Nicole Appleton supports ex Robbie Williams at Better Man premiere - despite 'difficult' romance

Robbie Williams' ex-girlfriend All Saints prima Nicole Appleton supported him astatine his premiere of Better Man, which depicts 'difficult' scenes astir their relationship

Robbie Williams and his ex-girflriend Nicole Appleton reunited astatine the premiere for his caller film, Better Man, which features a “difficult” dramatisation of their relationship.

The mates dated connected and disconnected betwixt 1997 and 1999, and adjacent Robbie’s woman Ayda admits helium was a “crappy boyfriend” to the All Saints star, who has antecedently “wept” watching the film.

But speaking connected the reddish carpet, Robbie, 50, said helium was “embracing getting older” and was “happier” successful his 50s, portion the movie depicted his much challenging formative years, chronicling his departure from Take That arsenic good arsenic his past loves.

The philharmonic movie is based connected the existent communicative of the rise, autumn and instrumentality of Robbie, who is portrayed by a CGI chimpanzee. During their turbulent relationship, Nicole fell large and had an abortion, which is covered successful the film.

Writing successful her 2002 autobiography, Nicole antecedently said: “I couldn’t judge what I had done. I wanted to termination myself. Afterwards, everyone pretended it hadn’t happened.” Robbie has antecedently said it “tore him apart”.

Holly Willoughby, 43, who is adjacent friends with Nicole, 49, besides attended the European premiere of Better Man astatine London’s Odeon Luxe Leicester Square to enactment her friend.

Robbie's woman Ayda said she is “comfortable” with him including truthful galore details of his past narration with Nicole. “Well it’s portion of his story,” she said. “I was comfy with it. Listen you can’t edit retired the past. We each person exes. I person exes. I americium not a jealous benignant and she seems lovely. I don’t cognize her well.”

She added of her husband, who she wed successful 2010: “God…he was benignant of a crappy boyfriend. I had nary occupation with it. I americium precise arrogant of him being honest. I americium grateful helium is going to archer his communicative and not conscionable sweetener overgarment it.

“I would person tried to rescue Rob erstwhile helium was younger but helium would person wholly cocked it up. So I deliberation I met him astatine the close time. But I americium ever going to effort and rescue him. He’s going to rescue maine back.”

Director Michael Gracey spoke of Robbie’s regrets astir the narration astatine the premiere, and revealed Nicole was integral to the film’s development, telling the Mirror: “I deliberation Robbie has a large woody of affection for Nicole and I deliberation helium has a large woody of regret that helium has for however helium behaved astatine the time.

“He was precise protective of her. He didn’t privation immoderate portion of that communicative told unless Nicole was onboard. She was asked astir the film. I showed her the precise archetypal draught of the script. She was progressive each the mode through. She watched galore versions.

“I don’t deliberation it is making excuses... possibly making amends yeah. That is simply a beauteous mode to look astatine it. I deliberation we person each behaved severely successful the past. I deliberation we person each said things we regret. I deliberation the quality is that Rob is consenting to enactment that connected the large surface which I deliberation is incredibly brave.”

Robbie antecedently said helium recovered scenes depicting his erstwhile narration with All Saints vocalist Nicole Appleton “the astir hard bits” to ticker successful his caller semi-autobiographical movie Better Man.

The philharmonic movie is based connected the existent communicative of the rise, autumn and instrumentality of British instrumentalist Williams, who is portrayed by a CGI chimpanzee. "I deliberation the bits with Nicky Appleton are the astir hard bits due to the fact that everybody other successful the movie was villainous successful my beingness successful immoderate mode oregon another, and she’s the lone idiosyncratic that didn’t bash maine immoderate harm,” Robbie told the One Show.

"So erstwhile I watched that, I consciousness a consciousness of shame that I was her idiot fellow astatine the time. She didn’t merit that, she’s a bully person.”

The pair’s on-and-off narration betwixt 1997 and 1999 is dramatised successful the film. Robbie has been joined to Ayda Field since 2010 and the mates stock 4 children together, Teddy, 11, Charlie, nine, Coco, six, and Beau, four.

Nicole went connected to wed Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher from 2008 until 2014, having been successful a narration with him since 2000. They stock a son, Gene, portion Nicole besides has a daughter, Skipper Hudson Haines, with spouse Stephen Haines.

Robbie chose to represent himself arsenic a chimp, explaining: “I emotion eccentricity and I emotion antithetic and I emotion surreal, and it made implicit consciousness to maine arsenic soon arsenic helium pitched it to me.”

Better Man is directed by The Greatest Showman filmmaker Michael Gracey, who told of Williams’ relation successful convincing Hugh Jackman astir the euphony successful the deed film. “Hugh, the full clip we were moving connected The Greatest Showman, kept referencing Rob, helium could take immoderate showman connected the look of the satellite and each notation was Robbie Williams,” said Michael.

“So erstwhile I needed assistance convincing him astir the music, I got Rob to bash a video telling Hugh that the euphony was great, and it’s what convinced Hugh to determination guardant with the euphony that we had which is the euphony successful the movie today.”

Better Man is acceptable for merchandise connected December 26 successful the UK.

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