Former Take That singer Robbie Williams has revealed the secret to his two stone weight loss, is an appetite suppressant ‘something like Ozempic’.
The 49-year-old explained to The Times that he took the drug after his mental health was suffering severely: “Babe, I’m on Ozempic…Well, something like Ozempic. It’s like a Christmas miracle. I’ve gone from 13st 13lb to 12st 1lb.”
Ozempic, also known as semiglutide, operates by lowering blood sugar levels and regulating insulin – a crucial effect for people with type 2 diabetes. Robbie himself joked he has been diagnosed with ‘type 2 self-loathing’, justifying his need for the appetite suppressant: “I need it, medically. I’ve been diagnosed with type 2 self-loathing.
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The singer continued: “It’s shockingly catastrophic to my mental health to be bigger. My inner voice talks to me like Katie Hopkins talks about fat people. It’s maddening.”
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In the trailer for the upcoming Netflix flick documenting his success, Robbie also reflected on his mental health struggles. Robbie revealed that when things got difficult for Robbie, he experienced a “nervous, mental breakdown in front of thousands of people.”
Robbie has spoken before about his struggle with mental illness whilst in the public eye. The Stoke-born man found himself the victim of casual bullying after gaining weight.
The singer was frequently dubbed Blobbie Williams in the media – which is now the name of the “world’s biggest” Robbie Williams tribute act. Robbie previously went into rehab in 2007 after abusing speed, acid, heroin, cocaine and ‘heart-stopping’ amounts of prescription drugs.
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He explained that being in the spotlight at a young age had a serious effect on his mental health, “When I joined Take That I was 16 it was insane. I was the centre of the pop culture world.”
“I felt like I was giving more and more of myself away to the point where you don’t recognise yourself any more. Being in the spotlight you can’t trust anybody. I was having a nervous, mental breakdown in front of thousands of people.”
“The thing that would destroy me has also made me successful. Touch the fire, push when it says pull and see if I can live. I don’t know how easy it is for people to get to know me.”
The Robbie Williams documentary will be released on the 8th November, only on Netflix.
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