Robbie Williams at the Golden Globes ahead of the release of his film Better Man (Image: Getty)
Better Man will be the film of choice for Take That fans over the festive season – but the brutal content could reignite the singer’s feud with ex-bandmate Gary Barlow.
Robbie has confirmed he will be “throwing people under the bus”, but says he feels it’s necessary, in order to remain as “authentic as possible”. He issued an apology on to Gary as he promoted the biopic, which portrays Robbie as an animated CGI monkey version of himself.
“It wasn’t complimentary to Gaz and that must be triggering for Gaz and I feel for Gaz for that,” he said. However, he added: “It was also incredibly important for me to tell my story.”
The Let Me Entertain You star acknowledged that his story would not be “PG” but refused to back down, saying it was crucial he could “explain” himself. He hasn’t divulged exactly what the offending comments were, but revealed that his former bandmate phoned him after seeing it in advance to complain that he “came off worse than Darth Vader”.
Robbie will also be taking aim at his parents, claiming that, according to any good therapist, they are to blame for how children turn out. However, ultimately, he feels he’s portrayed as the most villainous of all in the movie, which hits cinemas on Boxing Day.
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Robbie Williams portrayed as a monkey in his new film (Image: PARAMOUNT PICTURES)
“If I’m throwing myself under the bus, you can guarantee that other people are coming with me. I’m not going into there by myself,” he joked to Yahoo.
The singer also made the revelation that though he loves Gary, there will always be a “scar” there, following
He issued a heartfelt apology during the documentary, Robbie Williams: Raw. Honest. Real, pointing to times when he’d called his bandmate a “p***k” on stage.
“I disliked Gary the most because he was the one that was supposed to have everything and I wanted to make him pay. I was vengeful,” he stated.
“It seemed to be one person managing Take That and it was Gary Barlow – it was all geared around him.”
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Take That back at the height of their 1990s fame (Image: GETTY)
He then candidly reflected: “As a young person, I would have been jealous of that. A lot of me resented him. I was going home from those days thinking, ‘This is weird and uncomfortable.'”
Robbie suggested that he’d mellowed the movie slightly following protests from Gary about his portrayal, but also defended that the film had been written mainly by director Michael Gracey.
The tension between Robbie and Gary stems back to the 1990s, with the former quitting Take That in 1995, before branding his enemy a “clueless w****r”.
They then took each other on as solo artists in a battle to become the biggest success, but Robbie insists his feud with Gary, , is “95 per cent” healed – for now.