Robin Windsor opened up on his psychological well being points earlier than his loss of life in a video for a charity earlier than he was discovered useless in a London resort room on Monday.
The Strictly Come Dancing Star, 44, vanished final week earlier than being discovered useless, prompting an outpouring of grief throughout the dancing world.
Within the video for SANE, of which he was an envoy, Robin is seen chatting with volunteers and opening up about his personal struggles.
He defined: ’As soon as I spoke to somebody who utterly listened, they did not actually have to present me recommendation, they only needed to hear and I might see that they needed me to be higher.
’It is choosing the right particular person to talk to.’
Robin Windsor heartbreakingly opened up on his psychological well being points earlier than his loss of life
Within the video for SANE, of which he was an envoy, Robin is seen chatting with volunteers and opening up about his personal struggles
Robin was discovered useless in a London resort room on Monday (Pictured with pal Gordana Grandosek Whiddon)
Sharing the video, SANE paid tribute to Robin’s reminiscence, writing: ’We had been very distressed to be taught of the loss of life of Robin Windsor, considered one of SANE’s most vigorous and dependable ambassadors.
’He introduced the magnificence, power and sheer pleasure of his dancing into psychological well being and gave hope to these, like him, who’ve struggled with darkish occasions.’
After Robin, who spoke out about his struggles with melancholy, went lacking final week his shut pal Vincent Simone frantically rang these near the star to seek out out the place he was.
Vincent, who can also be a dancer and had identified Robin since he was 17, informed the Mirror his pal was identified to go lacking and that it had been an ’ongoing drawback’.
He stated: ’He would detach himself from folks for 2 or three days. Then he would come again to the world, to actuality. However this time, he did not come again. He was the very best man I ever met.’
Robin, whose firm’s enterprise account had £879 in it when he died, had just lately been performing with Gordana on a Fred Olsen cruise to South Africa and Madagascar
The skilled Latin and Ballroom dancer, 44, suffered a troubling incident over the New Yr interval, earlier than embarking to carry out on an opulent cruise in South Africa.
’He stored saying that one thing had occurred over New Yr however he would not say what it was,’ the pal informed the Mail. ’He sounded completely traumatised – no matter had occurred will need to have been really terrible.’
Seven days earlier, the dancer had reposted a quote which stated: ’Trauma teaches you to anticipate and settle for the naked minimal. On this new season, might you modify your requirements and be taught to obtain the utmost. You’re worthy. You’re sufficient. You deserve overflow.’
And on January 4, he had shared a message together with his associates and followers which stated: ’Large shout out and like to everybody who’s reached out and checked within the final week. Sorry I’ve not replied… it has been a little bit of a making an attempt time and issues are wanting up. Robin.’
Tributes have poured in beneath the star’s tragic final selfie, with one fan writing: ’So shocked and saddened to listen to the information. Have adopted him for years since Strictly, an incredible expertise. RIP.’
He spent his last days having fun with a safari in addition to the sunny seashores of Cape City. However the dancer’s smiles belied his emotional anguish.
This week, the Mail revealed that Robin died with simply £879 in his firm’s enterprise account years after he pulled in £100,000 a yr as a Strictly star and was as soon as paid £10,000 to bounce for 2 minutes.
Robin Windsor and Kristina Rihanoff in the course of the launch of their Burn the Flooring present in 2013
Robin Windsor obtained his massive TV break when becoming a member of Strictly Come Dancing in 2010
Robin Windsor’s dance companions included TV presenter Susanna Reid, seen right here performing collectively on Strictly Come Dancing for Youngsters in Want in 2011
The tragic entertainer’s personal agency had not traded for a while and in response to Firms Home Data was dealing with an ’lively proposal’ to be struck off, data present.
The corporate Pleased Ft Inventive Restricted was owed virtually £5,000 the final time it filed accounts, however owed collectors £15,000, which means it was £8,350 within the crimson.
On the peak of his movie star in 2015 and 2016 he held greater than £23,000 within the firm and superior himself £35,000 from the corporate, which was repaid.
The corporate had channelled earnings from a ’large number of contracts to offer performing arts companies throughout the media business’, paperwork stated.
In latest months Robin had been engaged on a Fred Olsen Cruise – alongside fellow Strictly skilled Gordana Grandosek Whiddon – and posted footage of himself when the boat docked in South Africa.
He had beforehand been a director of Caffe Italia in south London, with shut pal Marco Bertarini.
