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20
February 2007
Take
That Offer Support To
Robbie
Williams
Take
That have offered their
support to former
bandmate
Robbie
Williams,
who went into rehab last
week to be treated for a
dependency on
prescription
drugs.
Mark
Owen said: "I'm so
worried about him. I'm
gutted and devastated
things have ended up
like this. I think he
should come back to the
UK."
And
fellow pop star Howard
Donald said in the
interview with Reveal
magazine: "I've been
calling him loads. I'm
upset some people think
it's our success that's
made him
depressed."
Robbie
Williams entered a US
rehabilitation clinic on
his 33rd birthday and
missed last week's Brit
Awards, where Take That
won best
single.
Owen
said: "When I heard
about him checking into
rehab, I felt really sad
- I just want him to get
happy again. I'll do
anything I can to help
him. If he wants me to
see him, I'll be
straight on that
plane."
"Me
and Rob went through a
period where we didn't
speak," he added. But
Williams got in touch
after Owen won Celebrity
Big Brother in 2002 and
the pair have spoken
about three times a week
since. Rob was always my
mate and I always felt
very close to him," Owen
said.
By
Williams' standards, his
latest album Rudebox had
a disappointing
reception, while his
former group have
enjoyed a hugely
successful comeback
without him.
Their
new album Beautiful
World sold 1.15 million
copies in the UK in 2006
- compared with 454,000
for Rudebox.
Robbie
Williams was only
nominated for one Brit
Award - for best live
act - and did not win,
while Take That picked
up best single for
Patience.
Owen
also said comments about
Williams at the Brits
from host Russell Brand
and Oasis star Noel
Gallagher were uncalled
for.
"I
felt bad at the Brits
because there were some
jokes said about Robbie
that made it look like
he was being mocked," he
told the
magazine.
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