262
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The powers had gone. The mojo had gone.
263
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I... I had a big realization
that I needed purpose.
264
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That I needed to be creative
and have a voice.
265
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This is Robbie Williams.
This is what I do for a livin'.
266
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Right here.
267
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I'm a singer, I'm a songwriter,
and I'm a born entertainer.
268
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Thank God for Ayda.
269
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Solace and safety and sanctuary and...
270
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all of the good things.
271
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She gave me enough space
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for it to be a possibility.
273
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You're so pretty, aren't you?
274
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Yes, you are!
You doing your little sashay for us?
275
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Are we in the right house? Think we are.
276
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Ah, pretty girl.
277
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- What you calling the new album?
- Reality Killed the Video Star.
278
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Or Il Protagonista.
279
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Or PoliteBox
'cause the last one was RudeBox .
280
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Ding When You're Ding-Dong Dingin'.
281
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Uh...
282
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Or... What were the good ones, bab?
283
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Oh yeah. Robbie Williams
and the Cock of Justice. I love that.
284
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It was gonna take a while ,
285
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but Reality Killed the Video Star
was a tentative step back
286
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into public life.
287
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After the RudeBox album,
288
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I head into very safe musical waters.
289
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♪ How do you rate the morning sun? ♪
290
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♪ Good morning Mr. McCarrower ♪
291
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♪ We'll love the same old Jesus again ♪
292
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♪ Stoke the flames lit by the fuse... ♪
293
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I have to collect myself and... and... and...
294
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put some real thought
behind this fuckin' thing.
295
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Or else my career's gonna fall to shit.
296
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♪ I always wanted more from life ♪
297
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♪ But you didn't have the appetite ♪
298
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"Find a hit, fatty."
299
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♪ Tell me how do you
Raise the morning sun? ♪
300
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Trevor had made
a lot of albums that I love,
301
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and everybody that I work with and me
knew that we were just in safe hands.
302
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- Hey, it's not bad.
- It's not bad.
303
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- It's not bad, yeah.
- Yeah.
304
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I don't think I've ever been
this much unsure of myself, comin' back.
305
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Returning to the scene of the accident.
306
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Press release was in, uh...
307
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has gone out sayin' the new album's called
308
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Reality Killed the Video Star.
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And, uh...
310
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it's number two in the BBC News most read,
311
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so that's cool.
312
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Uh...
313
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And apparently, the, uh,
314
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website statistics
have gone through the roof.
315
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I'm very 'appy. Very 'appy.
316
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Uh, day two. "Bodies."
317
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We had three years
of our relationship with Rob
318
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before I was really introduced to Robbie.
319
00:22:48,963 --> 00:22:51,883
Robbie is like
a completely different person.
320
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I was excited for him,
but I was a little worried
321
00:22:55,763 --> 00:22:59,999
because I don't know what it's like
to have 80,000 people looking at you
322
00:23:00,083 --> 00:23:03,163
on a nightly basis
and what that does to your psychology.
323
00:23:04,283 --> 00:23:07,563
I've gotta get back on this wild horse
324
00:23:08,083 --> 00:23:09,759
that keeps buckin' me off.
325
00:23:09,843 --> 00:23:12,003
Yeah, it's weird. I've not done any
326
00:23:12,763 --> 00:23:14,883
singin' and dancin' for three years.
327
00:23:15,523 --> 00:23:19,119
Last time, this wild horse
did the equivalent of breakin' my neck.
328
00:23:19,203 --> 00:23:20,683
What's it gonna do this time?
329
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Now he's back, and boy, is he back.
330
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He is one of the greatest entertainers
this country's ever known. We love him.
331
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This is Mr. Robbie Williams.
332
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When I came back in 2009,
333
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I did a performance
of "Bodies" on The X Factor
334
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and just completely had a freak-out.
335
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♪ God gave me the sunshine ♪
336
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♪ Then showed me my lifeline ♪
337
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♪ I was told it was all mine ♪
338
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♪ I got laid on the ley line ♪
339
00:23:55,363 --> 00:23:57,279
♪ What a day, what a day ♪
340
00:23:57,363 --> 00:23:59,479
♪ And then Jesus really died for me ♪
341
00:23:59,563 --> 00:24:00,759
How you doin'?
