Robbie Williams reveals his place in Take That ‘was never safe or guaranteed ‘and their manager once threatened to kick him out
Robbie Williams has reflected on his time in Take That – the band that helped make him famous – in a revealing new BBC documentary.
Williams, 50, reportedly reveals in the upcoming documentary Boybands Forever that he felt his “place within the band was never safe or guaranteed” and claimed their manager Nigel Martin-Smith once threatened to kick him out of the band.
The Angels hitmaker, who has gone on to have a successful solo career, said he often struggled picking up the group’s dance routines, something interpreted as being “lazy”.
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“Let’s just say Nigel wasn’t very happy with my application,” Williams said, according to The Daily Mail.
“‘It won’t be difficult to kick you out of the band and get someone else with dark hair from Stoke-On-Trent and call him Robbie,’ is what I remember.
”It made me feel like my place within the band was never safe or guaranteed. I was not loved, not even liked and I was 16.”
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Nigel reportedly responded in part by saying, “I think we all loved each other and still do.”
Williams left Take That in 1995 and the group continued as a foursome until he rejoined in 2010 for the sixth studio album, Progress.
He then left again in 2011, followed by Jason Orange in 2014.
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Williams’ comments comes after Take That star Gary Barlow, 53, spoke briefly on his “falling out” with the singer.
Speaking on the Table Manners podcast with Jessie & Lennie Ware Barlow said he and Williams both had “regrets” for what happened between them.
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Barlow and Williams, 50, reportedly had a long-running feud which he addressed in his Netflix documentary, however, they reportedly buried the hatchet over the years.
Speaking on the podcast, Barlow said, “The biggest test for us all was when Robbie came back. I think the four of us getting back was a really big thing.”
“Oh, I’d fallen out with him, absolutely.”
When asked how they “reconciled,” Barlow said, “By sitting like this and talking to one another.”
He added they both had some “regrets”.
“Yes, absolutely. We’d lived a life in that period and we had a lot to talk about,” Barlow said.
“I think sometimes you’ve just got to see the person to just understand where these things start and end.”
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