Robbie Williams: “Artists are not always available”

With a long post on Instagram Robbie Williams He showed off on the year -old and thorny theme (for artists from the time of social media) of the relationship between stars and fans, of the availability of the first that the public would always want to welcome requests for selfies and autographs, at any time of the day and night and in any situation.

Starting from an episode that happened to him in recent days during an internal flight in the United States, the former Take That explains that he experiences discomfort to interact with strangers and difficulties in being constantly at the service of the public.

“I had three interactions with other passengers – Williams writes – one of them gave me a ticket with nice words and then asked me for a photo. I explained that I was awake from 4:30 in the morning, to have the bags under the eyes and to suffer from anxiety, telling him that if I had granted a selfie I would then have turned on the curiosity of the others and my anxiety would have increased”.

The artist’s refusal was kind and also wrote a fan for the fan explaining his discomfort.

But it didn’t end there. “The steward of the plane – continues Williams – came to ask me if a fan seated at the bottom, he could come to take a photo with me. To thank him I wrote the same note on the back of my air ticket. While I wrote it, another passenger asked me for a photo”.

“If I can make someone happy, I do it. I have not always seen it like this, but now yes” it reasoned Williams, according to which “There is a kind of unwritten law: as celebrities you must be reached 24 hours 24, 7 days a week, greet everyone as if you were the mayor of the city and make sure to fulfill any fans request. Otherwise you are an asshole. ”

The English pop star continued in its outburst taking into consideration the different aspects of the matter.

“Often – he wrote – I hear say ‘it is thanks to these people if you have come to success, so I give you to them is the minimum you can do’. In my opinion it is wrong. I think more than 50% of them would not be able to name one of my albums. I am a fan of fame. If you are my real fans I want me to sevente, it means a lot for me, I will find time for you because I am grateful to you. Every interaction with strangers or fan panic, but I mask it well, “confesses the singer -songwriter.” I have not come out for this reason – he adds – now I am more or less well, but I continue to feel bad “.

Then a refusal comes “The fault always falls on the artist, never on the person who sought the interaction and in the way he did it. Famous people also have normal lives, made of moments not. For example, arguing with my wife, talking on the phone with my mother discussing her dementia, thinking about my father’s parkinson’s disease. Or I’m simply sad. I don’t want to say I don’t ask for something and I’m not saying that all the celebrities are holy. What I say is: ‘have respect for privacy, for desires and needs because most of us (artists) only try to protect themselves mentally or physically just like all humans“concludes.

Many other celebrities have commented on the long outlet of Robbie Williams appreciating its content and supporting the singer -songwriter in his ideas.