The singer-songwriter opens up about his mental health journey in a new interview.

“A 17th-century pirate disease.”

Ive reached the promised land.

Robbie Williams during the FIFA Club World Cup Trophy Presentation at Tiffany & Co on January 16, 2025 in New York City.

Robbie Williams attends the FIFA Club World Cup Trophy Presentation at Tiffany & Co. in January.Credit:Ira L. Black - FIFA/FIFA via Getty

He said he did not expect the issues to return at this stage of his life.

Its been about ten years," Williams said.

“I thought I was at the other end of the arc .

Robbie Williams attends the 2025 AACTA Awards Presented By Foxtel Group at HOTA (Home of the Arts) on February 07, 2025 in Gold Coast, Australi

Robbie Williams attends the 2025 AACTA Awards on Feb. 7.Dan Peled/Getty

and that I would just go walking into this marvelous wonderland.

So for it to return was just confusing.

Once he changed up his diet, Williams said, the depression lifted.

Better Man

(While Williams narrated the feature, Jonno Davies voices the singer in chimpanzee form.)

“I said to Rob, ‘If you’re an animal, how would you see yourself?’

“I thought in my head,No, that’s not going to work.

Liam Head as “Howard Donald”, Jake Simmance as “Gary Barlow”, Jonno Davies as “Robbie Williams”, Chase Vollenweider as “Jason Orange”, Jesse Hyde as “Mark Owen”, and Damon Herriman as “Nigel Martin Smith” in Better Man

So I said to him, ‘Really?’

He paused for a minute and went, ‘Nah!

Actually, I’m more of a monkey, like a cheeky monkey.’

The moment he said that, I was like, ‘That’show I want to portray you.'"