Robbie Williams has taken time to address an odd moment from a World Cup interview. He has revealed what white substance landed on his microphone and confirmed that it was something rather innocent.
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"Just like to apologize for the object that fell onto the microphone yesterday," Williams said in the video posted from his bed. "I was deeply unprofessional, and people are worried about me, but it's okay 'cause I have several more."
As Williams made that final comment, he laughed and stuck out his tongue. He showed that he had two white mints still in his mouth.
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Williams, who performed the World Cup anthem at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, appeared on MagentaTV for an interview. He grabbed the pink T-Mobile microphone and began speaking. Something small and white then fell onto the top of the microphone.
Williams did not miss a beat as he quickly reached down, plucked the white substance and discarded it. Though the video went viral as people tried to determine the exact nature of the substance.
The performer with more than 80 million albums sold has dealt with substance abuse issues at points in his life, and he has discussed the struggles at length in various interviews and in a Netflix documentary.
"I was ingesting everything I could get my hands on — ecstasy, cocaine, drinking," he said in his Netflix docuseries, Robbie Williams. "I'm literally drinking like a bottle of vodka a night before going into rehearsals, so that's happening every night."
These substance abuse issues led to his departure from the boy band, Take That. This behavior did not mesh with the squeaky clean image put out by the group.
He has long since stopped drinking or abusing drugs. As he told Spanish newspaper El Pais, he hasn't drank in 25 years. He is no longer afraid of relapsing with alcohol or cocaine if he has a day filled with anxiety.
The extended sobriety still didn't stop the conversations after a little piece of a white mint landed on his microphone at the World Cup.