Saddened Bertarini has posted a sequence of images of the pair collectively on Instagram.
He wrote: ’My coronary heart is damaged I all the time liked you and all the time will goodbye amore.’
A heartbroken Susanna Reid fought again tears on yesterday’s Good Morning Britain on ITV after studying of Robin’s loss of life
Extra just lately Robin had been starring in Come What Might, a Moulin Rouge tribute present.
He beforehand informed how he was paid £100,000 a yr throughout his time on Strictly which got here to an finish after the twelfth sequence in 2014.
He additionally recalled one time he earned ’foolish cash’, telling This Is Cash: ’My dance associate and I had been as soon as paid £10,000 every to remain in a luxurious resort in Mauritius for every week and dance the cha-cha-cha at an occasion. Our dance lasted two minutes.’
He remembered in September 2022 that the ’greatest’ yr of his monetary life was 2010, ’my first yr on Strictly Come Dancing’.
He stated: ’Abruptly, I used to be incomes cash I had solely dreamt about. I in all probability made about £100,000 that yr – not simply from Strictly however from work off the again of the present such because the tour and personal performances.
’If you’re on prime-time TV, everybody desires somewhat slice of you.’
Talking about his Strictly exit final yr, Robin stated he grew to become so ’bitter’ about not being allowed to return that he could not bear to observe it.
’I obtained to bounce and present 13million folks each single week what it was that I like to do. So, as soon as that was taken away from me, I went into fairly a gentle decline.
’I used to be unhappy. And, I do know all of us have our darkish days, however my darkish days was darkish weeks and I would not get away from bed. I did not actually perceive why I used to be feeling like that or the best way to get out of that state’.
Robin Windsor had been spending a while in Cape City when the cruise ship docked, writing on-line: ’This place is the distraction of all distractions.’
Robin is pictured right here three weeks in the past in South Africa the place he was dancing on a cruise ship travelling around the globe
Robin Windsor dazzles in a blue ensemble throughout his latest cruise ship travels
The skilled Latin and Ballroom dancer featured on the BBC present between 2010 and 2015, partnering with mannequin Patsy Kensit, EastEnders legend Anita Dobson, Unfastened Girl Lisa Riley and Dragons’ Den star Deborah Meaden.
The Suffolk-born star additionally carried out with This Morning host Alison Hammond within the 2015 Christmas particular.
And he was paired with TV presenter Susanna Reid on Strictly for Youngsters in Want in 2011.
She fought again tears on ITV’s Good Morning Britain yesterday after studying of Robin’s loss of life, telling viewers: ’He was a fully exceptional dancer – sturdy, so inventive, he was simply so obsessed with dancing.
’I simply adored him. He was probably the most unimaginable character. As quickly as I danced with him there was one thing actually particular about it.’
He responded to a photograph posted of on the ship with: ’Sooo pretty to fulfill you each’
His final publish on Instagram, a black and white selfie, was captioned ’hiding within the shadows’
He was discovered useless in a London resort, it has emerged, as his associates detailed his battle towards psychological well being struggles and ideas of suicide.
On January 27, Robin had posed in entrance of a marina with Cape City’s Desk Mountain within the background with the caption: ’This place is the distraction of all distractions!’
He regarded blissful as he took footage of elephants on safari and relaxed in a lodge overlooking the beautiful Leopard Mountain recreation reserve.
The dancer had additionally loved a one-night cease in Mozambique and was seen enjoyable on the seashore and posing with a Lemur in Madagascar within the days beforehand.
However Robin’s final publish on Instagram, shared to his 46,000 followers on January 28, was a extra muted selfie within the near-dark with the caption: ’Hiding within the shadows.’
Seven days earlier, the dancer had reposted a quote saying: ’Trauma teaches you to anticipate and settle for the naked minimal.
’On this new season, might you modify your requirements and be taught to obtain the utmost. You’re worthy. You’re sufficient. You deserve overflow.’
And on January 4, he shared a message together with his associates and followers which stated: ’Large shout out and like to everybody who’s reached out and checked within the final week.
’Sorry I’ve not replied… it has been a little bit of a making an attempt time and issues are wanting up. Robin.’
Robin was a co-founder and unique member of dance present Burn The Flooring, who introduced the star’s shock loss of life on their official web site.
