Robbie Williams’ Vision Concerns and Weight Loss Injections

What Robbie williams has said

Robbie Williams has spoken publicly about using injectable weight loss medicines for several years. He has credited them with helping him lose around two stone and has described them as a medical necessity for his mental health, given his long-running difficulties with body image and low mood.

More recently, he has said that his eyesight has worsened. He reports that:

• He struggles to pick out individual faces in the crowd at concerts
• Players at a football match appeared to him as vague shapes on a green pitch
• He has needed a stronger glasses prescription

He has suggested that the injections may be playing a part and has urged people to read up on possible risks before starting treatment. His comments reflect genuine worries for many people using these medicines, especially given recent headlines about potential eye side effects.

What the research shows so far

In 2024, a study followed around seventeen thousand people over six years and looked at rates of a serious but rare eye condition in those prescribed semaglutide compared with others. Semaglutide is used under brand names such as Ozempic and Wegovy.

The researchers found that people who had been given semaglutide appeared to be several times more likely to be diagnosed with the condition, which can lead to loss of sight in one eye. However, there are important caveats:

• The total number of people affected was small
• The study design could not prove that semaglutide directly caused the problem
• People taking semaglutide often have other health issues that may themselves affect eye health