Robbie Williams candidly reflects on how his life would have taken a different path had he not found fame as a singer. During an appearance on the Italian TV show 'Stasera C'è Cattelan', the 'Let Me Entertain You' star discussed his alternate career choices. When asked what he would have pursued if not for music, Robbie admitted, "If I wasn't a singer I would probably… well I can't say the real thing I would have been."
Pressed further, he revealed, "I always think that, you know, left on my own devices I would have probably ended up being a drug dealer, but not a very good one. You know, genuinely I don't think I would have sold coke, but I would have definitely sold weed and I would have ended up in prison. I genuinely think that is what I would have been up to."
In this alternate reality, Robbie also humorously speculated about being a YouTuber if he hadn't ended up in jail. He mentioned, "Apart from that, I would have been a YouTuber."
Robbie's past struggles with addiction are well-known, and he remains cautious about his ability to handle medication. He shared, "Something's always lurking around the corner, and I still can't be trusted with pills. The wife has to put them behind lock and key… They can be there for 18 months, every single day. Vicodin, whatever, every day, see them, go to bed. One day, for no reason – not being sad, not being happy or not feeling vulnerable, whatever – all of those pills go."
The pop sensation has been open about how drugs became a way to cope with the pressures of fame when he entered the public eye at a young age. He expressed, "Before that, I was quite content but I was vulnerable and incredibly sensitive. I felt like I'd been born with an open wound. Then when I was thrown into this mosh pit of show business, it magnified the negative aspects of my own self-doubt. I took drugs to become the person that the world was telling me I should be. When really I'm an introvert, and it's OK to be an introvert."
