He jokes about his sexuality and once sang: "Am I straight or gay?"Now, at last, the great Robbie Williams debate appears to have been settled.
The star's lawyer has declared that the singer is, in fact, heterosexual.
The announcement came after Williams won a case against three publications for saying he was gay.
The singer accepted libel damages of more than £200,000 after a newspaper and two magazines claimed his official biography was deceiving the public by leaving out his homosexual experiences.
His counsel, Tom Shields QC, told the High Court the publications had agreed to the out-of-court settlement, which included costs, after admitting they were wrong. He added: "Mr Williams is not, and has never been, homosexual."
Ironically, on the very day that 31-year-old Williams won his case, he was once again joking that he might be gay.
"There is plenty of time to settle down with the right girl - that's of course if I'm not gay," he said on The Today Show, a national breakfast-time programme in Australia.
"That's what they keep suggesting, but I'm not gay in Australia. I'm gay in a lot of places, but not there for some reason.
"It's the love that dare not speak its name and they'll say it's the basis of all my shame."
Williams sued The People and the Northern & Shell magazines Star and Hot Stars over claims that he had sex with a man in a lavatory at a Manchester club when he was in the boy band Take That.
The story, first printed in The People under the headline Robbie's Secret Lover, went on to claim that Williams had tried to have sex with the man again later the same year.
The claims came out at the same time as the singer's biography Feel, by journalist Chris Heath, and suggested Williams was about to deceive the public by pretending his only sexual relations had been with women.
His counsel said none of the allegations were true and, "accordingly, the book Feel did not lie about his sexuality". Rumours have surrounded the star's sexuality since he first found fame in Take That.
His former bandmate Howard Donald said in a recent documentary: "Robbie just doesn't know what he is. It wouldn't surprise me if he was bisexual."
The man who briefly managed him after he left the band, Kevin Kinsella, has also gone on record to say he believes Williams is gay.
The singer has often joked about the rumours, including saying his friend Jonathan Wilkes and former writing partner Guy Chambers - who are both married - were his gay lovers.
He has twice written songs questioning his own sexuality.
In Old Before I Die, he sings: "Am I straight or gay", while in Kids, the lyrics say: "Press be asking do I care for sodomy, I don't know, yeah, probably".
Although he says he is desperate to settle down with a woman and start a family, the singer has not had a serious relationship since splitting with former All Saints singer Nicole Appleton seven years ago.
He admitted that naked pictures taken of him and onetime flame Rachel Hunter were a publicity stunt, while questions have also been raised about another very public relationship with former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell.
from Daily Mail
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