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He tells me it’s “considered the hood in modern parlance or thereabouts,” and recalls that “‘gay’ was a slur and something to be feared and ridiculed.”
Life took a dramatic turn for him at 15, after his audition led him to Take That. Honestly, you’ve never met somebody that wants to be gay as much as me.”
“I was maligned, belittled, disrespected, hated, followed, harangued, phone-tapped,” he shares with me about his experiences with the British tabloids.
You are bothered about being authentically you in a world that has told you you can’t be you.
"There's something about old dogs that I just like," Robbie said. Williams offers “many different reasons” for this restraint.
Robbie Williams ‘annoyed’ over questions about his sexuality as he addresses gay rumours
Robbie Williams has admitted to feeling ‘sad’ when people speculated about his sexuality.
The 50-year-old pop star – who is married to actress Ayda Field, 45 – has spent years fending off rumours about his love life, but he’s adamant stories about him being secretly gay just aren’t true.
Robbie, who was catapulted to stardom as a member of Take That in the 90s, was hit with claims he had a ‘secret gay lover’ in 2004, which resulted in him suing for libel and winning.
Reflecting on the conjecture and why he took legal action, he said in a new interview to promote his biopic: ‘I was annoyed.
Honestly, you’ve never met somebody that wants to be gay as much as me.”
“I was maligned, belittled, disrespected, hated, followed, harangued, phone-tapped,” he shares with me about his experiences with the British tabloids. And in a world that often demands we fit into predefined boxes, his journey is a reminder that we’re all just trying to be seen for who we truly are — no matter who that is.
You are bothered about being authentically you in a world that has told you you can’t be you. Just be cool.” And it turns out it was a stripper and he was blowing his penis up for his performance. Soon thereafter, he found himself being admired by half-naked gay men in clubs, a stark contrast that he vividly described as transformative: “I went from being in a place where I used to wonder which shoes to put on by how much violence was going to be at the place that I was going to — steel toe cap boots if it was going to be really bad — and then, all of a sudden, I was in this place of acceptance and warmth and silliness.”
It’s a place that Williams, who is now 50, is familiar with, and since his teen rise, he has come to understand his place in gay culture even, as he says, “I don’t understand the queer lifestyle, I’m not of it.”
“But,” he goes on, “I understand that I am accepted there and I’m loved and I’m wanted and I am needed.
He wasn’t masturbating at all. “So I’m sure that that self-examination elevates you to a place that people wouldn’t normally have to have had done because you are forced to. I am very, very very grateful.
Williams’ honesty extends into “Better Man,” where we see a version of him that’s raw and vulnerable.
If someone were to create an AI-imagined version of Williams engaged in a same-sex encounter (his exact words: “AI me doing it”), “I’ll watch it myself,” he says.
Chris Azzopardi
As editor of Q Syndicate, the international LGBTQ wire service, Chris Azzopardi has interviewed a multitude of superstars.
And recently, while speaking to journalist Michael Cragg at The Guardian, Williams explained his reasoning for challenging the gay rumors made by a British tabloid via a lawsuit: “I was more sad. And so that was sort of a memory flashback that I got.”
The film stops short of exploring that memory.
“Look, if I fancied noshing some bloke off by the canal, I’d have noshed some bloke off by the canal,” he tells me, in response to my ask about the lawsuit, which he said he appreciated having the opportunity to respond to. And my only way of representing myself at the time was to do a book, and the book would say everything about who I was.
So then being exposed to this world that I loved being a part of… I took my first ecstasy at a gay club [and] had the most incredible time,’ he said.
Robbie went on to speak about homophobia, adding: ‘I was sort of left as a 21-year-old going, “Actually, I don’t hate the gays… so does that mean that I’m gay, too?” I was 21 or 22, and I was like, “Oh, that must mean that I’m somewhat gay, in some sort of way”.’
The star and his wife had previously planned to renew their wedding vows to celebrate their 10th anniversary, but they had to scrap the idea due to the Covid-19 pandemic, so they held a belated ceremony earlier this year.
In an Instagram message, Robbie wrote at the time: ‘Oh, Me and Ayda renewed our vows.
What?’ And I’m sort of frozen and I’m thinking, ‘But what do I do in this? This story has been updated to reflect his work.
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