News of January 2004
21/01/04
Robbie Williams wants to settle
down in the countryside and have a family with two children, and says he has put
his playboy lifestyle behind him forever. In an interview with the top Croatian
magazine 'Story', Robbie claimed he had turned his back on one night stands and
was looking for that special woman. He said: "My life is back to normal and I'm
happier than I've ever been. I ve realised that life is beautiful and fate has
been very kind to me.
"I am sure a lot of people will be surprised I am not supposedly having a string
of affairs, but it's true and I'm happier because of it." He added that his lack
of interest in having a succession of lovers and his search for a long-term
partner was part of the reason he had lost interest in life in Los Angeles. He
said: "LA is a city obsessed with sex. However, that's not what I'm looking for.
I'm in a phase of my life where I want to find a woman that I'd be happy with
for longer. I'm looking for the woman of my life." He said he also wants kids
and had accepted that when it happened his life would change forever.
He said: "When I get kids I'll leave Beverly Hills the moment it happens. It s
easy to see why, because all the kids that grow up there are unhappy. They
simply experience too much in first decade of their lives. You never see a kid
riding a bike in Beverly Hills." Robbie said he would like to have two kids, and
added: "It doesn't matter whether they are boys or girls, I only know that the
name of my first child will be Sunny. We will live in England and most probably
have a place in a countryside rather than the city."
06/01/04
Poor little rich boy Robbie
Williams has been whingeing about how hard it is to be a multi-millionaire. The
megastar says he is sick of fame and yearns for a normal life. He says he would
gladly give up his estimated £68million fortune and get by on £100 a week.
Robbie moaned: Money has nothing to do with happiness. Sometimes I feel like
cashing everything in and giving it all away. In my darkest moments I’m
convinced that my life would be easier if I didn’t have as much as £100. Then I
could walk the streets as a free man, meet a girl and live the quiet life I long
for. I say: Put your money where your mouth is, Robbie. Send your cash to
Bizarre. You can trust me to give it to your fans. Honest. Just use the cheque
on this page. Robbie also said he often tells his aides he’s had enough of
showbiz only to change his mind 24 hours later. He added: I’m a schizophrenic.
Sometimes I walk around at home just wearing pyjamas, cancelling everything TV
shows, recordings, concerts.
In my mind I have retired from showbiz. The next day, I feel completely changed
and I will arrange a new world tour, a CD and a DVD. It’s just how I am. I can’t
trust myself. It’s hard. Robbie has famously fought a long-running battle with
booze and drugs. He has also admitted he is hooked on anti-depressants after
struggling to cope with life in the spotlight. His latest outburst is a far cry
from when he signed his £30million deal with EMI records in 2002, when he
screamed: I’m rich beyond my wildest dreams. If he decided to live on the
breadline, Robbie would have to give up his £2million pad in Notting Hill, West
London, and his £3million mansion in LA. He might even have to sell the house he
bought for his mum Jan, also in Notting Hill.
