UK Edition
Feeds
Piers Morgan has said that he is happy Robbie Williams has staged a successful pop comeback.
The journalist told The Mail On Sunday that he thought Williams had grown since his earlier days as a member of Take That.
Morgan stated: "I was Take That's official biographer in those heady, early days, so I got to know them all very well. Robbie Williams was always the headstrong, slightly crazy one. The cheeky chappie prone to all manner of success and excess.
"We fell out when he left the band, and disappeared so far up his own backside there were fears a surgeon might be needed to extricate him. So I was curious how his long-awaited comeback would go on The X Factor."
He added: "The answer, according to most reviews, was badly. Critics said he was wild-eyed, nervy, and didn't sing that brilliantly. All of which was true. But I saw something else.
"And that was a young man ravaged by fame, fortune, booze and drugs, who'd finally grown up, got clean, learned a bit of genuine humility, and looked vulnerable for the first time in his life.
"And for that reason, Robbie my old mate, I'm glad to see you back."