342
00:24:02,723 --> 00:24:05,399
- Robbie didn't come .
- ♪ Jesus really tried for me... ♪
343
00:24:05,483 --> 00:24:09,519
And the everyday Rob was there instead.
344
00:24:09,603 --> 00:24:11,079
♪ Wanna feed off the energy ♪
345
00:24:11,163 --> 00:24:13,079
♪ I love living like a deity ♪
346
00:24:13,163 --> 00:24:14,839
♪ One a day, one day ♪
347
00:24:14,923 --> 00:24:17,599
♪ And then Jesus really died for me ♪
348
00:24:17,683 --> 00:24:19,923
What a pleasure. What a pleasure.
349
00:24:20,523 --> 00:24:23,319
♪ Jesus really tried for me... ♪
350
00:24:23,403 --> 00:24:25,719
I just couldn't latch onto anythin'
351
00:24:25,803 --> 00:24:28,403
to make it make sense
while I was performin'.
352
00:24:32,163 --> 00:24:35,479
Everything felt
completely unnatural and scary.
353
00:24:35,563 --> 00:24:37,759
♪ Oh ♪
354
00:24:37,843 --> 00:24:41,439
It's just everythin' was
so overwhelming, and I couldn't hide it.
355
00:24:41,523 --> 00:24:42,839
I loved it. I loved it.
356
00:24:42,923 --> 00:24:45,839
Great audience.
What a fantastic audience. Thank you!
357
00:24:45,923 --> 00:24:47,999
The whole thing that happened in Leeds
358
00:24:48,083 --> 00:24:53,839
had a... a lasting effect
that had damaged me psychologically.
359
00:24:57,563 --> 00:24:58,599
I'm just unsure
360
00:24:58,683 --> 00:25:01,243
of everythin', everybody, and everything.
361
00:25:01,763 --> 00:25:02,803
Apart from Ayda.
362
00:25:05,763 --> 00:25:07,963
I'm so uncomfortable in my skin 'ere.
363
00:25:12,723 --> 00:25:14,563
The door's always open for Rob.
364
00:25:16,763 --> 00:25:19,399
If ever he's bored one day,
and we're on the road,
365
00:25:19,483 --> 00:25:21,559
and he's sat at home,
and he wants to come up and,
366
00:25:21,643 --> 00:25:23,079
you know, sing a song,
367
00:25:23,163 --> 00:25:27,443
he's more than welcome to do that.
We'll 'ave a spare mic ready for 'im.
368
00:25:28,243 --> 00:25:31,479
One of Britain's
biggest boy bands, Take That, split up.
369
00:25:31,563 --> 00:25:35,599
But, a decade on, they're back together,
albeit without Robbie Williams,
370
00:25:35,683 --> 00:25:37,799
and they're back at the top of the charts.
371
00:25:37,883 --> 00:25:40,239
I watched the Circus tour .
372
00:25:40,323 --> 00:25:42,403
It's one of the best shows I'd ever seen.
373
00:25:43,083 --> 00:25:44,043
And I got
374
00:25:45,043 --> 00:25:46,923
incredibly excited by it.
375
00:25:49,123 --> 00:25:51,563
And then a door opened where I was like...
376
00:25:53,603 --> 00:25:54,643
"Cor, I wanna...
377
00:25:56,043 --> 00:25:57,439
wanna experience that ."
378
00:26:10,803 --> 00:26:13,559
There's a reason
why I left Take That so angry.
379
00:26:13,643 --> 00:26:16,999
I want you to know
that I probably will be a bit quiet.
380
00:26:17,083 --> 00:26:21,519
I'm just a bit nervous and a bit scared,
and I have been for a few days, you know,
381
00:26:21,603 --> 00:26:22,799
and I wanna, um...
382
00:26:22,883 --> 00:26:25,679
It's gonna take a while though, mate.
