'Not ready': Robbie Williams shares emotional update during live concert as his 84-year-old mother Janet battles dementia

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Robbie Williams has shared a deeply personal update on his mother Janet's health, revealing she no longer knows who he is as she battles dementia.
The 51-year-old singer opened up during a concert in Leipzig, Germany last week, telling fans: "My mother has dementia and she doesn't know who I am anymore. She doesn't know where she is anymore."
"I'm not ready for it," he added, as per The Sun.
The British pop icon first revealed his mother's diagnosis in November last year, drawing a connection to his late grandmother's depiction in his 2024 biopic Better Man.
"My mum's currently got dementia – like my nan in the film," he told Hello! at the time.
Williams also touched on the declining health of his father, singer Pete Conway, who has been living with Parkinson's disease since 2020.
He previously shared the news during the Covid lockdown, describing the emotional toll of being thousands of kilometres away from his parents while isolating with his wife Ayda and their children in Los Angeles.
"My dad has Parkinson's and he can't leave the house," he said during his Leipzig show.
"He used to sing with me every night on stage, he would come out, steal the show and be charming and then wander backstage for a glass of red wine. Now he can't leave the house."
The health challenges extend to his wife Ayda's family as well.
"My mother-in-law, who I absolutely worship and adore, has three illnesses," he said.
"She's got lupus, Parkinson's and cancer. She is the most courageous lady and she is fighting, fighting, fighting."
The Angels singer reflected on the emotional strain of entering this stage of life, admitting he's still coming to terms with it.
"It's a strange place to be, this place we find ourselves, 51-years-old, it's very strange to be the grown up," he told the crowd.
In December, the father-of-four admitted he was struggling to cope with his parents' illnesses.
"The truth is that I'm very busy and I'm not dealing with the situation as I should," he told The Mirror.
"I don't really know how to do it, it's an incredibly complicated thing. But I prefer not to go into details… You know, if I say something, they might read it, and then I would have to answer a lot of questions.
"Let's put it this way: we are all human beings, with our difficulties, and I am trying to deal with mine."