{"id":144805,"date":"2023-11-04T06:15:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T06:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=144805"},"modified":"2023-11-04T06:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T06:15:28","slug":"robbie-williams-after-i-quit-take-that-i-was-just-in-the-groucho-doing-a-lot-of-coke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/tv-movies\/robbie-williams-after-i-quit-take-that-i-was-just-in-the-groucho-doing-a-lot-of-coke\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Williams: ‘After I quit Take That I was just in The Groucho doing a lot of coke\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robbie Williams gets brutally honest about what happened when he left Take That in his latest documentary, admitting that he spent a lot of time taking class A drugs in a London members club after he quit the band. <\/p>\n

The singer, now 49, was just 16 years old when he joined the group alongside Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Howard Donald. <\/p>\n

In the first episode of his self-titled Netflix series, Robbie recalls the early days of the band \u2013 when he faced a "complete dunking into the grown up world that I wasn\u2019t ready for" \u2013 before turning his attention what happened when he quit in 1995. <\/p>\n


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Robbie left Take That when they threatened to go on tour without him if he refused to stop partying, and he immediately headed for London's raucous celebrity hotspots after his exit. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was just in [private members club] The Groucho doing a lot of coke,\u201d he says sadly.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, Robbie met struggling musician Guy Chambers and they wrote his debut solo album, Life Thru A Lens, in just 12 days. <\/p>\n

The singer was required to get clean before its release though, and the Netflix doc sees him look back at footage of himself at the height of his addiction. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the most difficult thing to watch,\u201d he says as he looks back at footage of himself telling an interviewer that he doesn\u2019t \u201clike my own company at the minute.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI spiralled out of control so severely my manager understood what had to happen,\u201d says Robbie of his stint in rehab.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Take That lasted just a few months without Robbie and announced their decision to split in February 1996. <\/p>\n

The group reunited without Robbie in 2005 and fans were delighted when he rejoined the group in 2011. <\/p>\n

Sadly, he chose to take another step back in 2014 and Jason also decided to leave just months later. <\/p>\n

The doc also sees Robbie give his take on the tensions within the band, as he tells the cameras: \u201cThere was an assurance about Gaz and his ability, mixed with a coldness. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was Lord of the Flies stuff. I wasn\u2019t adept at dealing with the dynamics of the band at an early age and that\u2019s why the wheels came off for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robbie\u2019s 11-year-old daughter Teddy asks him who he disliked the most, and he candidly replies: \u201cI disliked Gary the most because he was the one that was supposed to have everything and the career. I wanted to make him pay. I was vengeful by having the career that he was supposed to have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robbie Williams' documentary series arrives on Netflix on Wednesday 8 November.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n