Ed Sheeran: Robbie Williams made me feel 'less isolated' amid addiction battle

Ed Sheeran and Robbie Williams found solace in each other through shared addiction battles.

During an appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show Saturday, the 32-year-old singer explained that the Take That star made him feel “less isolated” during the difficult time of life when he watched William’s documentary.

“I watched Robbie Williams, he did a documentary, I remember watching it on TV and his rise to fame - obviously he was in Take That - but his solo career, I felt, was quite similar to me," he shared, "in terms of trajectory and the venues he was doing and what the albums were doing and how big it got and how isolated it got, and how he had a problem with his weight, he had a problem with drugs, he had a problem with alcohol,” the Shape of You singer revealed.

“I was watching this thing being like, ‘Oh man he’s gone through exactly what I’ve just gone through,’” Sheeran noted.

“I emailed him and said, ‘Your documentary made me feel less isolated.’ And he was like, ‘Ironically that email just made me feel less isolated.’ It’s just good to talk about things,” the singer recalled.

Ed Sheeran lays it All Bare in Subtract:

The singer recently released his new album, Subtract, marking the completion of his mathematical symbols series.

Ahead of the release of the album, Sheeran penned a long post detailing the inspiration behind the song, which included his wife’s tumor diagnosis and the death of his best friend Jamal Edwards last year.