Robbie Williams has opened up about his thoughts on the realities of fame and admitted that the perfect well-rounded celebrity "doesn't exist".
The pop superstar, 48, who rose to fame at the age of just 16 when he first joined Take That, has had an illustrious career which has seen him win 18 Brit Awards - making him the most successful artist in the awards history.
His career began in 1990 as part of the popular boyband alongside Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Donald Howard and Jason Orange and had chart success with hits such as Back For Good, Pray and Relight My Fire in the following five years.
Robbie decided to leave the band in 1995 and has gone on to have seven number one hits during his 27 year solo career.
But the father of four has discussed how fans' perspective of being a celebrity is completely different to the how it actually works out.
He told The Sunday Times : "Everybody is intoxicated with the thought of what fame is, even though the examples all around you are of people falling down, getting tripped up, becoming mentally ill, being deeply unhappy, resentful, agoraphobic, desperate, behaving in ways they normally wouldn’t.
"There are no opposite cases you can point to besides completely inauthentic stars from America who have managed to hide behind publicists; no examples where you can go, 'there’s a well-rounded person that’s thoroughly enjoying his lot'. He doesn’t exist."
The Angels singer has previously spoke about his battles with mental health issues, substance abuse and alcoholism throughout his career and more recently about his weight struggles.
He has lost weight recently - ahead of the release of his latest album - but he describes the battle to stray trim and toned is a 'constant fight' and his 'whole being' wants to 'be morbidly obese'.
"I have lost weight but it is a constant fight. Inside me there’s a giant person," he confesses in a recent interview as he shows off his new slimmed-down body in a black vest.
"My whole being and my whole body wants me to go in the opposite direction and be morbidly obese," he adds.
"At the moment I am just eating less. It is a constant slog and it is not a natural way of being. For me, what is normal is being twice this size."
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