Robbie Williams has opened up about his experience with ‘a little bit of autism,’ admitting that he also copes with ‘intrusive thoughts.’
The iconic singer and songwriter gave the emotional update during a Q&A at the Autumn/Winter launch of his clothing brand Hopeium at Flannels.
Robbie said he uses his diagnosis as a ‘get-out-of-jail-free card.’
The singer said he’s learned to ‘train his brain to be creative’ in a bid to block out things that could make him ‘panic or be scared’.
He said: ‘I have ADHD and I just found out I have a bit of autism as well, which I actually f*****g love because it explains so much.
‘It is my get-out-of-jail-free card now, and all the weird s**t that I do I just say ”sorry I’m autistic.”’With the ADHD you can completely and utterly concentrate on something 1000 per cent, but with absolutely everything else, you just cannot do it. Ask my kids.’
‘What I’m completely and utterly obsessed with is creating images and making funny things, if I’m creating images and funny things, I’m not thinking about me, because my brain is incredibly creative, and it can be creative about everything in the world that you panic or scared about.
‘For example, this is how crazy I am, recently, I was sitting on a plane, and I thought ”what if I can have telekinesis and my intrusive thoughts tell the plane to crash itself.’
‘So that’s the kind of level of insanity that I’m dealing with, it’s best to train my brain to do something better than worrying about having supernatural powers and crashing a plane.’
It comes after Robbie shared he has been diagnosed with ADHD three times.
In October, he also admitted he has been secretly living with Tourette’s syndrome.
2026-08-14 11:24:00
