Billy Connolly opens up about the last time he saw Robin Williams calling him "haggard"

Comedian Billy Connolly has spoken out about the last time he saw his good friend, Robin Williams, just a few days before his tragic passing.

Speaking on The Adam Buxton Podcast, Connolly admitted the 'Mrs Doubtfire' star - who took his own life in August 2014 - didn't look his usual self when they met, describing him as looking "very thin" and "haggard."

The 76-year-old Scot said: "I emailed him and said, 'I saw you on the show and you were great,' because I’d seen him in a newspaper saying he wasn’t sure about it. I got an email back saying, 'Glad you liked the show - I'm in LA too, can we meet for dinner?'"

"He looked very thin and kind of haggard about the face. I said, 'Are you looking after yourself?'

"He said, 'Yeah, I’ve just lost a bit of weight recently.'

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"I’d read that he’d been drinking - some journalist had said it - and I said, 'I hear you’re back on the sauce.'

"He said, 'Ah, it’s nothing, I just gave it a bash, never mind.'

"Before we left, Robin said, 'I love you, you know that, don’t you?' I said, 'Of course I know that.' He said, 'Are you sure you know it?' and I said, 'Yeah, it’s good.'

"That was the last I said to him. Two days later he was dead."

Connolly also admitted Williams' death took him by "surprise" because he thought the actor was such a "strong man".