British Singer Robbie Williams Says He Got ‘17th-Century Pirate Disease’ After Extreme Weight Loss

The 51-year-old pop singer was diagnosed with scurvy after losing nearly 30 pounds last year.

Robbie Williams poses on the red carpet during the Dutch premiere of the movie "Better Man" in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Dec. 10, 2024. Robin Utrecht/ANP/AFP via Getty Images

British pop singer Robbie Williams recently disclosed that he was diagnosed with scurvy after losing nearly 30 pounds last year while taking an appetite-suppressant medication to lose weight.

“I’d stopped eating and I wasn’t getting nutrients,” Williams, 51, told the Mirror in an April 7 interview, describing the rare condition as “a 17th-century pirate disease.”