Robbie Williams has hit back at an “assertion” made about his drug addiction in a new documentary about boybands. On Saturday (16 November), episode one of the three-part series, titled Boybands Forever , placed the spotlight on the struggles members of Take That , Westlife and Five faced while riding high in the charts. Williams, whose most controversial moment will be depicted in a forthcoming biopic about his life, appeared as a talking head on the documentary, which also featured Nigel Martin-Smith, who managed Take That in the 1990s when Williams was a member.
In the BBC doc, Willams addressed his drug addiction that began when he was in the band , with Martin-Smith claiming the singer was “smart and quite clever” to blame his drug taking on being “in this band where he couldn’t have girlfriends or couldn’t go out”. At one stage, he said Williams acted like a “w***er” and that the singer painted him out as “evil” – but Williams has now hit back at this assertion in a post shared on Instagram on Sunday (17 November), accusing Martin-Smith of “gaslighting” him. Williams, in an open statement to Martin-Smith, wrote: “Hope all is good in your world and life is being kind to you.
Just thought I'd jot down a few thoughts about our appearance together as talking heads on the boyband doc. “I was equal parts terrified and excited to be sharing a screen with you again. Excited to see where we both are on this journey and terrified in case old emot.
