Robbie Williams reflects on mental health battles and 'insane' level of fame in trailer for new Netflix series: 'I was having a nervous breakdown in front of thousands'
Robbie Williams reflected on his mental health battles in the latest trailer for his upcoming Netflix docu-series released on Wednesday.
A new teaser dropped ahead of the four-part show's release on November 8, which will combine never-before-seen footage of Robbie with new interviews.
Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of his solo career, the series will give an intimate look at his never-before-seen personal archive spanning 30 years.
In the new trailer he began by reflecting on his journey and career before candidly telling how things started to get difficult, resulting in a 'nervous, mental breakdown in front of thousands of people'.
He mused: 'It's astounding what's happened in my life. But the past has me in a headlock.
![Emotional: Robbie Williams reflected on his mental health battles in the latest trailer for his upcoming Netflix docu-series released on Wednesday](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/11/16/76432911-12619343-image-a-1_1697036957524.jpg)
Emotional: Robbie Williams reflected on his mental health battles in the latest trailer for his upcoming Netflix docu-series released on Wednesday
![Upcoming: A new teaser dropped ahead of the four-part show's release on November 8, which will combine never-before-seen footage of Robbie with new interviews](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/11/16/76432913-12619343-image-a-2_1697036960634.jpg)
Upcoming: A new teaser dropped ahead of the four-part show's release on November 8, which will combine never-before-seen footage of Robbie with new interviews
![Icon: Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of his solo career, the series will give an intimate look at his never-before-seen personal archive spanning 30 years](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/11/16/76432601-12619343-image-a-3_1697036970431.jpg)
Icon: Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of his solo career, the series will give an intimate look at his never-before-seen personal archive spanning 30 years
'Something has to give. You're only supposed to do this at the pearly gates with Saint Peter this looking back at your life.'
He added of being thrust into the spotlight at a young age: '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.'
Robbie has been very open about his ongoing battle with mental illness and his history of depression and anxiety.
'I've got a disease that wants to kill me and it's in my head, so I have to guard against that,' he has said previously.
And when his fame was at an all-time high, the pop star hit his lowest point.
![Scary: In the new trailer he began by reflecting on his journey and career before candidly telling how things started to get difficult, resulting in a 'nervous, mental breakdown in front of thousands of people'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/11/16/76432603-12619343-image-a-4_1697036977264.jpg)
Scary: In the new trailer he began by reflecting on his journey and career before candidly telling how things started to get difficult, resulting in a 'nervous, mental breakdown in front of thousands of people'
![Career: He added of being thrust into the spotlight at a young age: 'When I joined Take That I was 16 it was insane. I was the centre of the pop culture world.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/11/16/76432597-12619343-Career_He_added_of_being_thrust_into_the_spotlight_at_a_young_ag-m-14_1697037887542.jpg)
Career: He added of being thrust into the spotlight at a young age: 'When I joined Take That I was 16 it was insane. I was the centre of the pop culture world.
![Archives: Robbie previously promised his Netflix documentary will be packed with sex, drugs and mental illness, insisting there's no limits when it comes to filming](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/11/16/76432599-12619343-Archives_Robbie_previously_promised_his_Netflix_documentary_will-m-15_1697037926732.jpg)
Archives: Robbie previously promised his Netflix documentary will be packed with sex, drugs and mental illness, insisting there's no limits when it comes to filming
![Tough: Robbie has been very open about his ongoing battle with mental illness and his history of depression and anxiety](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/11/16/76432595-12619343-image-a-7_1697036987494.jpg)
Tough: Robbie has been very open about his ongoing battle with mental illness and his history of depression and anxiety
From 2006 to 2009, Williams battled agoraphobia. The social anxiety disorder left him housebound for three years.
He has previously revealed he went into rehab in 2007 after taking speed, acid, heroin, cocaine and 'heart-stopping' amounts of prescription drugs.
The trailer also featured a sweet moment between Robbie, his wife Ayda Field and one of their kids as he gave an insight into his family life.
Robbie was seen hugging his little one as he asked them: 'Who loves you?!' to which they sweetly reply 'mummy!' while Ayda smiles back.
In another adorable moment the trailer ends with his daughter Teddy singing his most famous hit Angels.
The Rock DJ singer shares Teddy, 10, Charlie, eight, Coco, four, and Beau, three, with his Ayda.
'She won't forsake me,' his daughter sang, as Robbie stared in awe.
He began to sing along with her, as she then belted out: 'I'm loving angels instead,' sparking applause from her parents.
Robbie previously promised his Netflix documentary will be packed with sex, drugs and mental illness, insisting there's no limits when it comes to filming.
Yet the former Take That star confessed in April that he fears the show will flop.
He told The Sun: 'We haven't started shooting yet, but it's supposed to be four episodes – four hours of airtime.
'When it was first discussed, I thought, 'I don't deserve this' and second, 'It's going to be s**t'. That's how I think.
'When I think about the documentary, I wonder how they plan to fill four hours. That's not going to work.'
Robbie added: 'Negative thoughts are always on my mind. I really hope that in the end I will think again that I was completely wrong.'
The project is being produced by the creators of the acclaimed 2015 Amy Winehouse documentary film, Amy.
The official synopsis reads: 'The multi-part series which will launch in 2023 will be an unfiltered, in-depth examination of a global icon and natural-born-entertainer who had to navigate the highs and lows of being in the limelight for more than 30 years'.
![Journey: 'I've got a disease that wants to kill me and it's in my head, so I have to guard against that,' he has said previously](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/11/16/75942021-12619343-One_to_watch_Robbie_Williams_fans_should_expect_to_be_shocked_an-a-8_1697037105953.jpg)
Journey: 'I've got a disease that wants to kill me and it's in my head, so I have to guard against that,' he has said previously
![Not impressed: The clip opens with a throwback clip of Robbie backstage at a gig, admitting he wasn't ready to go on stage and joking, 'I really wish I did something else for a living'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/11/16/75942017-12619343-Not_impressed_The_clip_opens_with_a_throwback_clip_of_Robbie_bac-a-10_1697037110613.jpg)
Not impressed: The clip opens with a throwback clip of Robbie backstage at a gig, admitting he wasn't ready to go on stage and joking, 'I really wish I did something else for a living'
![Love: Robbie was seen hugging his little one as he asked them: 'Who loves you?!' to which they sweetly reply 'mummy!' while Ayda smiles back](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/11/16/76433335-12619343-image-a-29_1697038208798.jpg)
Love: Robbie was seen hugging his little one as he asked them: 'Who loves you?!' to which they sweetly reply 'mummy!' while Ayda smiles back
![Family: The Rock DJ singer shares Teddy, 10, Charlie, eight, Coco, four, and Beau, three, with his Ayda](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/11/16/62588107-12619343-Hold_off_Back_in_the_present_day_Robbie_is_heard_talking_to_his_-m-13_1697037686082.jpg)
Family: The Rock DJ singer shares Teddy, 10, Charlie, eight, Coco, four, and Beau, three, with his Ayda
'It will cover Robbie navigating media scrutiny throughout his career, adulation and addiction, professional and personal break-ups, reunions, recovery, and the impact they have had on his mental health'.
'Featuring 25 years' worth of intimate, never-before-seen archive, and exclusive access to Robbie; this definitive series is a no-holds-barred look at the entertainer and will reveal a more nuanced and multifaceted character'.
Robbie was a member of pop group Take That from 1990-1995 before going on to great success as a solo artist selling 75.5million records.
He has also featured on television and hosted the Big Breakfast back in 1995, wrote the lyrics to the musical Boy in a Dress, as well as being an X Factor judge alongside wife Ayda.