{"id":46127,"date":"2026-08-15T06:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T01:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46127"},"modified":"2026-08-15T06:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T01:53:30","slug":"robbie-williams-meeting-with-adhd-professionals-after-receiving-autism-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46127","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Williams &#8216;meeting with ADHD professionals&#8217; after receiving autism diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_847561\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Robbie Williams has opened up on being diagnosed with autism and pals are saying he is taking the diagnosis in his stride<\/h2>\n<p><button xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37359161\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robbie Williams on stage in Germany in 2026\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37359161.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/4_Robbie-Williams-Performs-At-Merkur-Spiel-Arena.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37359161.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/4_Robbie-Williams-Performs-At-Merkur-Spiel-Arena.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37359161.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/4_Robbie-Williams-Performs-At-Merkur-Spiel-Arena.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37359161.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/4_Robbie-Williams-Performs-At-Merkur-Spiel-Arena.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Robbie Williams \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Robbie Williams <cite aria-label=\"Image: Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/robbie-williams\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Robbie Williams<\/a> has revealed he has been diagnosed with autism, after seeking a professional assessment. He said he had been \u201cfeeling like there was something he was missing\u201d about himself and wanted to get a professional opinion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The singer, 52, is said to be taking the news in his stride, according to pals, and has started speaking to an expert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I\u2019ve got ADHD. I\u2019ve just found out I\u2019ve got a bit of autism as well, which I f**ing love, because it explains so much, and it\u2019s like a get-out-of-jail card now,&#8221; he said. \u201cIf I do all the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/weird-news\/\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">weird<\/a> s*** that I do, I go, \u2018Sorry, I\u2019m autistic.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Robbie also suffers from clinical depression and said he becomes &#8220;utterly obsessed&#8221; with creating &#8220;funny things&#8221;. &#8220;If I\u2019m creating images and making what I think are funny things, I\u2019m not thinking about \u2018me&#8217;,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37550699\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37550699\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robbie Williams \" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37550699.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Smukfest-music-festival-in-Skanderborg-Denmark-05-Aug-2026.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37550699.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Smukfest-music-festival-in-Skanderborg-Denmark-05-Aug-2026.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37550699.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Smukfest-music-festival-in-Skanderborg-Denmark-05-Aug-2026.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37550699.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Smukfest-music-festival-in-Skanderborg-Denmark-05-Aug-2026.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The former Take That star joked that he is using his new diagnosis as his 'get-out-of-jail-free card now'\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The former Take That star joked that he is using his new diagnosis as his &#8216;get-out-of-jail-free card now&#8217;<cite aria-label=\"Image: Mikkel Berg Pedersen\/EPA\/Shutterstock\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Mikkel Berg Pedersen\/EPA\/Shutterstock)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;My brain is incredibly creative, and it can be creative about everything in the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">world<\/a>, including things that can cause you to panic or be scared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Sources told <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/40065438\/robbie-williams-autism-adhd-diagnosis-quiet-meetings\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">The Sun<\/a> that while Robbie has known about his ADHD for some time, he has recently started speaking to an expert following his official diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Attention-deficit\/<a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/adhd\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, affects the way the brain works<\/a>, particularly when it comes to tasks that require memory, concentration or being still.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Like with everything life throws at him, Robbie is taking the diagnosis in his stride,&#8221; the source said, before adding the diagnosis has given the former Take That star a greater understanding of what makes himself him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Towards the end of last year, Robbie told fans that he was sure he also had Tourette&#8217;s syndrome. He said: \u201cI\u2019ve just realised that I have Tourette\u2019s, but they don\u2019t come out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I was just walking down the road the other day and I realised that these intrusive thoughts are \u2018inside Tourette\u2019s\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37552183\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37552183\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5007503751875937\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hopeiums Exclusive AW26 Launch At FLANNELS X\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37552183.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_Hopeiums-Exclusive-AW26-Launch-At-FLANNELS-X.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37552183.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/1_Hopeiums-Exclusive-AW26-Launch-At-FLANNELS-X.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37552183.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Hopeiums-Exclusive-AW26-Launch-At-FLANNELS-X.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37552183.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_Hopeiums-Exclusive-AW26-Launch-At-FLANNELS-X.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Robbie recently launched his new Hopeium collection\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Robbie recently launched his new Hopeium collection<cite aria-label=\"Image: Dave Benett\/Getty Images for FLANNELS and Hopeium\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Dave Benett\/Getty Images for FLANNELS and Hopeium)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Speaking on the I\u2019m ADHD! No You\u2019re Not podcast, he added: &#8220;You would think that a stadium full of people professing their love to you would work, but whatever it is, inside me, cannot hear it. This tour in particular, as a 51-year-old, I\u2019ve approached it differently because I seem to be in the space to approach things differently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I have a very complicated relationship with touring and performing live. People say: \u2018Oh, you going on tour? You must be really, really excited.\u2019 Not really. I\u2019m terrified. I mask, like I\u2019m an Olympian at masking,&#8221; Robbie admitted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I will look full of bravado and look pompous and look smug and do these grand gestures, which have worked for me because they put my face on the poster and people still buy tickets but actually what\u2019s happening is I feel like the opposite of that all the time, most of the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;It\u2019s getting better. I would say it\u2019s gotten better from 45 onwards. This particular tour that I\u2019m now in, I\u2019m very pleased to say, for me, is that I\u2019m dead excited to do my show that I\u2019m doing tomorrow and I was excited to do one last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I said to the wife while I was rehearsing, I said, I\u2019ve got that PTSD stuff about performance, whatever it was in the <a aria-label=\"Take ThatLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/take-that-1\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Take That<\/a> years and whatever it was subsequently when I got to the top of the mountain and it didn\u2019t fix me. In fact, it made things worse inside me. 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