Robbie Williams wants his wife to go out and "shine"

He said: "The biggest reason I fell in love with Ayda is because of her personality. I'm incredibly proud of her and I'm not only in love with her but I really like her.

"And I want her to be out there, and I want people to be experiencing what I'm experiencing, because it's unique what she's got. I'm like a proud parent, even with the wife. I'm like, 'Go out there and shine, my love.'"

The 42-year-old singer has had his time to tour the world and is now happy to be Ayda's "dressing room b***h".

He told The Sun newspaper: "When we met, I kind of took Ayda hostage. I kidnapped her and took her away from her career. I needed her with me, and that was how it was going to work.

"I was like, 'Look, we're going to England and I want you to come with me. This won't work.' And for the last nine years she's kind of been my dressing room b***h. Now I'm her dressing room b***h."

Meanwhile, Ayda - who has Theodora, four, and Charlton, 23 months, with her husband - previously admitted she is too tired to have sex with Robbie.

She said: "I find your honesty really refreshing, it's a dialogue that some women don't feel comfortable having about but it's something that a lot of us experience, I've got two young kids, I'm knackered, I'm really tired I want to put some sweat pants on, I want to eat chocolate and I want to go to sleep, and sleep under the covers in the foetal position."