Robbie Williams has known as for the music trade to create a help group for “younger stars fighting fame” following the loss of life of former One Course singer Liam Payne final month.
Williams, who got here to fame himself as a 16-year-old with the UK pop group Take That, spoke of his personal struggles and hoped a “assume tank of empathetic and compassionate creatives” might come collectively to “shield folks.” In an interview with the UK Specific newspaper, he mentioned:
“If you’re following the story intently, we’re starting to grasp, perhaps on a unconscious stage greater than aware stage, that fame isn’t a fix-all.
“Some are fortunate to get by means of to the opposite finish however loads don’t.
‘I might hope that one thing is finished in Liam’s title to guard folks, no matter meaning.”
Williams’ story was advised in a Netflix documentary collection final yr, which targeted on his rollercoaster experience first discovering fame as a member of a gaggle, then solo superstardom but in addition psychological well being challenges. Williams recalled within the collection standing on stage in entrance of hundreds of individuals and having a “nervous, psychological breakdown.” He additionally suffered from agoraphobia.
