Robbie Williams has revealed that he suffered a debilitating bout of depression at the start of this year – a decade after his last bad mental health episode. 

The singer, 51, was first diagnosed with depression in his twenties and has battled addiction struggles amid life in the spotlight.

And as 2025 began he was left feeling ‘confused’ that his mental health issues returned as he ‘thought he was at the other end of the arc.’

He told The Mirror: ‘The year started with some ill mental health, which I haven’t had for a very, very long time. I was sad, I was anxious, I was depressed.

‘It’s been about ten years…I thought I was at the other end of the arc.

‘I thought this was the end of my story, and that I would just go walking into this marvellous wonderland. So for it to return was just confusing.’ 

Robbie Williams has revealed that he suffered a debilitating bout of depression at the start of this year – a decade after his last bad mental health episode

The singer, 51, was first diagnosed with depression in his twenties and has battled addiction struggles amid life in the spotlight

It comes after at the end of last year Robbie candidly confessed that he was not dealing with his parents’ devastating ill health ‘as he should’.

He revealed earlier in 2024 that his mother Janet had been diagnosed with dementia, four-years after father Pete was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. 

In rare comment about his parents Robbie said he ‘didn’t know’ how to cope with the ‘incredibly complicated’ situation. 

‘The truth is that I’m very busy and I’m not dealing with the situation as I should. I don’t really know how to do it, it’s an incredibly complicated thing’.

He continued: ‘But I prefer not to go into details, You know, if I say something, they might read it, and then I would have to answer a lot of questions’. 

‘Let’s put it this way: we are all human beings, with our difficulties, and I am trying to deal with mine’.

Robbie first spoke about his mother’s diagnosis after revealing how his biopic Better Man depicts his loving relationship with his late grandmother who has dementia in the film.

When asked about his parents thoughts on the film, Robbie told HELLO! ‘My mum’s currently got dementia – like my nan in the film – and my dad’s got Parkinson’s and can’t get out of bed. So I’m in a different part of my life right now.’

It comes after at the end of last year Robbie candidly confessed that he was not dealing with his parents’ devastating ill health ‘as he should’ 

As 2025 began he was left feeling ‘confused’ that his mental health issues returned as he ‘thought he was at the other end of the arc’

Back in 2020 Robbie revealed his father Pete had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s, admitting at the time that he was fighting ‘fear and panic’ over his father’s diagnosis.

He said at the time that receiving the diagnosis during Covid made things extra difficult as he and his wife Ayda and their children were self-isolating thousands of miles away from his parents in Los Angeles.

The former Take That star has been joined by his father Pete, who is also a singer, many times on stage.

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Robbie’s parents split in 1977. The pair also share daughter Sally, who is 11 years Robbie’s senior.

The pop star previously shared his worry for both of his parents during an interview with The Sun, sharing: ‘They’re of that age that is very vulnerable to what is going on, so I am speaking to them on the phone daily.’

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, after previous battles with breast cancer and a Parkinson’s and Lupus diagnosis.

During his most recent interview with The Mirror Robbie also spoke about taking an appeтιтe-suppressant drug to lose weight and wondered if that had contributed to his mental health struggles.

He opened up about his body dysmorphia after previously accredited his two stone weight loss to ‘something like Ozempic’ as he opened up about his health in October 2023. 

The star, who is 1.85m / 5ft 11ins tall, admitted he went from weighing 13st 13lb down to 12st 1lb while using an appeтιтe suppressant.

Robbie – also joked that he requires the drug because he has been diagnosed ‘with type 2 self-loathing.’

Robbie and his wife Ayda share Theodora, affectionately known as Teddy, 12, Charlie, nine, five-year-old Coco, and Beau, 19 months

Delving beyond the humour, Robbie explained that being overweight is ‘shockingly catastrophic’ for his mental health. 

The popstar, who was once dubbed ‘Blobby Williams,’ described how mean his inner voice can be when he isn’t slim.

Robbie told The Times: ‘Babe, I’m on Ozempic…Well, something like Ozempic. It’s like a Christmas miracle. I’ve gone from 13st 13lb to 12st 1lb.

‘And I need it, medically. I’ve been diagnosed with type 2 self-loathing. 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.’