It's took us four years.
383
00:26:25,763 --> 00:26:29,039
Shoulda seen us lot
when we got back together after that time.
384
00:26:29,123 --> 00:26:31,643
Took us a long time to get to know
each other again, didn't it?
385
00:26:32,643 --> 00:26:34,879
My anger has dissipated and gone now,
386
00:26:34,963 --> 00:26:37,759
and all that's left
is the four lads in a room,
387
00:26:37,843 --> 00:26:41,719
and I realized very quickly
that they love me, and I love them.
388
00:26:41,803 --> 00:26:44,439
To me, it seems like
just a beautiful moment
389
00:26:44,523 --> 00:26:46,919
for us to be intro-ing you,
saying hi to you.
390
00:26:47,003 --> 00:26:49,079
"Here's our friend, Robbie." Off you go.
391
00:26:49,163 --> 00:26:51,879
I remember
havin' a meetin' with my management,
392
00:26:51,963 --> 00:26:54,679
Dave and Tim, at the time,
and they got these flip charts out.
393
00:26:54,763 --> 00:26:57,079
They were just, like, "Right, okay."
394
00:26:57,163 --> 00:26:59,879
"So, if you went on tour by yourself,
395
00:26:59,963 --> 00:27:01,399
this is what you would make."
396
00:27:01,483 --> 00:27:04,403
It was just, like,
unbelievable amounts of money.
397
00:27:05,963 --> 00:27:09,523
"And if you work
with Take That, you get this."
398
00:27:10,363 --> 00:27:11,883
And I was like,
399
00:27:12,403 --> 00:27:16,003
"Lads, I'm still gonna
be joinin' Take That."
400
00:27:19,043 --> 00:27:19,879
"Okay."
401
00:27:23,043 --> 00:27:25,163
♪ Standing ♪
402
00:27:25,883 --> 00:27:29,683
♪ On the edge of forever ♪
403
00:27:30,843 --> 00:27:34,203
♪ At the start of whatever ♪
404
00:27:35,563 --> 00:27:39,719
♪ Shouting love at the world... ♪
405
00:27:39,803 --> 00:27:41,679
When I'm in Take That,
406
00:27:41,763 --> 00:27:47,963
there's four other bodies next to you
displacing the responsibility of
407
00:27:48,683 --> 00:27:49,763
the eyes on you.
408
00:27:50,683 --> 00:27:53,519
♪ Although no-one understood ♪
409
00:27:53,603 --> 00:27:55,959
♪ We were holding back the flood ♪
410
00:27:56,043 --> 00:27:59,283
♪ Yeah, we danced against the rain ♪
411
00:28:00,403 --> 00:28:02,719
♪ We were holding back the flood ♪
412
00:28:02,803 --> 00:28:07,763
♪ They said we'd never dance again ♪
413
00:28:10,243 --> 00:28:12,199
♪ We will meet you ♪
414
00:28:12,283 --> 00:28:14,559
♪ Where the lights are ♪
415
00:28:14,643 --> 00:28:19,119
♪ The defenders of the faith we are ♪
416
00:28:19,203 --> 00:28:21,279
♪ When the thunder turns around ♪
417
00:28:21,363 --> 00:28:27,119
♪ They'll run so hard
We'll tear the ground away... ♪
418
00:28:27,203 --> 00:28:30,199
Rejoining Take That really helped me.
419
00:28:30,283 --> 00:28:31,759
Propelled me back in.
420
00:28:31,843 --> 00:28:35,399
Helped me to hide in public,
to be camouflaged but seen.
421
00:28:35,483 --> 00:28:37,483
♪ Yeah ♪
422
00:28:38,283 --> 00:28:44,003
♪ Yeah ♪
423
00:28:44,883 --> 00:28:47,719
Great Britain was ours for that summer.
