Robbie Williams says Ed Sheeran is the "Tom Hanks of music" because he’s such a lovely guy.
Ed can already count the likes of Taylor Swift and Sir Elton John as close friends, but he has a new fan boy in Robbie after they collaborated on new song ‘Pretty Woman’ from the Take That man’s upcoming album ‘Heavy Entertainment Show’.
Just like everyone knows that Hanks, 60, is the nicest man in Hollywood, Robbie insists Ed’s the nicest guy in pop.
Speaking to Nick Snaith on UK station Magic Radio, the ‘Party Like A Russian’ singer said: "He’s like the Tom Hanks of music. If you were going to talk about an actor who’s the nicest actor on the planet, everybody knows it’s Tom Hanks.
"And I think everybody knows that Ed Sheeran is a good person. He’s the most unaffected pop star that’s having incredible success. There should be a study on him to see how he’s doing it."
Robbie, 42, revealed that he and Ed, 25, didn’t get the chance to get together in the studio for their track and the ‘Thinking Out Loud’ hitmaker actually laid down his parts while at sea on a cruise on the Queen Mary ocean liner.
The ‘Angels’ singer spilled: "Ed and me have done a song on the album called ‘Pretty Woman’ but it was all done by email. He wasn’t in the room, sadly, but I’m sure we’ll get to have our day in the studio together soon. I think he was in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean at the time, on the Queen Mary. That’s where he was. He booked several suites to record some music."
Robbie’s new single is available to stream and download now and his 11th studio LP ‘Heavy Entertainment Show’ is out on November 4.
Robbie Williams: Ed Sheeran is the Tom Hanks of pop
