BRITISH pop star Robbie Williams has lashed out at criticism of his comeback performance on UK TV show The X Factor. Viewers questioned Williams' "wide-eyed" and "erratic" appearance of his new single Bodies last weekend.
"I know people are alluding to the fact I may have been high on something but I can only say I wasn't because I wasn't," Williams said.
VIDEO: ROBBIE WILLIAMS A BIT WOBBLY
"Unless someone spiked my drink and I would have noticed - I know what various drugs feel like. It's the same as the deer in the headlight, the deer's not on anything other than fear. I'd had a few coffees before I went on, that's all."
Williams revealed he was crippled with nerves at his first major TV appearance in three years playing to 14 million people.
"The veil is finally falling," Williams said. "I'm always nervous, but in the past I've been able to look cocksure through the nerves. I'm not sure if I'm able to mask it anymore.
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had a few coffees!!!, yeah right we believe you lol
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Susan of North
p>"I got on there and had a bit of a wobble. It was overwhelming, the love in the room was palpable but I just didn't know what to do with my arms. I didn't feel like the seasoned pro I am, it just felt a bit alien.
"I maybe should have done a few other TV shows before I did that big one. In the script people have written for me there's a lot expected of me. And I expect a lot of myself. One of those things is to look natural. At the minute it just feels a bit unnatural."
Williams said stagefright means he will not tour new album Reality Killed the Video Star.
His last world tour, which ended in Melbourne in 2006, led to Williams going into rehab for prescription pill addiction the following year.
"It was a bad year all round really," Williams says of his nine month world tour. "Before I went into rehab I was very close to death. It's getting more scary since people have been popping their clogs. I can absolutely relate to Michael Jackson or Heath Ledger."
Williams' next major TV performance will be playing Bodies at the ARIAs on November 26.
The singer will be accompanied by girlfriend Ayda Field, and is prepared to put his music career on the back burner to start a family with the US actor.
"I don't know where I stand yet on touring. It's very early days. I've got a missus now, I'm loved up, we're thinking about babies, that'll be coming soon. It depends if they get a daddy who's always on tour or a daddy's who's in the house. It all depends on the next couple of months. I'll see how the ARIAs feel. If it's not taking my fancy anymore it's not taking my fancy."
Williams said he and Field have discussed eventually moving to the Australian outback.
"The missus and I really dig it down there and could possibly be a place we end up. She had a feeling about us living in the outback.
"Coming down to the ARIAs, it's going to be a big gig. Obviously I put a lot of pressure on myself because I'm an international worrier, so I'm not looking forward to the worry, I'm looking forward to getting it done and seeing a few things with the wife."
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