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Lisa McLoughlin

Robbie Williams halts London O2 gig after being flashed by adoring fan

Robbie Williams (PA)

(Picture: PA Archive)

Robbie Williams was left a little distracted as he kicked off his UK tour on Monday night when a female fan flashed him.

The former Take That star, 48, halted his gig at London’s O2 Arena and informed the crowd of one fan’s rowdy antics near the stage.

As reported by The Sun, the happily married father-of-four shared: “There is a lady here getting her breasts out for me down here. Incredible. Total scenes.”

Although initially a little stunned, Williams was able to laugh it off and joked: “But for me, it is like being a diabetic in a cake shop. There’s nothing I can do about it, is there?”

Williams’ new UK tour comes just weeks after he claimed his 14th chart-topping album with XXV, which features orchestral versions of the hitmakers biggest tracks and celebrates his 25 years in the music industry.

Robbie Williams was left distracted whilst performing on Monday when a fan flashed him (PA)

The feat means that he has now taken over Elvis Presley’s previous record of 13 number one albums and has become the solo artist with the most albums to climb to the top of the UK charts ever.

Recently, Williams teased that his upcoming Netflix documentary will be full of “sex, drugs and mental illness.”

The Let Me Entertain You hitmaker explained that while he has editorial control over the finished product, there will no limits to the topics discussed when it starts filming later this year.

Speaking on New Zealand’s Newstalk ZB’s The Mike Hosking Breakfast show, he shared: “It’ll be full of sex and drugs and mental illness.

“They haven’t started. I’m sure it will be warts-and-all, and I’m sure it will be me giving away too much information about my life and times.

“I’m looking forward to getting it started and finding out what it is myself,” he continued.

Williams kicked off his UK tour on Monday at London’s 02 Arena (PA)

“No rules. I’m more likely than most people to leave everything in, I very rarely, if ever, have said, ‘That’s too much, take it off.’ I normally think that it’s not enough.”

The documentary series charting the highs and lows of Williams’ career was first announced during the Edinburgh TV Festival in August.

Directed by Joe Pearlman, who was behind the Bros documentary After The Screaming Stops, the rockumentary will feature 25 years’ worth of never-before-seen archive and intimate footage of Williams.

Asif Kapadia, best known for his documentary films about Amy Winehouse, Ayrton Senna and Diego Maradona, will executive produce alongside Dominic Crossley-Holland.

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