Robbie Williams has revealed that his mother Janet has been diagnosed with dementia.
The diagnosis comes four years after the singer revealed that his father Pete had Parkinson’s.
The 50-year-old singer spoke about the diagnosis after revealing how his upcoming biopic depicts his loving relationship with his late grandmother, who has dementia.
When asked how his parents feel about the film, Robbie shared HELLO! ‘My mother currently has dementia – like my grandmother in the film – and my father has Parkinson’s and can’t get out of bed. So I’m in a different part of my life now.’
In 2020, Robbie revealed that his father Pete had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, admitting at the time that he was battling “anxiety and panic” over his father’s diagnosis.
He told The Mirror at the time that receiving the diagnosis news during Covid made things extra difficult because he and his wife Ayda and their children were thousands of miles away from his parents in Los Angeles.
Robbie Williams has revealed that his mother Janet has been diagnosed with dementia. The diagnosis comes four years after the singer revealed that his father Pete had Parkinson’s
‘We have a lot of family problems at the moment. My father has Parkinson’s, my mother-in-law, whom I love very much, has a very serious disease. We can’t get to them. My father is thousands of miles away.’
Robbie added of his mother at the time: “My mother is just a year short of 80 and she’s isolated and I can see things turning around in her head and her eyes going.”
The former Take That star was joined on stage many times by his father Pete, who is also a singer.
Robbie’s parents separated in 1977. The pair also share daughter Sally, who is 11 years older than Robbie.
The pop star previously shared his concerns for both his parents during an interview with The Sun, saying: “They’re at that age where they’re very vulnerable to what’s going on, so I speak to them on the phone every day.”
Robbie and his wife Ayda, 45, have a lot to contend with, as Ayda also recently revealed that her mother Gwen’s cervical cancer has returned, following previous battles with breast cancer and a diagnosis of Parkinson’s and Lupus.
Speaking on her show Loose Women last month, Ayda told her co-stars: ‘This is really hard for me to talk about.
“My mother – we don’t talk about phases in our house – and I say all this after discussing with my mother that I might discuss what she was going through.
In 2020, Robbie revealed that his father Pete had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, admitting at the time that he was battling ‘anxiety and panic’ over his father’s diagnosis (Pete pictured with Robbie and his wife Ayda)
Robbie and his wife Ayda have a lot to contend with as Ayda also recently revealed that her mother Gwen’s cervical cancer has returned (pictured in 2019)
“My mom said, ‘I really want you to tell this story, I want to make sure it’s positive. I’m going to do my best and I’m going to make this positive.’
‘My mother unfortunately had a recurrence of her cervical cancer. She is also a breast cancer survivor.”
She became emotional and explained, “So the cancer has come back and we got the news a few months ago and I’ve just been processing it privately.
“But as we talked about this today, with it being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I realized that I really want to always be authentic when I’m here, and authentic with my group of friends.
“It felt like this was an appropriate time to talk about the struggle behind closed doors in our home.”
In 2020, Ayda spoke on Robbie’s podcast about her mother’s previous battle with cancer At home with the Williamses.
Robbie and Ayda share Theodora, affectionately known as Teddy, 12, Charlie, nine, five-year-old Coco, and Beau, 19 months
She said: ‘It had spread beyond the cervix and was a very aggressive tumor.
‘In addition to her Parkinson’s and her lupus, there was also a battle with cancer, because the cancer was so extensive that they decided she would immediately undergo daily chemotherapy and radiation and surgery.
“It was very scary because at 70 years old, with Parkinson’s, lupus and cancer, my mother has the potential for bad things to happen.
“So she was going to the hospital every day for these treatments and I was worried she was going to pick something up.”
In September, Robbie and Ayda were left devastated when both their dogs died on the same night.
Taking to Instagram, the pop legend and his actress wife revealed that their beloved puppies Poupette and Walle died in bed together, with the losses marking the “closing of one big chapter.”
In a lengthy caption, Ayda told how Poupette was part of her life for 18 years, her companion before she met the former Take That star, before they went on to create a ‘blended’ dog family with the introduction of Walle. few years later.