Robbie Williams thanks his ‘below-average penis’ during hilarious AACTAs speech

The cheeky British star left jaws on the floor with his brutally honest onstage confession at the AACTA Awards on the Gold Coast.

Robbie Williams has thanked his “below-average-sized penis” during a hilarious – and brutally honest speech – acceptance speech at the AACTA Awards.

The British star, 50, took the stage at the event on the Gold Coast, after his biopic, Better Man, won Best Film.

“I wasn’t expecting this,” Williams admitted.

“I’d like to thank drugs, ADHD, depression, anxiety, dyslexia, dyscalculia, insomnia, dyspraxia, a lack of self-awareness, a lack of self-worth, a fear of social interaction, body dysmorphia, addiction, alcoholism, and a lower than average sized-penis – without which, none of this film would be possible.”

Robbie Williams. Picture: Richard Gosling

The Angels singer then delighted the crowd by finishing off with a rendition of our most-beloved national chant.

“Listen, you’ve all sat for long enough, way too long, but for me, just this one time, let’s take this home – Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!” he called out, prompting – what else? – the enthusiastic response: “Oi, oi, oi!”

“I love you, Australia,” Williams told them, before heading off stage.

He’s certainly made his deep affection for Australia well-known in the past. Late last year, he told news.com.au that it was the only place he felt he could really be himself.

“They [Aussie fans] allow me to be me, and they embrace the ‘me’ that I am,” he said at the Better Man premiere in London. “In Australia, I’m just like … ‘Aussie Robbie Williams’. I’m one of them. I’m one of you.”

Williams was depicted as a monkey in Better Man. Picture: Paramount Pictures.

Meanwhile, after accepting his AACTAs win on Friday night, Williams gave an emotional insight into how he’s come to accept his flaws while speaking with media backstage.

“When you start off with all of that stuff, it’s not fun … and you spend the second 20 years of your life sorting out the first 20 years of your life,” he told reporters.

“But if you accept who you are, and work with your … disabilities is not the right word – but they do become superpowers.

“That sentence is overused, but I have all of those things that I listed – and I still do on a day-to-day basis – and because of those things I’ve been able to do great things, like be here today.

“So if it wasn’t for how messy I am and how messy my internal dialogue is and how complicated it is, existing between these two ears, I wouldn’t be where I am today.

“So I’ve thanked everything that has hindered me and I am truly grateful.”

Created and directed by Australian filmmaker Michael Gracey, the creative mind behind The Greatest Showman, Better Man shows Williams’ harrowing descent to alcohol and drug abuse.

In a twist, he’s depicted not as a man – but as a monkey.

The film – which cost a reported $179 million to produce – received a warm reception from critics, but unfortunately, it didn’t translate to the box office, where it received lacklustre results.

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