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Robbie Williams given 'get out of jail free card' following autism diagnosis

Robbie Williams is relieved to have been diagnosed with "a little bit of autism" after he had convinced himself he had telekenisis

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'A little bit of autism' is Robbie's latest diagnosis

Robbie Williams feels like he's been handed a "get out of jail free card" to say whatever he likes after being diagnosed with autism.

The pop star, 52, was told he had ADHD two decades ago but has now discovered he also has autism which he's found to be a relief because "it explains so much".

Speaking about his neurological differences Robbie shared: "I have ADHD and I just found out I have a bit of autism as well, which I actually f****** love because it explains so much.

"It is my get-out-of-jail-free card now, and all the weird s*** that I do I just say, 'Sorry, I'm autistic.' With the ADHD you can completely and utterly concentrate on something 1000 per cent, but with absolutely everything else, you just cannot do it. Ask my kids."

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Rob was told he had ADHD at first(Image: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

The Angels hitmaker offered an insight into how his minds work as he recently convinced himself he had telekenisis and the ability to crash a plane with his thoughts.

During a Q&A at the Autumn/Winter launch for his clothing brand Hopium in London he said: "What I'm completely and utterly obsessed with is creating images and making funny things, if I'm creating images and funny things, I'm not thinking about me, because my brain is incredibly creative, and it can be creative about everything in the world that you panic or scared about.

"For example, this is how crazy I am, recently, I was sitting on a plane, and I thought ''what if I can have telekinesis and my intrusive thoughts tell the plane to crash itself."

Last year,Robbie told fans that he believed he also had Tourette's syndrome which involves involuntary ticks and sometimes rude words: Ive just realised that I have Tourettes, but they dont come out. I was just walking down the road the other day and I realised that these intrusive thoughts are inside Tourettes.

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Robe has started believing he could move objects with his mind before diagnosis(Image: AFP via Getty Images)

He previously opened up about the difficulty he has living with ADHD especially in the public eye

Rob told the Im ADHD! No Youre Not podcast: "You would think that a stadium full of people professing their love to you would work, but whatever it is, inside me, cannot hear it.

"I have a very complicated relationship with touring and performing live. People say: Oh, you going on tour? You must be really, really excited. Not really. Im terrified. I mask, like Im an Olympian at masking.

"I will look full of bravado and look pompous and look smug and do these grand gestures, which have worked for me because they put my face on the poster and people still buy tickets but actually whats happening is I feel like the opposite of that all the time, most of the time."

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