Robbie Williams has made no secret of his support for X Factor hopeful Rylan Clark in recent weeks, basically tweeting so hard that Gary Barlow got mad. And when Gary Barlow gets mad… well, he's basically the same as he always is. Maybe finds another button on his shirt to do up.
Anyway, as The Sun reports, Robbie's fledgling relationship with Rylan could about to be something more. It could be the start of… a beautiful bromance.
QUICK BROMANCE RECAP: A bromance is a term that means 'two men who are friends'. We did not collectively know what to call this arrangement before 2010, but now we do.
Robbie's back, everyone
Bromance
Robbie and Rylan – or, 'Robbie'. Wait, no. Their celebrity name doesn't work. 'Ryla–' that doesn't… darn it. Rybbie? Rolan? We'll get back to you. Anyway, Rob 'n' Ry could be on the verge of something beautiful after Robbie was called in to mentor the X Factor hopefuls on this week's show.
"I’m a big, big fan and I want you in my family’s life," he told him. Robbie's back, everyone. “In some way, shape or form, I wanna see you on the TV an awful lot and I want to bump into you backstage at places and say, ‘Hey, how are you doing?’
“I think the world is your oyster right now and it’s going to be interesting to see where you take it. Don't [fudge] up!”
Barlowmance
And Robbie also had a message for Gary Barlow, holding the camera and saying: "Gaz, I don’t know what this young man has done to offend you so much and I don’t understand how you are missing the obvious brilliance and talent of Rylan." That will probably make you and him pals again, Robbie.
Oh-oo-oh-oo-oh, oo-oh-oo-oh, oh-woah-woah / caught in a Barlowmance
Somewhere in a mansion somewhere in Cheshire a furious Gary Barlow is falling off the white bread wagon and falling off it hard.
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