Robbie Williams has revealed he was targeted by a hitman at the height of his fame. But the former Take That star told how the terrifying threat went away after an intervention by pals.
Robbie said: “I’ve never ever said this before but I had a contract put on me to kill me.“It went away. I have friends. That stuff is the unseen stuff that happens when you become famous.”The 47-year-old singer revealed dealing with fame has been the hardest part of being a major music star and it is only in the past few years that he has been able to come to terms with it.He said: “At one point in my life I was ridiculously famous, Michael Jackson-style famous.“I became famous when I was 17.
I was in a boyband when I was 16 and it took off. When I was 21, I left and then had a solo career, sold 80million albums, held the record for the most tickets sold in a day for a tour and blah, blah, blah…“Extreme fame and extreme success meets with anxiety and depression and mental illness.
There’s a few levels of fame and what it does to you. The first one is ‘f***’.“There’s a couple more I can’t remember but the fourth is acceptance.
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