Robbie Williams showed off his incredibly slim physique in a new video, coming months after revealing that his weight is a “constant battle.”
The former Take That star, 49, was seen basking in the sun in the video shared by his wife Ayda, 43, who couldn’t resist adding a cheeky caption.
The stunner, who has Theodora, 10, Charlton, eight, Coco, four, and Beau, four, with Robbie, wrote: ‘He’s got Robbie Williams eyes #zaddy #stillgotit #nofilterneeded #crush AWxx @robbiewilliams’.
Wearing no shirt in the video, Robbie played with his son and showed off his inked torso with low-slung Louis Vuitton shorts and a bright pink cap. His display of his lithe body comes after years of battling his weight and substance abuse.
In September, Robbie admitted he’s finally happy after his recent weight loss. The singer, who has spoken openly about his addiction to both food and drugs in the past, added that he has learned to accept himself.
Svelte: Robbie Williams showed off his incredibly slim physique in a new video, coming months after he revealed his weight is a ‘constant battle’
Candid: In September, Robbie admitted that he’s finally happy after his recent weight loss. The singer, who has spoken openly about his addiction to both food and drugs in the past, added that he has learned to accept himself (pictured in 1996)
Kicking it: Robbie was shirtless in the video, where he was with one of his four kids, showing off his inked torso with low-slung Louis Vuitton shorts and a hot pink cap
hunk! He looked great in the video
Last year, Robbie released his album XXV and has just returned from a tour – in career milestones marking 25 years since he embarked on a solo career following his departure from Take That, and subsequent battles with his diet and drugs.
In an interview with The Sun, Robbie said: ‘I’ve lost weight, but it’s a constant battle. Inside me is a giant person…
“Thank God for vanity, and thank God for my work, because if I didn’t do what I do for a living, I’m afraid to think what I’d look like and what I’d become.”
The singer, who has been sober for 20 years now, revealed that he has finally learned to accept himself after past struggles.
Wow! He wore trendy designer shorts while enjoying the sun
Head turner! He looked funky with his pink hat
Cheeky! Ayda couldn’t resist commenting on her husband’s swollen body
He added, “I hated myself and I thought I couldn’t sing and looked like shit. If anyone thought I was wandering around with an inflated sense of self-importance, it’s actually the opposite.
It comes as Robbie candidly revealed that he gained a huge amount of weight when he got high and went grocery shopping.
The singer was on a slippery slope when he left Take That in 1995 and adjusted to his new life.
In his podcast At Home with Williamses, the star said his drug use and poor diet contributed to his weight gain.
He said, ‘I’ve rented a flat. I went to the supermarket at my first store. Once. Stoned. Don’t go to a supermarket stoned. You make bad choices.
Fighting: The pop star, pictured in 1996, entered rehab in 2007 after taking speed, acid, heroin, cocaine and ‘heartbreaking’ amounts of prescription drugs
Tough: He was on a slippery slope after leaving Take That in 1995 (pictured left with Mark Owen, Gary Barlow, Jason Orange and Howard Donald LR in 1992)
‘I opened the fridge and there was that whole Mr Kipling cake. And I can remember this moment going, ‘Wait a minute, I don’t live with my mom. I can eat all that cake’.’
He explained that his newfound freedom caused him to gain weight in the following months.
He said, “That was January. In February I was morbidly obese. I looked like a farm animal as was quoted in the press in 1996: ‘Mr Kipling is ab*****d’.’
Robbie has been open about his struggles with drugs and his weight in the past, becoming an ambassador for Weight Watchers in 2018.
The star entered rehab in 2007 after taking speed, acid, heroin, cocaine and “heartbreaking” amounts of prescription drugs.
He previously admitted that he was only “24 hours from death” at the height of his addiction, which involved using a dangerous cocktail of drugs.
He said in 2009, “I would do 20 Vicodin in one night. I was maybe 24 hours away from death. Then I took Adderall, which was kind of a speed for people with ADHD. I would do colossal, heartbreaking amounts of that.”