424
00:28:47,803 --> 00:28:50,519
♪ Although no-one understood ♪
425
00:28:50,603 --> 00:28:53,159
♪ There was more of them than us ♪
426
00:28:53,243 --> 00:28:56,963
♪ Learning how to dance the rain ♪
427
00:28:57,563 --> 00:29:00,279
♪ There was more of them than us ♪
428
00:29:00,363 --> 00:29:04,843
♪ Now they'll never dance again... ♪
429
00:29:05,763 --> 00:29:07,963
I felt like pop star Robbie Williams.
430
00:29:08,603 --> 00:29:10,519
And rejoining Take That
431
00:29:10,603 --> 00:29:14,403
was a vitally important part of my journey
432
00:29:15,083 --> 00:29:16,559
to where I am now.
433
00:29:18,963 --> 00:29:22,883
Where I've gotten to and what's happened
to my career since then...
434
00:29:24,923 --> 00:29:26,283
is a miracle.
435
00:29:27,363 --> 00:29:29,999
The thing that's made me
feel safe a lot of the time,
436
00:29:30,083 --> 00:29:33,999
is no matter about the slings and arrows
or how I feel about myself in my head,
437
00:29:34,083 --> 00:29:37,359
there's this incredible audience
that comes and sees me.
438
00:29:40,163 --> 00:29:43,363
My audience has protected me
through the years.
439
00:29:45,283 --> 00:29:48,039
It's funny as I get older,
if somebody says,
440
00:29:48,123 --> 00:29:51,523
"I've been to a show
and really enjoyed it," I almost cry.
441
00:29:52,643 --> 00:29:54,363
W... We did that together.
442
00:30:00,123 --> 00:30:04,359
We understood each other,
and we created a moment together
443
00:30:04,443 --> 00:30:08,203
that will remain
etched in our souls and our spirit.
444
00:30:08,803 --> 00:30:14,123
And I'm... I'm ever so grateful
that we get to share that experience.
445
00:30:27,763 --> 00:30:29,563
How has this process been for you?
446
00:30:30,203 --> 00:30:32,003
It's a tough watch.
447
00:30:32,803 --> 00:30:34,843
But I feel good because...
448
00:30:37,043 --> 00:30:40,763
there was a lot of levity
and a lot of humor and a lot of silliness.
449
00:30:41,283 --> 00:30:42,963
There was a softness...
450
00:30:45,483 --> 00:30:48,203
in this footage
that I wasn't expectin' to see.
451
00:30:53,003 --> 00:30:54,519
It is cathartic.
452
00:30:54,603 --> 00:30:56,883
I will walk out of here
453
00:30:58,763 --> 00:31:02,163
less heavy, emotionally,
than I was before.
454
00:31:03,163 --> 00:31:05,443
I can stick a pin in this now and move on.
455
00:31:07,923 --> 00:31:09,923
♪ So many tears ♪
456
00:31:13,163 --> 00:31:15,959
♪ I've cried over you... ♪
457
00:31:20,043 --> 00:31:22,683
I have, uh...
some acceptance and love for me.
458
00:31:24,323 --> 00:31:26,639
That... That feels huge, man.
459
00:31:26,723 --> 00:31:29,279
Yeah, that does feel... that does feel big.
460
00:31:29,363 --> 00:31:33,519
That's not what I was expecting
to feel at the end of this.
461
00:31:33,603 --> 00:31:35,603
♪ And I bite my tongue ♪
462
00:31:39,003 --> 00:31:44,483
♪ Even though it causes the pain... ♪
463
00:31:45,043 --> 00:31:46,759
I'm a different person now.
464
00:31:46,843 --> 00:31:48,283
♪ ...inside me ♪
465
00:31:49,083 --> 00:31:50,283
Thank the Lord.
466
00:31:52,963 --> 00:31:54,403
There is a happy endin'.
467
00:31:54,923 --> 00:31:56,199
For me, anyway.
468
00:31:56,283 --> 00:31:58,523
♪ Running across the field ♪
469
00:31:59,403 --> 00:32:01,759
♪ Screaming full of joy ♪
470
00:32:01,843 --> 00:32:04,603
♪ Now, baby, I can see ♪
471
00:32:05,123 --> 00:32:07,443
♪ That I'm pretty perfect ♪
472
00:32:08,283 --> 00:32:10,999
♪ And everybody can see... ♪
473
00:32:11,083 --> 00:32:15,079
I guess the god-shaped hole
has been filled with four kids and a wife.
