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Pop star Robbie Williams has opened up about his weight struggles and body dysmorphia.
The former Take That star addressed his weight loss after fans noticed his slimmed-down physique.
The 49-year-old singer has since posted a drawing to his 2.7 million followers, which features two characters, one saying: “It’s gone too far,” and another saying: “Aw, bless you.”
The image also said: “My ideal goal weight is people being worried about me.”
Captioning the image, Robbie wrote: “So, If a genie appeared and said you can either have your superpower be the ability to fly or eat what you want and remain at your goal weight?
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“I would go for goal weight eating every day. What about you?”
He continued: “I could write a book about self-loathing where my body image is concerned. Like pure self-hatred, The ugliness of feeling ugly. I’m body dysmorphic and on top of being dysmorphic at times, I can be 40+ pounds overweight.
Robbie Williams has opened up about suffering from body dysmorphia (Getty Images for Chopard)“So you can imagine what my mind sees. Or maybe you can’t either way it’s a f*****g disaster.
“At the moment I’m skinny... But me being me, my mind is going, ‘F*****g great Rob, you managed to get skinny and now your old, congrats, golf clap.
“The struggle is real, the sadness shocking. I’ve had it all my life. And it won’t abate.”(sic)
Robbie has been using social media recently to open up about issues personal to him.
He told last week how he’d had secret cosmetic procedures that left him looking like the comic book character Desperate Dan.
The singer, 49, made the admission as he shared his latest artwork on Instagram.
“One time I had a few things done, botox, fillers and something done to my chin that made me look like desperate Dan. Perhaps [about] 5 years ago,” he said.
“Nothing since then. It was when I was on the Graham Norton Show with Justin Timberlake, Daniel Radcliffe and Anna Kendrick.”
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He spoke previously about how painting has helped his mental health.
Robbie, who has been open about his battle with anxiety and depression, said that art has “made him a different person”.
Joking, he said: “It used to be cocaine and strippers - now it’s colouring in.”
The star is currently locked in a planning dispute with his neighbours at his £17million London mansion
Robbie insists his foundations are being rocked by the giant tree in his garden and wants to chop it down.