Nicki Chapman recalled finding Robbie Williams unconscious while Prince’s doctor injected him with stimulants, calling it “one of the scariest moments of my life.”
The 57-year-old TV presenter and former music publicist worked with Take That during the height of the band’s fame in the 1990s and Robbie’s battle with addiction.
The singer was injected with the substance so he could join his bandmates on stage just hours later, in the middle of their tour in Germany.
Remembering the moment in his new book published in The timesShe wrote: “Was this the first time he had used stimulants? With me? Well, I don’t know.”
“It was one of the scariest moments of my life because he appeared like a Duracell bunny after that, but I thought, ‘Oh my God, it could have easily happened the other way around. He was so young.'”
Nicki Chapman, 57, recalled finding Robbie Williams unconscious while Prince’s doctor injected him with stimulants, calling it “one of the scariest moments of my life.”
Robbie, who is now sober and clean, was wowing crowds when he took to the stage at Creamfields on Sunday with new electronic group Lufthaus.
The TV presenter and former music publicist worked with Take That during the height of the band’s fame in the 1990s and Robbie’s battle with addiction (Robbie pictured in 1997)
Robbie, who is now sober and clean, was wowing the crowd when he took to the stage at Creamfields on Sunday with new electronic group Lufthaus.
The star showed off his muscular arms in a white vest as he strutted and danced on the DJ’s platforms.
According to The Echo of Liverpool She sent fans wild at the end of the set when the group switched from dance music to play her classic ballad Angels, while telling her bandmates in the audience: “Come on, I told you that you know me.”
Robbie has previously admitted that when he was on tour with Take That he would drink a bottle of vodka the day before rehearsals and that a doctor had injected him after a six-day drinking binge.
Recalling a low moment on a particularly wild weekend, he said: The sun Last year: ‘I went completely crazy and took absolutely everything I could in all quantities.
“And then before the live show, I was vomiting my guts out with this black bile. It just filled the bathroom floor.
“A doctor gave me something and then I went to do the show. I was scared. I did the show and then I went back out and carried on like nothing had happened.”
In his Netflix documentary, Robbie revealed that his life “went seriously out of control” after turning to drink.
The singer was injected with the substance so he could join his bandmates on stage just hours later in the middle of their tour in Germany (Nicki pictured in 2002)
Nicki wrote: “It was one of the scariest moments of my life because after that he appeared like a Duracell bunny, but I thought, ‘Oh my God, it could have easily been the other way around. He was so young.'” (The late singer Prince pictured in 2009)
Robbie showed off his muscular arms in a white vest as he strutted and danced on the DJ tables.
She reportedly sent fans wild at the end of the set when the group switched from dance music to play her classic ballad Angels.
The singer also recalled that she became very “vindictive” and “jealous” of her bandmate Gary Barlow, before eventually leaving the chart-topping band in 1995.
In the film, Robbie said: “I was doing everything I could get my hands on – ecstasy, cocaine, alcohol. I would literally drink like a bottle of vodka the night before we started rehearsals, so that was happening every night.”
Speaking about his drug addiction, Robbie added: “We’re looking at someone in free fall, addicted to cocaine and alcohol. It’s impossible to stop, it’s impossible to stop.
‘I don’t think there’s any possibility of feeling anything other than a hangover and then not having one, because you’re back in the process of creating a future hangover.
‘Everyone knew I was in trouble, but they didn’t care. I was past the point of no return. My life had spiraled so out of control that my manager understood what had to happen: I had to be taken to rehab.
“I used to drink and do drugs because it helped me not to feel that way. When you let go of all that, everything you’ve been repressing comes back and I’ve been repressing it for years. I’m depressed and I have a mental illness.”
Robbie, who was diagnosed with depression in his early twenties, continued: ‘At the time, people still thought that if good things happen to you and you’re successful, why be upset?
“I had to go on stage in front of thousands of people feeling like I was on the 100th floor, with the room on fire, and you either stay there or you burn or you jump out the window and die. It’s very uncomfortable.”
Robbie previously admitted that when he was on tour with Take That he would drink a bottle of vodka the day before rehearsals and was given an injection by a doctor after a six-day drinking binge (pictured, 1996).
He confessed: ‘I did the show and then came back out and carried on as if nothing had happened’ (pictured with Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald)
In his Netflix documentary (pictured), Robbie revealed his life “went so badly out of control” after turning to drink.
Robbie revealed he disliked bandmate Gary Barlow (right) so much that he became “vindictive”, but has since apologised for his behaviour towards him (pictured, 1994).
Speaking about his feud with bandmate Gary, Robbie revealed he disliked him so much he became “vindictive” but has since apologised for his behaviour towards him.
He admitted that he “wanted to make him (Gary) pay” because he was deeply jealous of his career and talent.
Robbie said: ‘Gary was the one I liked the least because he was supposed to be the one who had everything and the career and I wanted to make him pay. He was vindictive.
‘There seemed to be only one person in charge of Take That, and that was Gary Barlow – everything revolved around him.
“As a young man, I would have been jealous of that. A big part of me resented him. I’d come home thinking it was weird and awkward. It was a Lord of the Flies kind of thing.”
Robbie apologized to Gary for saying he was “dead” and calling him an “idiot” on stage: “I’m sorry I treated Gary like that.”
