Robbie Williams says “you’ve never met somebody that wants to be gay as much as me”
nme.comRobbie Williams has said he wasn’t bothered by past accusations of him being gay, saying that “you’ve never met somebody that wants to be gay as much as me”.The subject came up in an interview with The Guardian when the former Take That star was asked about the time he sued a newspaper for libel in 2004 when it published an interview with his alleged “secret gay lover”, suggesting that he was deceiving the public by claiming he was having sex with women to hide his “sordid homosexual encounters with strangers”.
Williams won substantial damages and an apology.Williams asked the interviewer, Michael Cragg, his sexuality. After Cragg said he was gay, Williams replied: “OK, I’ll ask you this: There is a front cover of a newspaper that is read by millions and a lady has said you have performed cunnilingus on her by a canal.
Do you, as a gay person, sue the newspaper?”Cragg said he wouldn’t sue but would nonetheless be annoyed about being falsely represented.“I was annoyed.
I was more sad,” Williams continued. “Not about gay accusations because look, I’ve done everything but suck a cock. Honestly, you’ve never met somebody that wants to be gay as much as me.“I’m a Port Vale fan and it’s like somebody going, ‘Well you’re a Liverpool fan.’ And me saying, ‘No I’m not, I’m a Port Vale fan.’ When somebody says you’re a Liverpool fan a hundred times it’s like, ‘I’m not a fucking Liverpool fan, why do people think I’m a Liverpool fan?!’”Later, he added: “You want to be an ally while at the same time protecting your own authenticity and your own life.
