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Steve Allen - A Little Bit Extra

How did Robbie Williams become so successful?

Steve Allen - A Little Bit Extra

Global

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.3808 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2016

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Just for the podcasters - a little bit extra from the acerbic wit of London's longest-serving talkshow host!

Transcript

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Morning everybody, welcome along to your free podcast for today. So Robbie Williams heads our list today. I've never quite understood it with Robbie Williams. Explain this to me. Here is Robbie Williams. He's a very, very average singer. He was with a group called Take That. Then he decided to leave. Then he went off and then he

0:21.7

did an album of covers and a not particularly brilliant album. And then he gets a super deal, I think,

0:27.8

with Sony. And then he starts buying property. So he's got, I think, two in this country. He's

0:34.9

got Michael Winner's place, which he paid about 17 million for, I think.

0:38.5

He's got one out in the country, paid 9 million for, and he's got a Beverly Hills home for 11 million.

0:46.9

And this one here is in the gated Mulholland estate. He bought it for 5.45 million after his solo career took off, although he hasn't

0:55.7

sung for ages. And it's now gone on the market with a tag of 11 million, which means that he could

1:02.1

make $5 million, about £3.5.5 million, £3.5 million, if the property with stunning views over

1:07.6

LA sells for the asking price. I saw his wife on loose women.

1:12.2

She's way older than he is.

1:13.5

Way older.

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Anyway, it's got very good security.

1:15.9

The people who live there, Christina Aguilera,

1:19.2

Paris Hilton and Charlie Sheen.

1:21.1

Her place is a little bit pokey, but never mind.

1:23.1

Anyway, built in 1992, the 10,700 square foot home

1:26.9

has been updated since he bought it 10 years ago.

1:31.7

It's got a waterfall, swimming pool kitchen, a garden kitchen and covered dining area.

1:37.6

And he's moved, he's bought a new 32 million pound property in LA last year.

1:43.4

I don't know how he kept, where does his money keep coming from? Perhaps they're growing it in the last year. I don't even know how he can...

1:44.3

Where does his money keep coming from?

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