On January 14, Robin posted: ’Keep in mind, when one thing goes mistaken within the circus, they ship within the clowns to distract the viewers. Effectively, one thing has gone very mistaken with this circus and the clowns are in all places.’
On January 4 (left), Robin had shared a message together with his associates and followers which stated: ’Large shout out and like to everybody who’s reached out and checked within the final week. Sorry I’ve not replied… it has been a little bit of a making an attempt time and issues are wanting up. Robin.’ On January 21, he hinted at trauma (proper) by sharing a quote from Dr Thema Bryant
The skilled Latin and Ballroom dancer was greatest identified for his appearances on BBC ’s Strictly Come Dancing for 5 years between 2010 and 2015
Kristina Rihanoff and Robin Windsor are pictured right here throughout a Strictly Come Dancing launch occasion on the BBC Studios again in 2011
Their assertion learn: ’Burn the Flooring household has misplaced considered one of its founding members, Robin ’Bobby’ Windsor – who has tragically handed away.
’A BTF journeyman he danced with us for twenty years – together with Broadway, The West Finish and all our loopy adventures around the globe.
’His beautiful picture hooked up with Jessica Raffa outlined our firm, vibrant, excessive and sensual.
’His expertise, angle, power and character helped create the Burn the Flooring stage repute. He leaves a void in our hearts that can by no means be stuffed, but our great recollections will keep perpetually.’
Different messages included a publish by former Strictly skilled James Jordan, who wrote: ’I had the pleasure of working with this man for a few years on Strictly.
’Everybody who got here involved with him adored him, from his movie star companions to his working colleagues. You may be missed previous pal.’
And Strictly choose Craig Revel Horwood stated Robin could be ’perpetually lacking’, describing him as ’one of many kindest, mild, trustworthy, humorous and caring folks I’ve had the pleasure of figuring out and dealing with’.
Robin’s former boyfriend, X Issue singer Marcus Collins, stated the world was now ’lots much less sparkly’ after his loss of life.
Robin Windsor was beforehand in a relationship with Marcus Collins, proper, a X-Issue finallist mentored by Gary Barlow – the couple had deliberate to marry however break up in 2015
X-Issue star Marcus Collins, who shared this picture of them collectively after Robin’s loss of life
In 2010, Robin’s first yr on Strictly, he danced with Patsy Kensit
The next yr he was partnered with EastEnders actress and singer Anita Dobson
Dragons’ Den star Deborah Meaden and Robin Windsor are pictured acting on Strictly Come Dancing in 2014
In the meantime, Gordana, 45, paid an emotional tribute to her late pal and shared unique photographs of their final dance collectively in January.
Addressing Robin, she stated: ’I can not imagine you might be gone. You had been the sunshine, the rainbow, the solar, the heat, the smile, power, you had been too fragile for this world.
’You solely needed to be liked. I treasure our recollections from the start to the tip.
’From Biloxi, Mississippi to New Orleans Mardi Gras to Japan Laundry, Broadway, the final twenty fifth anniversary of Burn The Flooring.
’Infinite events. Oh how I do not remorse a single evening partying and ingesting with you whereas rehearsing and doing what we liked.
’All of us had a lot enjoyable. Late nights strolling round, speaking, laughing.
’I used to be privileged to be subsequent to you on the darkest nights, hugged you if you cried, and it appeared you bought out of the shadows however you by no means did.
’I attempted so laborious but it surely was not sufficient. We had an unforgettable cruise, final dance with you. I really like you Bobby boy for ever.’
Child Robin being held by his older sister as a toddler. He started dancing on the age of three and was profitable competitions in major faculty (proper)
Robin as a youngster after he left Ipswich to turn into a dancer in London when he was 15
Robin Windsor attending the launch of Strictly Come Dancing 2012
The skilled Latin and Ballroom dancer, pictured in October final yr, has been discovered useless in a London resort aged 44
Robin obtained his TV break on Strictly in 2010 however was pressured to drag out of the sequence in 2014 resulting from a slipped disc which left him paralysed for 4 days.
Whereas he by no means gained the Glitterball Trophy, he got here seventh with each Patsy Kensit and Anita Dobson.
Robin appeared in Dancing With The Stars Australia and So You Suppose You Can Dance within the Netherlands and assisted within the choreography for the Australian model of So You Suppose You Can Dance, in addition to performing as a motivational speaker.
He additionally took half in a number of theatre dance excursions and likewise did a number of pantomime seasons to assist make ends meet.
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