Subscribe to Heretics Clips for raw, unfiltered conversations with icons who actually say what they think. In this episode, Robbie Williams sits down with Andrew Gold to ask the question on everyone’s mind: why does the world feel so angry right now—and what does that do to us? From online pile-ons to everyday rudeness, Robbie explores the cultural mood swing that’s turned comment sections and dinner tables into battlegrounds — and how he keeps his humour (and sanity) intact. Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@hereticsclips/videos
Robbie goes deep on the psychology of modern outrage: why algorithms reward cruelty, how status anxiety fuels judgment, and the subtle ways we all get pulled into being less kind than we want to be. He talks candidly about checking the comments, the sting of being labelled “toxic,” and the mental tools he uses to step off the hamster wheel of validation. Is everyone really a “dick”… or are we all just tired, tribal, and terrified of saying the wrong thing?
You’ll hear the stories only Robbie can tell — the backstage moments that went sideways, the jokes that didn’t land, and the awkward apologies that followed. He reflects on Take That, “Angels,” and the strange burden of being both loved and loathed in public. There’s craft here too: how he writes when the world is shouting, how he filters feedback without killing the spark, and why laughter is still the sharpest form of truth.
This is Robbie at his funniest and most self-aware — part confession, part cultural x-ray. If you’re exhausted by the outrage economy, this conversation offers a bracing mix of honesty, empathy, and mischief. Come for the punchlines, stay for the surprising optimism about how we can all be a little less… well, you know.
🎧 Watch the full interview here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQtPRjMacQQ&t=1s
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