Robbie Williams shares autism diagnosis

Robbie Williams has shared that he’s been diagnosed with autism.

The solo pop star and former Take That member, who has previously opened up about having ADHD, spoke about learning that he is autistic during a recent Q&A session in London.

“I have ADHD, and I just found out I have a bit of autism as well, which I actually fucking love because it explains so much,” he said (via Metro ).

“It is my get-out-of-jail-free card now, and all the weird shit that I do I just say, ‘Sorry, I’m autistic’.”

Williams continued: “With the ADHD you can completely and utterly concentrate on something 1,000 per cent, but with absolutely everything else, you just cannot do it. Ask my kids.

“What I’m completely and utterly obsessed with is creating images and making funny things. If I’m creating images and funny things, I’m not thinking about me, because my brain is incredibly creative, and it can be creative about everything in the world that you panic or scared about.”

He went on: “For example, this is how crazy I am: recently, I was sitting on a plane, and I thought, ‘What [if] I can have telekinesis and my intrusive thoughts tell the plane to crash itself’.

“So that’s the kind of level of insanity that I’m dealing with, it’s best to train my brain to do something better than worrying about having supernatural powers and crashing a plane.”