Robbie Williams has slammed the former Take That manager for comments he made about taking drugs.
In a three-part BBC documentary called Boybands Forever, Nigel Martin-Smith, who managed Take That's career in the 90s when Robbie Williams was a member, criticized the singer.
The manager said he was “very intelligent and very clever” to blame the band and management for pushing him toward drugs. He also claims that Robbie Williams is making him out to be a demon.
Since then, the interpreter of Rock DJ, who left the group in 1995, responded to him. Robbie Williams attacked Nigel Martin-Smith in a very long open letter which he shared on Instagram.
“Allow me to respond to your assertions. My drug use was never your fault. My response to the twisted world around me is uniquely my own. The way I chose to self-medicate is and was something I will monitor and manage throughout my life. It's part of my constitution and I would have had the same illness if I had been a taxi driver. I got there faster because I had the financial means, while trying in vain to counter the turbulence of the matrix washing machine of pop stardom,” he writes.
Robbie Williams goes on to point out that members of boybands often struggle with the pressure of fame and turn to destructive methods to cope. He also felt that the manager had not “excelled in managing people”.
“I remind you that the person who behaves like a “wanker” was 16 when she joined the group and 21 when she left. That's the last time I saw you. I hope I will have more finesse and understanding if one of my four children, at such a vulnerable age, behaves in the same way,” he added.
Robbie Williams has insisted he loves his former manager… but asked him not to approach him if they ever find themselves in the same room.
