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Robbie Williams documentary with ‘never before seen footage’ is coming to Netflix
The series will take an ‘unfiltered’ look at the singer’s career highlights as well as his lows
Robbie Williams will be at the centre of a brand new Netflix documentary series exploring his life and struggles with addiction.
The docu-series promises to take an ‘unfiltered’ look at the Take That star’s career highlights, as well as the lowest moments of his life.
The series is set to launch on Netflix in 2023, and will include ‘never before seen footage’ as well as ‘unfiltered access’ to the singer.
The documentary’s official synopsis reads: ‘The multi-part series which will launch in 2023 will be an unfiltered, in-depth examination of a global icon and natural-born-entertainer who had to navigate the highs and lows of being in the limelight for more than 30 years’.
“It will cover Robbie navigating media scrutiny throughout his career, adulation and addiction, professional and personal break-ups, reunions, recovery, and the impact they have had on his mental health.
“Featuring twenty-five years’ worth of intimate, never-before-seen archive, and exclusive access to Robbie; this definitive series is a no-holds-barred look at the entertainer and will reveal a more nuanced and multifaceted character.”
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Williams has been open about his struggle with addiction in the past, with him previously admitting he was just ‘twenty-four hours away from death’ after taking a cocktail of drugs.
He said back in 2009: “I would do twenty Vicodin in a night. I might have been twenty-four hours away from dying.
“Then I’d take Adderall, which was like speed for people with ADHD. I’d be doing colossal, heart-stopping amounts of that.
“It was the American addiction. Prescription pills. It wasn’t the best period of my life.”
Williams started his career as a member of boyband Take That, but left the band in 1995 to embark upon his own solo career.
As a soloist, the forty-eight-year-old has recorded an impressive thirteen UK number one albums, making him one of the country’s most celebrated artists.