Robbie Williams says it’s ‘too expensive’ to maintain his three houses

Robbie Williams has admitted that he's got "too many options" and says it's "too expensive" to run three houses. The Angels hitmaker lifted the lid on his marriage to actress Ayda Field in an episode of Rob Brydon's podcast.

Speaking about his living situation, Robbie shared that he has three family houses in London, Los Angeles and Switzerland.

"It's too big, it's too expensive. It's like having blessed options," said Robbie. "So what's happening in the Los Angeles house, right now? Is it all dark and quiet?" asked Brydon.

"No, there are eight dogs there," Robbie replied, to which Brydon shot back: "You've got American dogs that you only see when you're in America?"

"Yeah. We've got two dogs here [London] and they are the emotional support animals for when we get on the plane."

Elsewhere in the podcast, Robbie explained that he didn't think the relationship with Ayda would last as long as it currently has.

When asked how they first met, Robbie said: "Blind date." Rob replied: "Was it? Set up by a mate?" to which Robbie confirmed and said, "Yeah."

Rob then said: "Who thought - she'd be very good for Rob?"

"Yeah, and those things normally don't work," Robbie joked. "But we're going into our 18th year. Dude, I would not have put money on it."

He also revealed that he suffered multiple "break-ups" with his now wife, before two Hollywood stars stepped in to save their relationship.

Speaking on their podcast At Home with the Williams, Ayda said that the duo experienced an early rocky stage, to which Robbie said: "By dark things you mean finishing with you three times."

However, it wasn't until two actress pals jumped in to give some wise words to Robbie that he saw sense.

Robbie explained: "I bumped into Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore. I started talking about this person I'd just ended a relationship with and was listing all these things about her brilliance when Cameron said, 'I don't think it's over.'"

You can listen to Robbie's full interview with Rob Brydon here.