474
00:32:15,163 --> 00:32:20,483
♪ Everybody can see-ee-ee ♪
475
00:32:21,483 --> 00:32:22,599
Good.
476
00:32:22,683 --> 00:32:26,203
♪ Life's pretty perfect to me ♪
477
00:32:26,883 --> 00:32:28,003
Full marks.
478
00:32:57,003 --> 00:32:58,919
- Morning, my love.
- Mornin', darlin'.
479
00:32:59,003 --> 00:33:01,959
- Can I get you anything?
- Uh, no, thank you.
480
00:33:02,043 --> 00:33:02,963
All good.
481
00:33:05,323 --> 00:33:06,683
Okay, I'll put this on.
482
00:33:10,683 --> 00:33:12,879
Daddy's going on a plane,
Beau-beaus.
483
00:33:12,963 --> 00:33:13,799
Why?
484
00:33:13,883 --> 00:33:16,559
- He's gotta go to work.
- I wanna go on plane.
485
00:33:16,643 --> 00:33:19,159
- You wanna go with Daddy to work?
- Yeah.
486
00:33:19,243 --> 00:33:21,679
- Are you gonna sing?
- Yeah.
487
00:33:21,763 --> 00:33:24,163
- What you gonna sing?
- Uh...
488
00:33:24,963 --> 00:33:27,719
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
489
00:33:27,803 --> 00:33:29,239
Can I have a goodbye cuddle?
490
00:33:29,323 --> 00:33:30,243
Yes.
491
00:33:34,323 --> 00:33:35,799
- I love you.
- Okay.
492
00:33:35,883 --> 00:33:38,079
- Who loves you?
- Uh...
493
00:33:38,163 --> 00:33:39,479
- Mummy.
- Yes!
494
00:33:39,563 --> 00:33:41,319
Who else loves you?
495
00:33:41,403 --> 00:33:42,643
- You!
- Yeah.
496
00:33:44,163 --> 00:33:45,359
Yeah, I do.
497
00:33:45,443 --> 00:33:47,359
We love you so much, Beau-beaus.
498
00:33:47,443 --> 00:33:48,283
Yeah.
499
00:33:51,563 --> 00:33:52,483
Who loves you ?
500
00:33:53,003 --> 00:33:54,879
Daddy. Who loves you ?
501
00:33:54,963 --> 00:33:56,483
- Mummy.
- Mm-hmm.
502
00:34:00,163 --> 00:34:03,123
I really, like,
have had a knot in my stomach all day.
503
00:34:26,123 --> 00:34:29,483
I'm about to leave
for the longest that I've ever left them.
504
00:34:30,363 --> 00:34:31,363
I hate it.
505
00:34:32,483 --> 00:34:34,159
But it makes me feel happy,
506
00:34:34,243 --> 00:34:37,283
knowing what I can provide
for my kids and my wife.
507
00:34:38,803 --> 00:34:41,359
It gives me purpose, and I need purpose.
508
00:34:41,443 --> 00:34:44,119
Ted, come and give me a cuddle.
Mummy, will you get Charlie?
509
00:34:44,203 --> 00:34:45,043
Charlie!
510
00:34:46,003 --> 00:34:48,199
- Come here, Charlie.
- Oh, there he is.
511
00:34:48,283 --> 00:34:50,439
- Where's Coco?
- I love you, mate.
512
00:34:50,523 --> 00:34:52,719
- Where's Coco?
- I love you, mate.
513
00:34:52,803 --> 00:34:56,999
- Will you get Coco?
- Look at me. I'm really proud of you.
514
00:34:57,083 --> 00:34:58,843
- Do you have to go?
- Yeah.
515
00:35:06,363 --> 00:35:08,643
- I love you, Boozy.
- Love you, guys.
516
00:36:06,803 --> 00:36:08,563
Who knows what's to come?
