Robbie Williams admits ‘sense of shame’ over Nicole Appleton relationship

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,” Williams said connected the BBC’s 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.

Williams has been joined to Ayda Field since 2010 and the mates stock 4 children together, portion Appleton was joined to Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher from 2008 until 2014, having been successful a narration with him since 2000.

They stock a son, Gene, portion Appleton besides has a daughter, Skipper Hudson Haines, with spouse Stephen Haines.

On the determination to person a CGI chimpanzee play him successful the caller movie astir his life, Williams said: “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,” Gracey said connected The One Show.

“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.