He says: “I’ve refocused my life and all the extremities in it. It’s probably why I am on such good form today. It takes nearly dying for someone like me to change the way they live.Credit: Free for editorial use
“But this was the closest and scariest. I also had this f***ed up feeling that I was immortal. But all is OK with my brain now.” He says: “I thought weed being legalised and available in LA might be a problem but so far so good. The weed there is so insanely strong. It’s so debilitating and I am far too sensitive. So today I will go to bed and I won’t have had any drink or drugs, apart from Nicorette gum.“If I did, I’d be less of a dad, less of a partner, less of a pop star and less of a friend. But I have a rawness that rubs up against the world and so there have been times I wanted to take that pain away.
“The kids think all this is normal,” says Williams, arms spread wide showing off the opulence of being in a suite of a five-star hotel. Everything is so normal to them — their dad at a stadium, being at a real princess’s wedding, and travel. They are never going to have what our ‘normal’ was.