Robbie Williams must have more than a few wild stories tucked away for a rainy day, but the 43-year-old is trying his best to stay on the straight and narrow these days.

That takes a bit of work, because in an interview published yesterday on the Times Robbie spoke pretty openly and honestly about his life.

Unfortunately the full interview is behind a paywall – HERE – but IOL have many of the juicier details.

First up the porn:

Robbie Williams thinks porn has “helped [his] relationship” with Ayda Field because watching it keeps him from cheating.

The ‘Love My Life’ hitmaker has been married to the 38-year-old actress – with whom he has two children, Teddy, four, and Charlie, two – since 2010, and because of his lothario past, has said he often watches the adult entertainment in order to make sure he doesn’t “f**k [his] relationship up”.

Speaking about whether or not he is addicted to porn, he said: “I think porn’s helped our relationship. I don’t think I’m addicted to porn, but I do think it’s been a necessary tool to help me not f**k my relationship up.”

I guess it can’t be easy with all those female fans lusting after you at every show, and Robbie thinks he might deserve a medal for remaining faithful:

“But you don’t get a medal or an award [for being faithful], and I should, because I am subjected to more than my fair share of adoration. I go out and look at a stadium full of people who are incredibly fond of me and quite a few of them are incredibly good-looking. I should get some sort of f***ing award for not f***ing. A quadruple-platinum disc.”

Then there’s dealing with his addiction problems, which includes women, alcohol and drugs:

“If I stay in a pub too long, I’m going to have a drink. If I go to a barbershop long enough, I’m going to have a haircut. So do I trust myself to not drink? Do I trust myself if there was a pile of coke out there? I’d snort it at some point. So no, I don’t trust myself. But history has taught me I’m quite good at not doing it. And so it is with women. When I’m not on tour it’s a lot easier.”

The struggle is real.

In case you missed it, Robbie appeared on The Graham Norton Show a while back and told a real gem of a story. It seems apt to plonk it here:

The life of a rock ‘n roller…

[source:iol]