The pair have been married for 15 years and have four children together
Robbie Williams has peeled back the curtain on his personal life, making a candid confession about the intimate dynamics of his long-standing marriage with Ayda Field.
After 15 years of marriage and raising four children together—Teddy, 12, Charlie, 10, Coco, six, and Beau, four—the couple’s journey began through a mutual friend’s matchmaking back in 2007. Nearly two decades later, Robbie is offering unfiltered insight into the realities of their relationship, particularly behind closed doors.
“Everybody knows there’s no sex after marriage,” the pop icon bluntly told The Sun in a 2023 interview.
He elaborated: “A sexless marriage only becomes an issue when expectations clash—when one partner desires it and the other doesn’t. But honestly, it’s a universal secret. That’s just how it is.”
Robbie went on to recall a markedly different chapter of their intimacy—when he was prescribed testosterone for a period, describing that time as “electric.”
“When I was on testosterone, the sex was incredible. It was constant. We were ravenous,” he said, reflecting on a time when the physical spark between them burned fiercely. “It really showed how much chemistry we had, because we simply couldn’t keep our hands to ourselves.”
He admitted, with a nostalgic grin, that he misses those days. “It was a fun chapter,” he said. “Now, sometimes Ayda will look over at me on the sofa and say, ‘We should do sex.’ And there I am, mid-tangerine, just kind of shrugging. So, yeah… we give it a go now and then.”
With typical Robbie charm, the confession is both disarmingly honest and warmly human—an ode to real-life romance, in all its imperfect, evolving forms.
Robbie and Ayda have been married for nearly 15 years (Dave Benett/Getty Images for Moco Museum)
In the same interview, Ayda Field offered a deeper, more nuanced view of her relationship with Robbie Williams, emphasizing that love, in their world, isn’t measured by bedroom metrics.
“I think people often mistake sex for intimacy,” she said thoughtfully. “But we’re constantly close—always cuddling, kissing, holding hands, touching one another when we’re curled up on the sofa watching TV or a film. That’s real connection.”
For Ayda, the essence of their bond lies in the quiet, consistent gestures—not grand performances.
“Intimacy is the real, soulful part of love,” she explained. “I have friends who feel like they have to sleep with their husbands out of some sense of duty, and that just sounds dreadful.”
She added with calm certainty, “Rob and I, we understand each other. We’re aligned. We’re content. We’re happy.”
The couple spoke about their sex life (JC Olivera/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty Images)
A few years back, Ayda Field peeled back the veil on her private life with Robbie Williams, describing their once-passionate bedroom dynamic as having “flatlined completely” by 2022.
Speaking candidly on her Postcards from the Edge podcast, Ayda painted a picture of domestic reality stripped of any romantic illusion.
“I honestly can’t remember the last time Rob and I went to bed at the same time,” she confessed. “Back when romance still existed, we’d share a bed because there was a physical reason to—desire, affection, all of that.”
“But that’s long gone. Utterly wiped out by four kids. The romance? Obliterated,” she said with dry frankness. “Now, the bed is just a mutual co-working zone.”
With her trademark wit, Ayda quipped, “I might as well turn the bed into a ping pong table. We could knock a few serves back and forth now and then, then disappear off into opposite corners to actually sleep.”
Her brutally honest reflections didn’t just echo the familiar chaos of parenthood—they gave voice to a quieter truth shared by many couples navigating love in the trenches of long-term commitment.
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