SUPERSTAR Robbie Williams fears he may be going blind from taking fat jabs.
, says his vision is blurry and “getting worse”.
Painfully honest Robbie Williams admits Mounjaro jabs could be making him blind
Robbie says he has been struggling with his eyesight, explaining ‘it’s been blurry for a while now’Credit: Jason Heatherington
The painfully honest star believes the he takes for weight loss could be to blame, admitting he struggles to see fans when serenading them with She’s The One at live shows.
He said: “I want to warn people reading this of the potential risks, to make sure they do their research.”
His comments come after a study revealed a link between Semaglutide, the active ingredient in some fat jabs, and an eye condition which causes blindness.
, says: “I was quite an early adapter of the jabs but what I’m also noticing is that my eyesight’s not very good.
“It’s been blurry for a while now, and it’s only getting worse.
“I don’t believe it’s age; I believe it’s the jabs.
“I went to an game the other night and the players were just blobs on a green field in front of me. And I was like, ‘What the f*** is happening?’.
“And on my most recent tour, there’s this thing I do where I sing She’s The One to a girl every night.
“Basically, I was looking in the direction of these women looking up at me, having this experience that’s quite obviously incredible to them, and little do they know I can’t see them.
“I’ve been to the optician about it but didn’t mention the Mounjaro as I hadn’t made the connection then.
“My prescription’s changed, and I had to buy a whole new load of glasses.
“Everybody’s experiencing it, because I’ll say to people, ‘Blurry, right?’. And they go, ‘Oh s**t, that the thing?’.
“Of course it’s worrying and by being honest today, obviously I want to warn people reading this of the potential risks, to make sure they do their research.
“But seriously, I’m that sick I’d probably stay on it until the sight in one eye has completely gone.”
Robbie being Robbie, a man with an excellent line in gallows humour, he can’t help himself.
He concludes: “I did this meet ’n’ greet yesterday, and someone told me to watch out because their friend had gone blind from the jab.
“So obviously I just said, ‘But does she look good?’. And it kind of killed the vibe.”
Last year a US study found patients using some fat jabs for were four times more likely to be diagnosed with non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy () — a lack of blood flow to the optic nerve which may lead to sight loss.
Meanwhile, the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has received 296 reports of .
Of those, 164 specifically claimed the drug had .
But scientists have not agreed that the medicines actually cause the condition — or by how much they increase the risk.
The lack of mental anguish I’ve felt since I’ve been on Mounjaro is liberating
Robbie Williams
It is a balancing act as the are used to treat and prevent Type 2 diabetes, which is proven to cause serious eye damage and blindness.
And GLP-1 drugs have been shown to have a raft of other benefits including reducing inflammation and boosting cellular health.
Last night Mounjaro maker Lilly said: “Patient safety is our top priority.
“We have ongoing discussions with regulators regarding potential safety topics, and we will continue to review data, including any regarding ophthalmic issues.
““If anyone is experiencing side- effects when taking a Lilly medicine, they should talk to their doctor or healthcare professional.”
Full disclosure, I, too, have been microdosing Mounjaro for 15 months. And I have noticed deteriorating sight.
So much so, I was packed off to Moorfields Eye Hospital in for a panicked scan.
Nothing sinister was found and later at Specsavers an optician reckoned my blurriness was simply “old age”.
While a bitter blow, it is better than blindness.
Last month a report showed that more than 2.5million Brits are now on , or Mounjaro, despite only a fraction of this number being diabetic.
Robbie adds: “The lack of mental anguish that I’ve felt since I’ve been on Mounjaro is completely and utterly liberating.
“And maybe that’s got something to do with my continuous upward curve into feeling actually all right on the planet.
“For the longest time, mentally, I’ve not been very well.
“And it would seem that in the last ten years, the clouds have cleared, and I’m a different person.
“I’m one of those people that likes working out now: Stretching, discipline, taking care of myself.
“Every morning I get up and do some mobility stuff on my back.
“Then I do a hundred dips, 200 press-ups, 100 squats every day and just loads of core stuff.
“Now I want to be able to do pull-ups.”
It's tricky to assess risk
A LEADING eye doctor has said the jury is still out on whether fat jabs put users’ sight at risk.
Michael Burdon, consultant at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, said: “The reality is there is no good evidence.
“There are reports saying some patients have a problem with blood flow to the back of the eye, a condition we call NAION.
“The trouble is there are so many people taking this drug and it’s not an uncommon condition, so it’s difficult to tell what is the cause.
“Then we have to question if the risk is worse than the impact of being significantly overweight.
“People taking this drug should definitely be supervised by someone who knows what they’re doing — and shouldn’t be buying it over the counter for all sorts of reasons.”
ROBBIE’S HEALTH DRIVE
After parking my car in his driveway, I am escorted by security past his five tail-thumping and into the house via a plush home gym.
The space is decorated with Robbie’s own artwork, and what looks suspiciously like a .
In 2018 Robbie was announced as the (now called WW).
Perhaps it will be of little surprise to learn the pair have discreetly parted ways, ending the star’s £1million-a-year deal.
When ex-Take That singer Robbie first coughed up to being on the jabs, he pleaded with me not to write about it so that he wouldn’t lose his deal.
