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Robbie Williams thinks Adam Lambert is "beautiful".
The 'Rock DJ' hitmaker has gushed about the 33-year-old singer for his handsome looks and singing talent, which he compared to that of Elvis Presley.
He said: "On the TV he's really, really beautiful, he's stunning and he's got the most amazing voice. He's a bit Elvisy, isn't he?"
The besotted musician continued to express his desire to collaborate with the 'Ghost Town' singer - who released his third studio album 'The Original High' in June - saying he "should sing something with him".
He told the Polly and Grant radio show in New Zealand: "He's really handsome and strikes me as a nice person. I should sing something with him. Will you tell him I said, 'Hi' and send my love and I said we should do something?"
Meanwhile Robbie, 41, who has kids Theodora Rose, two, and nine-month-old Charlton Valentine with his wife Ayda Field, went on to say although he has previously dabbled in illegal substances, he hasn't let a drop of alcohol pass his lips for 15 years.
He added: "I'm still the same naughty creature. I haven't had a drink in 15 years, I've relapsed on other things, but I've never had a drink."

Lady Gaga wants to be "the next Iron Maiden".
The 29-year-old singer has hit out at people who compare her to music legend Madonna, saying she'd prefer people liken her to the heavy metal band as she sees them as "one of the greatest rock bands in history".
She said: "They're one of the greatest rock bands in history, in my opinion. Some people really don't know the importance of metal and the scope of it. Those guys were filling stadiums, and they still are. And it's because of the culture of the music, the poetry that's so powerful, that whenever the fans come together they unite in the essence of what Iron Maiden is all about. I always used to say to people, when they would say, 'Oh, she's the next Madonna.' No, I'm the next Iron Maiden."
The 'Do What U Want' hitmaker has no plans to make a foray into metal though and insisted she will continue singing jazz following her swing album 'Cheek to Cheek' with crooner Tony Bennett.
Speaking to the September issue of CR Fashion Book, she added: "I don't want to stop singing jazz. I'm going to put my music out but I'm not going to stop singing the classics. It's something you never get tired of doing because you know it will be different every time. It's actually not the same for me, singing one of my songs over and over again. It's brought new life into the way I perform my own songs because I want to do them even more differently than I already do, and that's something that people are vigilantly against in pop music."

Diplo claims Rihanna and Nicki Minaj turned down his hit 'Lean On'.
The 36-year-old musician has revealed the original version of the track was a slow, reggae version which was rejected by the superstars before Swedish singer MØ was recruited to provide vocals, which he described as a "blessing in disguise".
He said: "[MØ] sounds better than anybody was going to sound on that record.
"All we want to do is make the records feel like classics, even though they're feeling progressive and strange to a normal ear."
The DJ said the success of the track, as well as his other hits including 'Where Are Ü Now' which he made with Skrillex as Jack Ü, is down to the fact he is always trying to make "crazy" music which will "surprise" people.
He said: "The only motivation is how crazy can we get, how far can we get as a producer, how unique can we make it sound.
"When we think about big records, a lot of producers are thinking of how to make it as standard as possible. I think those days are gone. I think you have to surprise the audience in 2015."
And although he has worked with a flurry of stars during his career including Madonna, Beyonce and Britney Spears, he's recently been very impressed by rising star Tinashe.
He told TIME Magazine: "She's also an international act - she tours all through Europe, she goes to Africa, she goes to Asia - and when she performs live, she wants to keep it uptempo.
"We're giving her records that feel good. She's beautiful, she can sing really well, she can dance and she lives right by my studio in Burbank, so it's not hard to track her down. I really want to do more with her - I really believe in her as an artist."

Timbaland is to sample an unreleased Marilyn Monroe track.
The 43-year-old record producer is sampling the late 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' actress' only unreleased track, a swing number titled 'Down Boy' 53 years after she died of an overdose.
The song - which has never been heard before - was originally recorded for the 1953 movie but while her rendition of 'Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend' became a hit, 'Down Boy' was cut from the final edit.
Timbaland - who produced Michael Jackson's second posthumous album 'Xscape' in 2014 - is now working on a modern version of the track after meeting up with the owner to the rights, Hollywood resident Jack Allen.
Jack was just four when Marilyn died in 1962 but he became fascinated with classic Hollywood star as a photographer and TV executive in Los Angeles.
He told The Sun newspaper: "This is a beautiful song. Timbaland is working with it in the studio, so I can't wait to see what happens."
Jack - who also owns a lock of Marilyn's hair - bought the original song at an auction in April 2005 and originally wanted Madonna, Gwen Stefani or Mariah Carey to work on the updated track.

George Ezra wants to replace Victoria Beckham in the Spice Girls.
It was recently revealed the 'Wannabe' hitmakers will reform for a tour in 2016 without Victoria, nicknamed Posh Spice, and George thinks he'd be the perfect replacement, even though he's 19 years younger and the wrong gender.
He quipped to the Daily Star newspaper: "I would love the chance to join them. I would be called Geoff Spice.
"All my friends call me Geoff, so I thought it could work with the girls too.
"I think it'd be perfect."
The 22-year-old heartthrob who released his debut album 'Wanted On Voyage' last year recently finished a US tour and has a few more shows scheduled before he begins work on his next record, although he insisted he wants "the opportunity just to live" before he embarks on the release of a new LP.
He previously said: "I have in the sense that I'm very much looking forward to writing it.
"I've started toying around with a few ideas but I think it will take a bit longer than I first anticipated.
"I want to make sure that at the end of this album there's a definite full stop and I get the opportunity just to live for a second. The record will happen one day!
"With the whole touring thing I've found myself living in a fairytale land of imagination and stuff so maybe that might go through to it."

