Gary Barlow's decision to forgive Robbie Williams and reunite Take That family

As Gary Barlow shares a rare family snap of his son, which set social media alight, we take a look at how he forgave Robbie Williams and helped reunite the 'Take That family'

Take That star Gary Barlow has stunned the internet with a family snap of him and his three children and it's got everyone talking about one thing.

There's no doubt that Gary is a family man - after marrying Dawn Andrews, a dancer on Take That's 1995 tour, the couple went on to have three children: Daniel (24), Emily (22) and Daisy (15).

And some people can't get over how tall Gary Barlow's son is as Daniel towers over his dad at a strapping 6.2 feet.

The photo has been shared on social media thousands of times, drawing plenty of comments from people on X (formerly Twitter). One user joked, "Gary Barlow's massive son is the reason Twitter was made for." Another, referencing Alan Partridge, joked, "Gary Barlow's son is scared; he doesn't know why he's so big."

While Gary loves spending quality time with his clan, he has also played an instrumental part in reuniting the 'Take That family'. Rewind almost 30 years, and news that Take That were splitting up in 1996 dominated the headlines leaving millions of adoring fans devastated. It wasn't an easy time for Gary Barlow, who received a lot of stick from band member Robbie Williams, even calling him a "clueless w**ker" and saying the group "had all the creativity of mentally unstable morons."

But fast forward to 2005 and the band reformed and it had a lot to do with how forgiving Gary Barlow was. Sources claimed: "Gary and Robbie really have got past it all. The feud is all over and done with and they can chat together and even meet in social situations now. That is really down to Gary because he buried the hatchet and forgave Robbie, which not many people would have."

Robbie Williams confessed feeling "vengeful" of former Take That co-star Gary Barlow. Admitting his dislike for the musician in his self-titled Netflix documentary, fans fear this candid confession could lead to another fallout between the pair.

While the two had a famous feud during the height of their fame before Robbie was forced out of the band in 1996, Robbie later admitted his behaviour and alcoholism had spiralled out of control.

In his latest documentary, Robbie reveals: "I disliked Gary the most. He was the one that was supposed to have, be everything, the career… I wanted to make him pay – I was vengeful – by having the career that he was supposed to have."

And while these digs did hurt Gary, he's a very forgiving man. "It used to really hurt Gary," the source told new! Magazine. "He's not a fighter, and he's quite a deep thinker, so it got to him. But he didn't want the aggro and was glad to put it to bed when they did.

"Robbie is embarrassed over the whole thing because it was a time in his life where he wasn't OK, so it's difficult. They really have moved on now. They made one of the best boy bands and it couldn’t have been done without Gary or Robbie. They know that."

Gary has also discussed their feud after putting the past behind them. He previously admitted that making up with Robbie was "like an exorcism". In his memoir, referring to it as The Chat, he tells how he invited Robbie to his Beverly Wilshire hotel to make up when the rest of Take That visited LA for a photoshoot in 2008.

However, it was an ‘uncomfortable’ meeting and Robbie left after just 10 minutes. Despite the false start, Rock DJ singer Robbie later invited Gary to his home and the pair finally put their feud to bed. “Living with that kind of feud isn’t right,” Gary said, adding: “The Chat was like an exorcism.”

In 2009, The Mirror reported Robbie Williams was ready to rejoin Take That – 14 years after his bitter departure. Assuring fans the feud was over, he said: “We’ve matured now. We’d have a laugh.” In 2010 Robbie and Gary announced they were releasing a new song together called Shame and later that year it was confirmed Robbie would be rejoining the band to go on a world tour. Since 2014 Robbie has not performed with the band, but the spat is definitely over.

These days Robbie speaks highly of Gary and has said they would “always be family”. Talking about the feud with his former bandmate, Robbie said: “I did things that I'm not proud of and said things I'm not proud of as a reaction to things that I hope he's not that proud of either. That being said, taking the mickey out of Gary, he didn't deserve that.”

The remaining three members of Take That have also spoken about why they believe Robbie left back in 1995, and in an interview for their In Take That: 30 Years in the Making documentary on ITVX, they blamed a lack of communication for things falling apart between them. “To have someone close to you that you can speak to about your feelings, that’s one of the things we never ever did in the 90s, hence why Robbie left. We never discussed what he was feeling before he left that room,” Howard shared. “We look back at that moment and think we wished we could have talked more. I wonder if it could have saved him leaving. We let him leave the fold and no one looked after him. Robbie was barely 21.“

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