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I wonder if there is an agreement with the press not to show pictures or write about Teddy's appearance in the documentary. At least I have not seen anything.
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I wonder if there is an agreement with the press not to show pictures or write about Teddy's appearance in the documentary. At least I have not seen anything.

 

 

 

Media pictures of the children of celebrities are now clearly off limits – unless their parents consent to publication.

 

https://theconversation.com/freedom-of-uk-m...rk-ruling-51062

Thanks Tess -that was interesting.

 

Like they said - he never really fitted into TT even at 16

i saw that the documentary reached number 1 in 22 countries and his Greatest Hits is back in the official UK charts at 64 (i think). This is not that bad.

 

 

I listened to the long podcast today -it's one of the best interviews I've heard in a long time -get's down to some nitty gritty and real insight rather than just the same old questions.

This is still number 2 in UK Top 10 Netflix.

 

How is it doing elsewhere please?

there was a great overview in one Facebook group. Number one in 22 countries in the first week and number 2 in 13 more. It was even number 5 in Canada. Nothing in the USA. I think it ended woldwide with number 4 for the first week.
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Still number 2 on UK Netflix B-)

 

 

Overall it's done great ...

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I do feel sorry for James Blunt, he is treated very badly at times ...

 

Irish Independent, Pierce Turner: The Robbie Williams documentary lays bare all the trappings of fame

 

Recently we have been inundated with new documentaries, David Beckham, Taylor Swift, George Michael and Robbie Williams come immediately to mind. When we think of famous people, do we ever really wonder about the person underneath the hype? How they actually are?

 

Most of us just want to admire them for how well they have done, we envision a life of perfection, and fantasise about their wonderful life. I have never met David Beckham, but having looked at his documentary, I would say that he is reasonably comfortable in the world of notoriety. But I feel differently about the Robbie Williams documentary – and the tragic George Michael – who has since fallen prey to the unnatural destruction of superstardom, likewise for Whitney Houston. Beckham’s documentary is very honest, but Robbie’s brings transparency to a whole other level. He bravely shows his own “full blown nervous breakdown” (his words). And shows his jealous take down of former Take That bandmate Gary Barlow. He exposes the worst side of himself, footage he could’ve edited out. On several occasions he owns up to his imperfections, suggesting it’s the price he pays for fame and fortune.

 

At one point mid-tour, he had played 30 concerts to 90,000 people a night, and had more to go – no wonder he was stressed. The show began with him being hoisted by his ankles high up behind a massive curtain. When the curtain pulls back it reveals a sea of people cheering fanatically at the spectacle of their hero hanging in the air with his arms outspread like a bird. It seems like there is nothing that Robbie wouldn’t do to entertain a crowd. From the camera angle shown, it’s horrifying to see what he sees, as he dangles above 90,000 people. After doing something like that, will he ever be happy with normalcy again?

Robbie says that he is a hermit who spends his whole time lying in bed, when he is not performing. So it’s from his bed that he conducts this documentary while using his laptop to go back over old footage, which we get to see. He knows it’s not natural to have your whole life on film, and seems to wonder what he is conceding of himself to go back over it.

 

After seeing the documentary I now think differently about my very brief encounter with Robbie in Manhattan about five years ago. We were there because our friend Todd Interland managed James Blunt. There was a backlash on James at the time, and Todd presumed we thought little of Blunt, so we went to be supportive. There were only about 20 people at the after party in city centre, among them was the legend, Ahmet Ertegun who owned Blunt’s label Atlantic Records. James’s song ‘You’re Beautiful’ sold 12 million albums, so the record company liked him. Robbie Williams was a friend of the very affable Blunt, so he was there too, and looked kind of lost. A striking figure in a three quarter length coat, all six-foot-four of him, Robbie wandered around aimlessly and alone. At one point he awkwardly tripped over something and bumped into me, for which he humbly apologised. “Oh sorry mate,” he blurted. “No problem,” I replied inoffensively, he withdrew to being out of place.

 

Now I look back and see it so differently. In his documentary, it’s clear that he is torn between wanting to be one of the lads, and being bigger and better than everyone else. I think now that he might’ve wanted to meet us, and that he was just another lonely person.

 

But when you’re exclusive, you’re out on your own. Literally!

 

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/pierce...ame/ar-AA1kpbCy

 

 

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The Netflix doco has been really good for drawing attention to Rob's music , even Rudebox which can be seen from recent comments on his YT video

 

 

 

 

As the saying goes 'Any publicity is good publicity '

 

 

 

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I do feel sorry for James Blunt, he is treated very badly at times ...

 

Irish Independent, Pierce Turner: The Robbie Williams documentary lays bare all the trappings of fame

 

Recently we have been inundated with new documentaries, David Beckham, Taylor Swift, George Michael and Robbie Williams come immediately to mind. When we think of famous people, do we ever really wonder about the person underneath the hype? How they actually are?

 

Most of us just want to admire them for how well they have done, we envision a life of perfection, and fantasise about their wonderful life. I have never met David Beckham, but having looked at his documentary, I would say that he is reasonably comfortable in the world of notoriety. But I feel differently about the Robbie Williams documentary – and the tragic George Michael – who has since fallen prey to the unnatural destruction of superstardom, likewise for Whitney Houston. Beckham’s documentary is very honest, but Robbie’s brings transparency to a whole other level. He bravely shows his own “full blown nervous breakdown” (his words). And shows his jealous take down of former Take That bandmate Gary Barlow. He exposes the worst side of himself, footage he could’ve edited out. On several occasions he owns up to his imperfections, suggesting it’s the price he pays for fame and fortune.

