Robbie Williams says he nearly died from mercury poisoning after eating too much fish every night.The singer has resorted to a vegan diet since a routine blood test in 2017 revealed dangerously high levels of mercury in his system, meaning he could have “dropped dead”.“I was eating fish twice a day and I’ve got the highest mercury poisoning the doctor has ever seen,” Williams told Radio X.“Do you know what I thought when I heard that? ‘I’ve won!'” he added. “That’s how my ego works, ‘I’ve got the highest…did you say the highest?
Thank you.’ I literally won the mercury award.”He added: “I got my mercury tested because my wife’s neurotic and she gets all sorts of tests all the time.
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