Cheryl Fernandez-Versini would "love" to record music with Rita Ora.
The 32-year-old singer has confessed she misses the energy of working within a band, as she did with Girls Aloud, and would relish the opportunity to collaborate with Rita in the recording studio.
She said: "I miss working with the girls in the band, so would love to work with Rita now on something. I know it'd be great. She's so funny."
Cheryl is currently busy balancing her role as a judge on the reality TV show 'The X Factor' with recording her new album, which she revealed is likely to be released in 2016.
She told The Sun newspaper: "I am recording and let's just say I'm loving R&B again.
"But there'll be no album this year. It's looking more likely to be next year."
Earlier this month, meanwhile, fellow 'X Factor' judge Simon Cowell branded Rita a "diva", but also insisted the fact she has an "ego" makes her a much more fascinating person.
He said: "Rita is a diva, but adorable. I really do like her. I like people who have an ego and want to do well, it makes them more interesting.
"There is a side to Rita that I don't think people have seen yet, which is funny."

Bailey McConnell has "learned more on the road" than he did at school.
The 16-year-old singer/songwriter claims touring has opened his eyes to the world and has taught him life lessons which would never have been possible if he was stuck in the classroom.
He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "I'm learning so much on the road. To be fair, I've learned more on the road than I have in school and it's just crazy, I've learned a lot more kind of life skills definitely."
The 'Britain's Got Talent' alumni recently returned to the UK after a 25-date tour of the United States and was overwhelmed to see the reaction from fans when he covered 'Don't' by Ed Sheeran, as girls would "scream for a straight five minutes".
He recalled: "The reaction I got from the fans was a bit mental compared to the reaction I get over here.
"I sang 'Don't' by Ed Sheeran, because it's by an English songwriter and gives people an idea of my sound. I'd sing that first song and then I'd introduce myself 'Hey guys I'm Bailey McConnell from the UK' and I kid you not, they would scream for a straight five minutes. Then I'd talk and they'd be screaming 'oh my gawwwd'. It was amazing."
The musician is currently on tour in the UK and will release his hotly anticipated single 'Crystalise' on September 11 (https://itun.es/gb/LGnv9).

The Weeknd wrote a track from his new album in Marilyn Monroe's old bedroom.
The 25-year-old musician revealed his song 'In the Night' from his upcoming third major label album 'Beauty Behind the Madness' was penned in the boudoir of the late movie star because his producer Max Martin's studio is situated in her old house.
He explained: "I came up with the concept for a song called 'In the Night' in her bedroom. That was pretty amazing."
However, the singer - whose real name is Abel Tesfaye - said all he could think about while in the room was the essence of Marilyn's baseball player husband.
He quipped: "Unfortunately, I couldn't help but imagine Joe DiMaggio's sperm everywhere on the floor."
The album is set to feature collaborations with other stars including Lana Del Rey, Labrinth and Ed Sheeran, and he teased the collaboration with the fiery-haired crooner only came about after they got drunk together following an awards ceremony.
He explained to GQ magazine: "I wrote a song with Ed Sheeran that was kind of spontaneous. He was hosting the Much Music Video Awards in Toronto and I invited him, and pretty much the entire awards show, to my condo to party.
"It went on until about five in the morning but we didn't write the song until that next day, so you can imagine how that night went. Ed also did a freestyle battle with Waka Flocka in my kitchen. That was pretty dope. Good times."

5 Seconds of Summer are fed up with being compared to My Chemical Romance.
The Australian band have been criticised for the similarities between their new single 'She's Kinda Hot' and My Chemical Romance's 2007 hit 'Teenagers', but while guitarist Michael Clifford has admitted their sound is similar, he insists people are always searching for something to attack them for.
Acknowledging the similarities, he said: "That's just because of the 12-bar blues.
"I think it might be in the same key as well. People were like, 'You guys should sound more like My Chemical Romance.' Then we do sound like My Chemical Romance and people are like, 'Why the f**k do you sound like My Chemical Romance?' Ugh!"
However, former frontman of the now-defunct My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way, has previously admitted he is a fan of the four-piece group, who will release their second album 'Sounds Good Feels Good' on October 23.
He said: "I think they are incredibly talented, great playing, singing."
Meanwhile, the rockers have teased their new album is "super personal" and "really diverse".
Drummer Ashton Irwin told Billboard magazine: "The new record is super personal to us.
"We all lived in a house together and recorded it and wrote it. We just care about it a lot. It's definitely an evolution from the last album. It's a bigger, more rocking sound."
Michael added: "There's lots of different s**t on it.
"It's really diverse. There are lots of key sounds we go to."