Robbie Williams reveals mother's devastating diagnosis
Robbie Williams has revealed that his mum, Janet, has been diagnosed with dementia.
The 50-year-old singer shared the news during an interview with HELLO!, as he was discussing his upcoming biopic Better Man, set to release on December 26.
"My mum's currently got dementia – like my nan in the film – and my dad's got Parkinsons and can't get out of bed. So I'm in a different part of my life right now," he said.
This comes four years after Williams first shared the news that his father, Pete Conway, had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
"We've got a lot of family issues right now. My dad has got Parkinson's, my mother-in-law who I love dearly has got a very big illness. We can't get to them. My dad is thousands of miles away," he told The Mirror at the time.
His parents have been divorced since 1977, when the singer was just three-years-old.
Better Man is a semi-biographical film about Williams in which the singer is portrayed as a chimpanzee, to reflect the fact he always felt "less evolved" than other people.
It explores his loving relationship with his grandma, and was a way for him to process "the events that happened when I was younger and the events that still carry on".
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