Robbie Williams: Better Man movie star says ‘difficult’ Nicole Appleton scene fills him with ‘shame’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But there is one scene in particular that Williams struggles to watch back – and he recently revealed it caused his ex-girlfriend Nicole Appleton to “weep”. At the film’s premiere afterparty, Williams hailed Appleton as “brave” for agreeing to the moment being in the movie. Reflecting on the scene, Williams told Hello: “The most difficult bit is watching Nicole and what we went through, because she was instructed to get rid of our baby.” The singer suggested he was unhappy with how he treated Appleton in the aftermath of the abortion, telling the outlet: “With Nic, I did the wrong thing.” He continued: “It wasn’t that bit, wasn’t the abortion – I didn’t make her do that – but I was a f***ng awful boyfriend, like, really awful, and I was in the height of my addiction and alcoholism. And it breaks my heart every time I watch it, because she’s a complete angel, and there is still shame attached to who I was then.” Robbie Williams and Nicole Appleton Appleton spoke about the situation in her 2002 autobiography, writing: “I couldn’t believe what I had done.