Nigel Martin-Smith

Robbie Williams vs Nigel Martin-Smith: The Boyband Battle You Can't Miss!

Robbie Williams fires back at his former manager's shocking claims in a new BBC documentary! Get the tea on their explosive history and the truth behind the drama.

In a recent twist of drama surrounding the UK boyband legacy, Robbie Williams has made headlines with his fiery response to claims made by his former manager, Nigel Martin-Smith. Their heated exchange comes from Martin-Smith's assertions in the new BBC documentary titled *Boybands Forever*, where he suggests that Williams used drug dependence as a convenient excuse, painting him as someone who cleverly positioned himself as a victim of the boyband lifestyle. Williams, who is now 50, didn’t remain silent, firing back with a resolute message that taking drugs was his choice and not something he tossed onto Martin-Smith's shoulders.

The unscripted drama continued as Williams penned an open letter to his ex-manager. Expressing his disappointment, he vehemently clarified that he never blamed his struggles with drugs on his time in Take That, and he certainly didn’t categorize Martin-Smith as an evil figure in his life. Instead, Williams emphasized personal responsibility for his actions that led to dark chapters in his life. With a career that has been both wildly successful and tumultuous, Williams seems to want to set the story straight in light of the documentary's narrative.

Adding more flavor to this brewing saga, Martin-Smith didn’t hold back, reportedly sharing that Robbie viewed him as ‘evil’ because of the band’s strict regulations that prohibited romantic relationships for its members. He described Williams as