Robbie Williams wants to go back to school to retake his exams to prove he’s “not thick”.
The 50-year-old pop star went out into the world with very few qualifications after failing or skipping most of his exams but he now wants to go back and resit the tests after spending years thinking he was a “dumb-dumb” due to his learning disabilities.
He told The Sun newspaper: “I got nothing higher than a grade D, and everything else I failed or I didn’t turn up for. I really want to go back and get them …
“All my life I’ve felt really stupid because we didn’t know about dyslexia in the Seventies and Eighties in Stoke-on-Trent.
“I’ve got dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD, but we didn’t have those then, so I left school thinking I was a dumb-dumb and it’s taken ages to get over that.
“And now I just wanna go and prove a few people wrong – I’m not thick. Now that I’ve said that, I’m s****** myself … maybe I am!”
He went on to add he thinks it could also be an interesting idea for a TV show, explaining: “I can’t remember my English teacher’s name, but I was thinking there might be an interesting TV show in it, where I have to go back to school … but obviously in an age- appropriate way!”
It comes after Robbie recently admitted he’s now in the “best place” he’s ever been with his mental health thanks to the love and support of his wife Ayda Field and their four children.
The Take That star told the Telegraph magazine: “I’ve struggled with mental illness, and all the way through the most successful parts of my career, I couldn’t derive joy from them.
“There’s been a couple of decades, maybe a bit more, of just depression, anxiety, agoraphobia, dyslexia, dyscalculia – all the things we diagnose our friends with at dinner parties, I’ve got them.
“Through working on myself, through seeking help and taking help, and through the love of a good woman and four kids, and just growing up and maturing, I’m in the best place that I’ve ever been.”