UK singer Robbie Williams appears naked
for the December cover of gay glossy Attitude.
In the image, Williams, 42, stands with
his mouth open, eyes wide, and hands cupped in front. The headline
reads “John Grant strips Robbie bare.”
The cover promises that Williams will
talk about “drink, drugs, porn, sex, addiction, depression, fame,
success & being happy.”
Williams, who once said he's
as much as 50 percent gay – referring to musical theater –
and would
go for Hollywood actor Brad Pitt, told the magazine that sex
addiction has taken a “shift in consciousness” in recent years,
going from being written off as fake to being taken seriously.
“Sex addiction does exist – it
does. It totally does,” said Williams, a self-confessed sex
addict. “Depression was a taboo subject, but it's not demeaning
anymore. Slowly it is happening.”
He added that fame requires a thick
skin.
“I'm not prepared emotionally for the
job that I do,” Williams
said. “Being so public and being so big, I don't have the
ability to protect myself from the words and the shame. It hurts.”
(Related: Adam
Lambert flattered by Robbie Williams' compliments.)