He laughs: “Technically, I wasn’t lying because everyone kept asking me if I was on Ozempic, and I wasn’t.”
I still want a kick-back from that un-forfeited £1million.
Robbie and wife Ayda try to live a healthy lifestyle at their homes in California and LondonCredit: Getty
, 2025 Robbie is a veritable beacon of and California-living (where he and gorgeous wife Ayda live some of the year).
A newly-converted , he says — Teddy, Charlie, Coco and Beau — has got him taking peptides.
These short-chain amino acids have been linked to health benefits including longevity and pain management.
He says: “I’ve come off NAD+, though (the most well-known peptide popular with celebs including , and ) as it gave me crippling anxiety.”
We are chatting over Evian — which I contrive to spill all over his pale pink velvet sofa — at the couple’s immaculate West London mansion.
Whenever I see Rob, there is a plethora of staff running after him — from chefs to managers to housekeepers to nannies.
What does Robbie actually do for himself?
“My job is to draw the curtains in the bedroom . . . but actually now we have a button that does that,” he muses.
“I don’t like supermarkets, and I last unloaded the dishwasher in 1997 when I was in rehab and we had to do chores . . . and I did them because I grasped they wanted me to be a good boy.”
Mid-interview, a nice chap comes in carrying a tray of BBQ’d lamb from the restaurant down the road.
Robbie, who doesn’t bother with mundanities like , delicately picks at about half of it (probably not aided by having to answer my questions every other mouthful).
We have gathered to chat about his 16th studio album, Britpop.
It’s classic Robbie: Brilliantly catchy, anthemic and from-the-heart.
Robbie says he tortured himself by using Google to see what people were saying about him
One track, Comment Section, details his experience of trolling, an ode to the “Karens”, if you will.
Which leads nicely to one of my favourite Robbie stories of all time.
At the height of his self-confessed self-loathing period — when he would obsessively himself and read “below the line” sections of newspaper websites — the musician decided to read an article about national treasures .
Over to Robbie . . . “According to the comments section, I was the worst person to ever have existed; just an awful, awful human with no talent whatsoever, and ugly, and I made Stalin look like a pussycat.
“So I decided I needed to go to the comment section of universally loved, salt-of-the-earth people, and that if they were being attacked too, I know it’s not me that’s the problem.
“So I went to Ant and Dec’s page, and the third comment down was, ‘I hate these two almost as much as I hate that fat b****d Robbie Williams’.
“I couldn’t escape my own comments in somebody else’s comment section!”
, Pretty Face, is dedicated to his whip-smart actress wife, who panel in 2018.
The video uses AI to transform the 18-time Brit-winner into his baby-faced 1995 self.
Casually, then, Robbie reveals he’s having a facelift next year: “It’s time”.
He plans to use Kris Jenner’s NYC-based surgeon, Steven Levine but, until then, AI will do.
Adapt or die, he is willing to embrace .
So has he ever used to help write songs?
He says, deadpan: “Well, I’m on it all the time, and I pay for the premium service, but I think it’s already making me dumber than the dumb person I already was.
“A long time ago I told ChatGPT, ‘Write me a lyric about such and such’.
“And it was so s**t. I was like, ‘Is that what I do?’. So then I was like, ‘Make it smarter’. And it made it smarter, so then I got a bit annoyed and became quite passive aggressive with ChatGPT.
“I also use it for therapy as I think it’s programmed to be on your side, just as a therapist would.
“People knocked me for using AI in the video but, folks, the horse has fing bolted. You have to get on board because it’s here to stay.”
Robbie opened up to The Sun’s Clemmie Moodie about his health battle and his fears for his eyesight
Robbie, who sold double glazing door-to-door aged 16 — months before getting his big break in — is one of the hardest-working men in pop.
He says he can’t ever imagine retiring, and wants to go on working “like or Tom Jones”.
He grins: “I have the best job in the world, I’m addicted to work, why would I want to stop?
“I want to make my kids, my wife, proud.
“I need to have purpose and writing music — and my family — do that for me.”
With homes in the UK, and LA, he has sold 80million records worldwide and is worth more than £200million, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.
Earlier this year Robbie was finally cleared to receive a knighthood, having previously been embroiled in the same tax scheme that did for the newly Sir-ed .
That he doesn’t have an honour seems utterly ludicrous.
After all, he is Britain’s best-selling solo artist of all time, and has raised more than £115million for thanks to his wonderful annual enterprise, .
As one fifth of Take That, he helped to redefine British pop culture, and over the past 15 years has been an incredible advocate for .
He shrugs: “Yeah, it would be nice, you know.
“I don’t know which bit of me goes, ‘I’ve done loads of stuff, can I get a pat on the back?’.
“But it’d be nice to be recognised, I suppose, for the things that I’ve done in the fields of entertainment, mental health and .
“There are so many things that I do because my grandma, a huge royalist, would be so proud.
“A knighthood would blow her mind.”
- Tickets for Robbie’s The Long 90’s Tour, kicking off in February, go on sale on Friday, November 28. Visit britpop.robbiewilliams.com.
Robbie’s The Long 90’s Tour begins next February with tickets going on sale next weekCredit: MCPR 
