Robbie Williams uses headline gig on ABC New Year's Eve coverage to shamelessly plug his new movie - and angry viewers are left asking who is footing the bill for the performance
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Robbie Williams divided ABC viewers on Sunday night, despite bringing down the house at the tail end of the network's New Year's Eve broadcast. The British pop superstar spared no opportunity to promote his new documentary, Better Man, launching into a shameless plug mid-set.
It was before his performance of Better Man that Robbie gave a rave review to his own movie of same name. 'Some critics are calling it the movie of the century! Not my words, except they are because I just made that up' he said to the crowd. Robbie then asked if anyone had seen the movie as yet, and explained it had been filmed in Australia.
He even changed some of the lyrics to Better Man, and sang, 'so go watch my movie, it's full of drugs and sex, I've got my own biopic, I'm not even dead'. Robbie Williams (pictured) divided ABC viewers on Sunday night, despite bringing down the house at the tail end of the network's New Year's Eve broadcast.
The move divided viewers, with many annoyed that the ABC - a government owned, tax payer funded television station - was spending a pretty penny on Williams performance. 'Did my tax dollars pay for this lazy Robbie Williams set? What the f**k. PR for a movie during a set as well?!' wrote one person on X.
'Robbie Williams is busy posing & promoting himself, how about singing a song' added another alongside a thumbs down emoji. 'Your tax dollars hard at work with this Robbie Williams performance' posted another. 'Robbie Williams on @ABCTV is a new low for this country. Our tax dollars down the f**king drain watching this washed up clown' said one more.
