{"id":39361,"date":"2023-11-08T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1916759"},"modified":"2023-11-08T12:38:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T11:38:30","slug":"robbie-williams-says-hes-sorry-for-how-he-treated-gary-barlow-in-new-doc","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/robbie-williams-says-hes-sorry-for-how-he-treated-gary-barlow-in-new-doc\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Williams says he\u2019s \u201csorry\u201d for how he treated Gary Barlow in new doc"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I suppose a lot of me resented him.” <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 08 November 2023 at 08:00 AM<\/p>

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Netflix\u2019s Robbie Williams<\/a> documentary shows the pop icon like you have never seen before, with over 30,000 hours of archived footage of his career from Take That<\/a> fame to international acclaim.<\/p>\n

Williams was just 16 years old when he joined Take That, leaving the band five years later at 21 years old. In the first episode of the self-titled documentary, Williams watches various footage of his time in the band, from obsessive fans to clashes with bandmates.<\/p>\n

Over the years there has been speculation that Take That bandmates Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow<\/a> were embroiled in a bitter feud, and while that isn\u2019t wholly acknowledged in the new documentary, Williams openly apologises to Barlow for things said in his career.<\/p>

Talking to director Joe Pearlman about his disagreements with his bandmates, Williams said: \u201cWhen I turned about 19 I started to have a long, hard think about what was happening. Too many interviews, too many performances, so many countries to visit and then repeat it.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake That\u2019s fandom was obsessive. It was intense! On top of that there was an assurance about Gaz (Gary Barlow) and his ability mixed with a coldness.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it seemed like there was one person being managed in Take That, and it was Gary Barlow. It was all geared around him and as a young person, I would\u2019ve been jealous of that. I suppose a lot of me resented him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 49-year-old acknowledged that at such an \u201cearly age\u201d he wasn\u2019t \u201cadept with the dynamics in the band\u201d, admitting it was at that point \u201cthe wheels came off\u201d for him.<\/p>\n

Later in the first episode, the documentary cuts to Williams watching a video of him performing on stage, to which he tells the crowd: \u201cThere\u2019s somebody booing me down here that actually likes Gary Barlow. He\u2019s not selling any more records now, girls! Let\u2019s face it, he\u2019s dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

While lying next to his daughter, who floats in and out of the documentary, Williams says: \u201cI\u2019m sorry that I treated Gary like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

None of the Take That bandmates feature in the documentary, but the band is the partial focus of episodes 1 and 4, from Williams joining and leaving the band to him reuniting with them in 2010.<\/p>