517
00:36:09,083 --> 00:36:11,519
But now I realize that in this period,
518
00:36:11,603 --> 00:36:14,763
and for the longest period
in my life ever, I suppose,
519
00:36:15,523 --> 00:36:18,403
yeah, this is, um... a golden period.
520
00:36:35,683 --> 00:36:37,483
I live in a different way now.
521
00:36:38,003 --> 00:36:39,843
I live in a different manner.
522
00:36:41,683 --> 00:36:45,763
There is an acceptance to what my life is.
523
00:36:48,283 --> 00:36:51,483
And I don't try
to push against it or fight against it.
524
00:36:52,243 --> 00:36:54,563
And I've figured out how to live in it.
525
00:36:57,963 --> 00:36:58,919
I'm comfortable.
526
00:36:59,003 --> 00:37:02,363
I'm a dad of four
in a lovin' marriage with a lovin' wife.
527
00:37:03,523 --> 00:37:05,803
I'm on my way
to bein' really, really happy.
528
00:37:20,883 --> 00:37:24,323
The miracles that have been
bestowed upon me in this life...
529
00:37:27,603 --> 00:37:28,963
are so bountiful
530
00:37:30,403 --> 00:37:32,083
and so incredible,
531
00:37:34,603 --> 00:37:37,123
there is a need and a want in me
532
00:37:38,563 --> 00:37:42,163
to be able
to figure out how to enjoy this,
533
00:37:42,723 --> 00:37:44,403
by any means necessary.
534
00:37:50,203 --> 00:37:51,483
It's different now.
535
00:37:52,563 --> 00:37:53,763
What a joy.
536
00:37:54,963 --> 00:37:56,523
What a glorious adventure.
537
00:38:19,883 --> 00:38:22,763
♪ Come on, hold my hand ♪
538
00:38:23,963 --> 00:38:27,523
♪ I wanna contact the living ♪
539
00:38:29,363 --> 00:38:32,283
♪ Not sure I understand ♪
540
00:38:34,283 --> 00:38:37,643
♪ This role I've been given ♪
541
00:38:39,323 --> 00:38:42,003
♪ I sit and talk to God ♪
542
00:38:43,683 --> 00:38:47,283
♪ And he just laughs at my plans ♪
543
00:38:48,963 --> 00:38:51,923
♪ My head speaks a language ♪
544
00:38:53,883 --> 00:38:56,603
♪ I don't understand ♪
545
00:38:59,083 --> 00:39:03,239
♪ I just wanna feel real love ♪
546
00:39:03,323 --> 00:39:06,243
♪ Feel the home that I live in ♪
547
00:39:08,723 --> 00:39:10,883
♪ 'Cause I got too much life ♪
548
00:39:11,363 --> 00:39:13,203
♪ Running through my veins ♪
549
00:39:13,723 --> 00:39:16,043
♪ Going to waste ♪
550
00:39:18,683 --> 00:39:20,963
♪ I don't wanna die ♪
551
00:39:22,723 --> 00:39:25,683
♪ But I ain't keen on living either ♪
552
00:39:28,363 --> 00:39:30,763
♪ Before I fall in love ♪
553
00:39:32,763 --> 00:39:36,443
♪ I'm preparing to leave her ♪
554
00:39:38,203 --> 00:39:40,483
♪ I scare myself to death ♪
555
00:39:42,843 --> 00:39:45,683
♪ That's why I keep on running ♪
556
00:39:47,843 --> 00:39:50,443
♪ Before I've arrived ♪
557
00:39:52,363 --> 00:39:55,363
♪ I can see myself coming ♪
558
00:39:57,843 --> 00:40:02,079
♪ I just wanna feel real love ♪
559
00:40:02,163 --> 00:40:05,123
♪ Feel the home that I live in ♪
560
00:40:07,523 --> 00:40:09,643
♪ 'Cause I got too much life ♪
561
00:40:10,163 --> 00:40:11,883
♪ Running through my veins ♪
562
00:40:12,603 --> 00:40:14,403
♪ Going to waste ♪