Outrage as former drug addict Robbie Williams launches online poker site

He is no Angel, but former drug addict Robbie Williams has enraged fans once again by launching an online poker site.

Anti-gambling campaigners also slated the Take That singer for launching the website claiming the 37-year-old would be raking in the cash from vulnerable addicts.

The site, which is set to launch this year, claims the main focus is having 'fun' but some of the games do cost money.

Liberal Democrat MP Tessa Munt said it was disgraceful the star was making money from addicts - seeing as the singer was once famously addicted to antidepressants.

She told The Daily Mirror: 'I’m outraged by this. It directly targets his fans, including children. The money he makes should go to addiction charities.'

Even his own fans turned against him with one writing on his official website: 'Taking advantage of vulnerable people for financial gain does not sit right with me.'

Another said: 'I thought Robbie understood addiction. Wonder how many families this will ruin?'

A spokesman for Robbie said the plan was still in its very early stages and denied the star's intention was to make money.

Williams, who tied the knot with U.S. actress Ayda Field in August 2010, famously checked himself into rehab in February 2007 after he said 'death came knocking.'

Later it emerged the Rock DJ singer had been battling a serious addiction

At the time he said: 'I have a self-destructive character but does this hold me back from being happy? No.'

He credited his now wife with helping him battle the addiction.

He said: 'She didn’t try to change me and, just like that, she changed me for the better.

'I’m in love with someone who returns this love as strongly. I’ve never experienced that. That’s what makes me so careful in this relationship. I don’t want to hurt Ayda.'


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