Robbie Williams fans baffled as he appears on TV just hours after performing in Australia for New Year
ROBBIE Williams left fans baffled this evening as he appeared on TV just hours after performing in Australia.
The 50-year-old took to the stage to see in the New Year in Sydney for ABC’s New Year’s Eve Party – taking place in front of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
And Robbie was also a guest on the Graham Norton’s New Year’s Special, which had some viewers scratching their heads.
Graham’s show was of course pre-recorded, but one person remarked: “Robbie Williams did a set in Sydney for NYE a few hours ago, funny how quick he made it back for the #GrahamNortonShow.”
A second added: “I thought Robbie Williams was in Sydney doing the #NewYear celebrations. How long ago was this recorded?”
While another added: “And by the Magic of television #RobbieWilliams just done #NewYear in #Sydney.”
On tonight’s show Robbie, talked about being portrayed as a CGI chimp in his riotous biopic Better Man.
He explained: “There needed to be a creative difference because the biopic genre has got a bit long and a bit tired, so we needed a unique selling point.
“When I heard everyone else in the film would be human and I would be a monkey I thought, ‘Yes! This is an eccentric idea, it’s a huge swing, I can instantly see it, it’s incredible.’
“It was only when I told my wife I realised it might be contentious.”
Talking more about the film and asked if he has burnt lots of bridges by doing it, he said: “I sent the first script to Gary Barlow and he phoned me up – we have a great relationship now – and said, ‘Rob, I come off worse that Darth Vader in Star Wars,’ so we made amendments.
“When you talk about my past it happens to be contentious, and I was a different person then. The film brings all that up again so it’s super odd and I can understand how it could be hard for Gary. As for the other people I throw under the bus I don’t care!”
Robbie was joined on the NYE show by Oscar-winner Rami Malek, Strictly judge Motsi Mabuse, and comic John Bishop.