Robbie Williams says he is ‘Olympian’ of masking mental health in candid admission

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00:00i'm robbie williams hello it's it's a pleasure to be with both of you i've been really looking

00:04forward to this are you formally diagnosed as adhd adhd depression isolation agoraphobia and

00:11then there's incredible fame and uh it's a uh a heady you know heady cocktail isn't it when i'm

00:19in bed that's my comfort zone anywhere outside of that bed is my discomfort zone and um it's

00:27getting better it was horrendous through my 20s bad through my 30s my 40s started to get better and i'm

00:35on an upward curve i mask like i'm an olympian at masking because i will look full of bravado and

00:45look pompous and look smug and do these grand gestures which have worked for me because you

00:52know they put my face on the poster and people still buy tickets but actually what's happening

00:57is i feel like the opposite of that you would think that a stadium full of people professing their love

01:03to you would work but whatever it is inside me cannot hear it 80 000 people never changed my opinion about

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