Robbie Williams reveals heartbreaking text his actress daughter Teddy, 13, sent to him at 2am over fears for future
ROBBIE Williams has revealed the heartbreaking text he received from his actress daughter Teddy at 2am.
Robbie, 51, who shares 13-year-old Teddy with his wife Ayda Field, has opened about his teenager’s torment over the future.
Teddy is following her dad into the world of showbiz, and has already started making waves as an actress, which includes starring in a Hollywood movie.
However, now the teen has set her sights on being a singer, just like her dad Robbie.
Teddy’s famous father has had huge success after starting out in boyband Take That, and then going onto sell hundreds of millions of records worldwide as a solo artist.
But Robbie has revealed that his teenage daughter has put tremendous pressure on herself to follow in his footsteps and achieve the same kind of success as a singer.
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Opening up to Scott Mills on Radio 2, he talked about Teddy’s dream of becoming famous like him.
“Ted in particular is so desperate for it,” Robbie revealed.
“Now, when I was growing up in Stoke-on Trent, I was also incredibly desperate for it, whatever it was, you know, watching Top Of The Pops on Thursday and thinking, how the hell do I get in that box in the corner of this room and be one of those people?
“But I’ve never seen it so acute as I do with Ted. She sent me a text the other day. And it goes, let me get this.
“It says – this was Thursday, six minutes past two in the morning, ‘Dad, what if I’m not a singer? It’s my biggest fear not to be a singer.’ Biggest capital letters. ‘What if I’m nothing?’”
Robbie then jokingly added: “And I was like, ‘babe, you’re a nepo. You’ll be fine!’”
Turning serious again, the star said: “The only thing that worries me about it is, she’s incredibly sensitive. I am painfully, painfully sensitive.
“In some quarters it would be deemed as being oversensitive. She is worse than me. And I’m worried about what words will do to her.
“For me, it was either this or stacking shelves at ASDA – so this, every single day and for Ted, she’s got options.”
MOVIE DEBUT
Robbie’s daughter Teddy recently made her acting debut in Rebel Wilson and Danny Dyer film, Tinsel Town.
The Christmas movie features Teddy as the daughter of actress Rebel’s character Jill.
The teenager was seen at the premiere of the movie in November with her proud parents.
The teenager was all smiles as she stepped out on the red carpet with dad Robbie and mum Ayda.
It was revealed last February that Teddy was making her movie debut in Tinsel Town after being spotted filming alongside Rebel and Danny.
A source told The Sun at the time: “Teddy was born to be a star – after all, her parents are both the ultimate performers.
“Robbie and Ayda have been keen to keep her out of the spotlight for as long as possible though – obscuring her face on social media etc – so this is all very much being driven by Teddy who’s wanted to be on stage since she was old enough to talk!
“It’s a small part but obviously is super-exciting, and everyone is really proud of her.
“She’s an absolutely lovely girl on and off screen, and has fitted in seamlessly into on-set life.”
As well as Teddy, Robbie and Ayda are also parents to children Charlton (Charlie), Colette (Coco) and Beau.
The high-profile couple have consciously kept their children away from the public eye for most of their lives.
Loose Women panellist Ayda previously said: “We never show their faces, it’s really important to us.
“We’re really proud and we want to share absolutely everything but there’s a law in this country that means they can’t put pictures up of kids in the papers unless you’re posting their faces.”