Article: Rehab? It's the best birthday gift he could've given himself SAYS HIS MUM; EXCLUSIVE TORMENT OF ROBBIE.(News)

Byline: By FIONA CUMMINS, Showbiz Reporter and EVA SIMPSON

ROBBIE Williams' mum Jan last night described her son's decision to join rehab on his 33rd birthday as "the best gift he could have given himself".

The worried 56-year-old drugs counsellor vowed to join the tormented singer in America to support his desperate battle against prescription pill addiction as friends revealed he has cut himself off from the outside world.

Robbie's gloom deepened so much he told aides he was on the brink of suicide and begged them to get him help.

Jan ...

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