Robbie Williams admits Take That nerves

Robbie Williams has admitted that he almost pulled out of meeting up with Take That in Los Angeles.

The singer gave his first interview alongside Gary Barlow to Chris Moyles on BBC Radio 1 this morning as they premiered their new single 'Shame'. Moyles asked the pair to explain how the Take That reunion had come about.

Williams confessed that the night before he was due to meet his former bandmates he almost cancelled because he had said some "nasty things" about Barlow.

"I was very nervous because there were four of them," he said. "I came so close to not going because I had toothache that night and I'd just taken a painkiller."

He continued: "I was quite large as well, and I thought I can't go mumbling, looking like Elvis.

"I'd said some nasty things about Gaz. What do I do if I go in, is he harbouring anything? So the missus pushed me through the door."

Barlow revealed that he regretted not looking after Williams more prior to his exit from Take That.

"I think we had a lot of guilt, the four of us, because Rob was the youngest, the most impressionable of all of us," he said. "We always felt like we didn't look after him enough.

"If there was one big thing we sat and regretted it was always that."

Williams and Barlow will perform 'Shame' together for the first time at the Help For Heroes concert at Twickenham Stadium on September 12.

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