 

At one point mid-tour, he had played 30 concerts to 90,000 people a night, and had more to go – no wonder he was stressed. The show began with him being hoisted by his ankles high up behind a massive curtain. When the curtain pulls back it reveals a sea of people cheering fanatically at the spectacle of their hero hanging in the air with his arms outspread like a bird. It seems like there is nothing that Robbie wouldn’t do to entertain a crowd. From the camera angle shown, it’s horrifying to see what he sees, as he dangles above 90,000 people. After doing something like that, will he ever be happy with normalcy again?

Robbie says that he is a hermit who spends his whole time lying in bed, when he is not performing. So it’s from his bed that he conducts this documentary while using his laptop to go back over old footage, which we get to see. He knows it’s not natural to have your whole life on film, and seems to wonder what he is conceding of himself to go back over it.

 

After seeing the documentary I now think differently about my very brief encounter with Robbie in Manhattan about five years ago. We were there because our friend Todd Interland managed James Blunt. There was a backlash on James at the time, and Todd presumed we thought little of Blunt, so we went to be supportive. There were only about 20 people at the after party in city centre, among them was the legend, Ahmet Ertegun who owned Blunt’s label Atlantic Records. James’s song ‘You’re Beautiful’ sold 12 million albums, so the record company liked him. Robbie Williams was a friend of the very affable Blunt, so he was there too, and looked kind of lost. A striking figure in a three quarter length coat, all six-foot-four of him, Robbie wandered around aimlessly and alone. At one point he awkwardly tripped over something and bumped into me, for which he humbly apologised. “Oh sorry mate,” he blurted. “No problem,” I replied inoffensively, he withdrew to being out of place.

 

Now I look back and see it so differently. In his documentary, it’s clear that he is torn between wanting to be one of the lads, and being bigger and better than everyone else. I think now that he might’ve wanted to meet us, and that he was just another lonely person.

 

But when you’re exclusive, you’re out on your own. Literally!

 

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/pierce...ame/ar-AA1kpbCy

 

This article is very touchable.

 

Still haven't watched the documentary.

I'm a little bit afraid to watch it knowing Rob so long time...

And knowing him as a good guy and great artist maybe I will not see anything new but I'm afraid to see some bad what happened with him in the past.

 

Sometimes I think I know everything but every time we find new details of any periods and episodes of his life.

 

Of course, I will watch.

 

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This article is very touchable.

 

Still haven't watched the documentary.

I'm a little bit afraid to watch it knowing Rob so long time...

And knowing him as a good guy and great artist maybe I will not see anything new but I'm afraid to see some bad what happened with him in the past.

 

Sometimes I think I know everything but every time we find new details of any periods and episodes of his life.

 

Of course, I will watch.

 

 

It's all good Alex & as we know has a happy ending . Interesting documentary & has been received very well outside the usual RW fanbase. I decide to watch Nobody Someday before I watched the Netflix doc & saw how far he had come & his amazing journey along the way ..

 

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Howard Donald understands Robbie Williams more after docuseries

 

 

Howard Donald understands Robbie Williams more after seeing his Netflix documentary. The 'Angels' singer - who quit Take That in 1995 amid tension with Gary Barlow but rejoined for their 2010 'Progress' album and tour - just released a self-titled four-part series in which he looked back on his life and career, and though his former bandmate has only seen the first episode, it's given him better awareness of the struggles Robbie was dealing with at the time and how they affected his behaviour. Howard, 55, told The Sun newspaper: “I’ve seen the first episode of Robbie’s thing, and it’s great. “It rewinds to the Nineties. And you know, I sent Robbie an email about it, actually, because back then when Robbie left we didn’t talk about stuff.

You don’t really understand what he was going through with his addictions and it must have been tough. No wonder he was rude and the way he was.

 

“And all this between Gary and Rob going back-wards and forwards, he wasn’t in a nice place with his mental health. "Thank God there’s more awareness about it now and it’s been acknowledged. Luckily, I’ve never been in that position.”

 

Gary, 52, hasn't "got round to" seeing the docuseries yet because he is busy but he's aware that Robbie, 49, offered an apology for their feud. However, he insisted it wasn't a "new thing" for him as they had resolved their differences some time ago, and the heart-to-heart discussions they had then meant more to him. He said: “His apology came in 2010, so it’s not a new thing for me. And coming from the human’s mouth is more important. “A lot of the things I hear are in the documentary, I’ve heard from him directly. So 2010 was an important period for all of us. "To say, ‘Hey, come on, we did some good here, let’s not have it as a bad memory’. That’s how we look back on it. We try to take the good stuff from it.”

 

Meanwhile, remaining Take That member Mark Owen - who was closest to Robbie - thinks it was "brilliant" for his friend to have worked on the show, and the 51-year-old star has enjoyed being able to look back on his own history and be reminded of things he'd forgotten about their pop hey day. He said: “It’s a brilliant thing for him to have done. I was up at his house while he was filming — it was quite tiring for him. “When I look back at the band then, compared to now, I almost don’t remember parts and I don’t connect to it. “I remember Rob going to Glastonbury, and Oasis, and the excitement for that. "But it’s hard to remember how we felt — whether it’s because we were younger, travelling continents all the time.”

 

 

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/cel...ies/ar-AA1ksKHR

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I listened to the long podcast today -it's one of the best interviews I've heard in a long time -get's down to some nitty gritty and real insight rather than just the same old questions.

 

 

I had a listen today Laura , two very relaxed guys in one another's company :)

 

Robbie mentioned an album towards the end so hopefully we will have something next year :dance:

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