{"id":68491,"date":"2023-11-01T23:14:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T23:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rapidcelnews.com\/?p=68491"},"modified":"2023-11-01T23:14:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T23:14:34","slug":"robbie-williams-reveals-he-once-slashed-his-wrists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rapidcelnews.com\/celebrities\/robbie-williams-reveals-he-once-slashed-his-wrists\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Williams reveals he once &apos;slashed his wrists&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Robbie Williams reveals he once &#8216;slashed his wrists&#8217; in a bid to end his life and didn&#8217;t sleep for 144 HOURS during battle with drink and drugs<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For support, call the Samaritans on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Robbie Williams\u00a0has revealed he once &#8216;slit his wrists&#8217; in a bid to end his life in a candid\u00a0discussion about the pressures of fame and his battle with drink and drugs.<\/p>\n<p>The former Take That singer, 49,\u00a0who is set release a brand new Netflix documentary charting his rollercoaster career, hit back at celebrities being mocked for opening up about their mental health struggles and suggestions they only do so in a bid to make the\u00a0topic &#8216;sexy&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He told The Mirror: &#8216;There is nothing sexy about taking a knife and slashing your own wrists that I did. We need to be careful about what we say and how we say it&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Clarifying this point, he said: &#8216;I am on about me slashing my own wrists. The reason I say that is to qualify people are people, whether they are on MAFS [Married At First Sight] or Martin Scorsese&#8217;s new film&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We need to be careful what we accuse people of. You think such and such is laying it on thick for attention saying they have autism. It is not OK&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/21\/77292067-12699585-image-a-21_1698875330002.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Revelation: Robbie Williams, 49, has revealed he once &#8216;slit his wrists&#8217; in a bid to end his life in a candid discussion about the pressures of fame and his battle with drink and drugs<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/21\/77292073-12699585-image-a-22_1698875347828.jpg\" height=\"970\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dark times:\u00a0The former Take That singer hit back at celebrities being mocked for opening up about their mental health struggles and suggestions they only do so in a bid to make the topic &#8216;sexy&#8217; (pictured in 1996)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He later shared with\u00a0The Sun about his much publicised battle with addiction and recalled going on a six-day bender.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Telling the publication that despite vomiting &#8216;black bile&#8217; he continued his binge of cocaine and vodka only to realise later how close he was to death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Admitting: &#8216;I thought I could snort the most, take the most pills, drink the most and I thought that was a superpower at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t know that was my fast- track to death. You feel like you&#8217;re indestructible, I didn&#8217;t feel I was going to die. It&#8217;s only subsequently I realise I was close.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;I stayed awake for six days. I was with somebody with deals to the dealers and it was a six-day bender, and it went very quickly.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Robbie again reflected on his mental health battles in the latest trailer for his upcoming Netflix docu-series.<\/p>\n<p>A dropped ahead of the four-part show&#8217;s release on November 8, which will combine never-before-seen footage of Robbie with new interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of his solo career, the series will give an intimate look at his never-before-seen personal archive spanning 30 years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/21\/77293417-12699585-Shocking_He_later_opened_up_about_his_much_publicised_battle_wit-a-26_1698875992141.jpg\" height=\"858\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Shocking: He later opened up about his much publicised battle with addiction and recalled going on a six-day bender\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/21\/77293375-12699585-Shocking_He_later_opened_up_about_his_much_publicised_battle_wit-m-24_1698875939061.jpg\" height=\"444\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Scary: He said that despite vomiting &#8216;black bile&#8217; he continued his binge of cocaine and vodka only to realise later how close he was to death (pictured in 1997)<\/p>\n<p>In the new trailer he began by reflecting on his journey and career before candidly telling how things started to get difficult, resulting in a &#8216;nervous, mental breakdown in front of thousands of people&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Robbie &#8211; who shares Teddy, 10, Charlie, eight, Coco, four, and Beau, three, with his wife Ayda &#8211; mused: &#8216;It&#8217;s astounding what&#8217;s happened in my life. But the past has me in a headlock.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Something has to give. You&#8217;re only supposed to do this at the pearly gates with Saint Peter this looking back at your life.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He added of being thrust into the spotlight at a young age: &#8216;When I joined Take That I was 16 it was insane. I was the centre of the pop culture world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I felt like I was giving more and more of myself away to the point where you don&#8217;t recognise yourself any more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Being in the spotlight you can&#8217;t trust anybody. I was having a nervous, mental breakdown in front of thousands of people.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/00\/76432601-12695685-Icon_Coinciding_with_the_25th_anniversary_of_his_solo_career_Rob-a-8_1698798630611.jpg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Icon:\u00a0Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of his solo career, Robbie&#8217;s upcoming Netflix series will give an intimate look at his never-before-seen personal archive spanning 30 years<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The thing that would destroy me has also made me successful. Touch the fire, push when it says pull and see if I can live. I don&#8217;t know how easy it is for people to get to know me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Robbie has been very open about his ongoing battle with mental illness and his history of depression and anxiety. And when his fame was at an all-time high, the pop star hit his lowest point.<\/p>\n<p>From 2006 to 2009, Williams battled agoraphobia. The social anxiety disorder left him housebound for three years.<\/p>\n<p>He has previously revealed he went into rehab in 2007 after taking speed, acid, heroin, cocaine and &#8216;heart-stopping&#8217; amounts of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n<p><span>For support, call the Samaritans on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12699585\/Robbie-Williams-slashed-wrists-drink-drugs-bender.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robbie Williams reveals he once &#8216;slashed his wrists&#8217; in a bid to end his life and didn&#8217;t sleep for 144 HOURS during battle with drink and drugs For support, call the Samaritans on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org\u00a0 Robbie Williams\u00a0has revealed he once &#8216;slit his wrists&#8217; in a bid to end his life in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68490,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Robbie Williams reveals he once &amp;apos;slashed his wrists&amp;apos; 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