Robbie Williams reflects on romance with 'angel' Nicole Appleton that ended in heartache

Robbie Williams has reflected connected his romance with Nicole Appleton amid their short-lived narration successful the 1990s present being referenced successful his recently released movie Better Man

Singer-songwriter Robbie Williams has described his ex-partner Nicole Appleton arsenic "a implicit angel" whilst recalling his on-off narration with her successful the 1990s.

Robbie, 50, delves into experiences from his beingness successful the semi-biographical movie Better Man, which has been released this week. It's said to see references to his past romance with All Saints subordinate Nicole, present 49, whom helium met whilst moving connected Top of the Pops backmost successful 1997.

The brace soon began a relationship, which is said to person lasted astir 9 months and included them splitting up respective times. Robbie projected during the romance, which has been described a 'whirlwind,' but the narration came to an extremity successful 1999 after Nicole had an abortion.

As antecedently reported, Nicole wrote astir the pregnancy successful the autobiography Together - which she released successful 2002 with her sister Natalie Appleton - and claimed that a grounds institution encouraged the determination to person an abortion. She wrote: "[Robbie] enactment his manus connected my belly and told maine 'this babe is redeeming my life'. After having my termination I was successful shock. I couldn't judge what I had done."

Robbie, who has spoken astir the relationship successful the past, has described revisiting the acquisition arsenic the "most difficult" portion of watching the caller film. Hello! magazine besides reports that Nicole was consulted connected the publication and invited to an aboriginal screening.

Former Take That subordinate Robbie told the outlet: "The astir hard spot is watching Nicole and what we went through, due to the fact that she was instructed to get escaped of our baby." He went connected to further sermon their narration astatine the time.

He added successful the caller interview: "I didn't marque her bash that - but I was a f***ing atrocious boyfriend, like, truly awful, and I was successful the tallness of my addiction and alcoholism. And it breaks my bosom each clip I ticker it, due to the fact that she's a implicit angel, and determination is inactive shame attached to who I was then."

Robbie told the outlet that helium had a video telephone with Nicole pursuing the screening of Better Man that she attended up of the film's wide release. He said that they "both wept" during the speech and helium past added that he's looking guardant to "giving her a hug" astatine the premiere.

Nicole is present joined to Stephen Haines, with whom she has a daughter. Following her romance with Robbie, she had a high-profile narration Oasis subordinate Liam Gallagher, with whom she shares her lad Gene Gallagher, 23.

Meanwhile, Robbie has been joined to TV property Ayda Field since 2010. The couple, who appeared unneurotic arsenic judges connected the X Factor successful 2018, person 4 children together.

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