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Netflix confirms release date for Robbie Williams’ gritty doc with unflinching trailer tackling ‘nervous breakdown’
NETFLIX has confirmed the release date for Robbie Williams' gritty documentary with an unflinching trailer tackling his 'nervous breakdown'.
The 49-year-old singer looks back on his incredible career in the tell-all docuseries, starting from the early days as a 16-year-old joining Take That.
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The boyband's success catapulted Robbie into the spotlight, and only increased further when he quit and went solo in the mid-90s.
But despite the awards, number one hit singles and record-breaking concerts, Robbie struggled with the pressures of fame.
In the trailer - which shows clips of him on stage, in the recording studio and on the road throughout various stages of his career - he says: "It’s astounding what’s happened in my life.
"The past has me in a headlock...Something has to give."
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Robbie is then seen in the present day with a laptop in front of him, joking: "You’re only supposed to do this at the pearly gates with St Peter, this looking back at your life."
As the montage of footage continues to play alongside snippets of him singing "Let Me Entertain You", he says: "I was the centre of the pop culture world.
";I felt I was giving more and more of myself away where you get to the point you’re someone you don’t recognise."
He continues: "Being in the spotlight you can’t trust anybody. I was having a nervous meltdown in front of thousands of people."
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Later in the trailer he admits: "The thing that would destroy me has also made me successful."
The trailer also features snippets of his family life now with wife Ayda and their four children; Teddy, Charlie, Coco and Beau.
At the end, Teddy is heard singing a line from his smash hit single Angels, with her proud dad cheering as she finishes.
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Robbie Williams premieres on Netflix on November 8.
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