ROBBIE Williams left fans baffled this evening as he appeared on TV just hours after performing in Australia.

The 50-year-old took to the stage to see in the New Year in Sydney for ABC’s New Year’s Eve Party – taking place in front of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge.

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And Robbie was also a guest on the Graham Norton’s New Year’s Special, which had some viewers scratching their heads.

Graham’s show was of course pre-recorded, but one person remarked: “Robbie Williams did a set in Sydney for NYE a few hours ago, funny how quick he made it back for the #GrahamNortonShow.”

A second added:  “I thought Robbie Williams was in Sydney doing the #NewYear celebrations. How long ago was this recorded?”

While another added:  “And by the Magic of television #RobbieWilliams just done #NewYear in #Sydney.”

On tonight’s show Robbie, talked about being portrayed as a CGI chimp in his riotous biopic Better Man.

He explained: “There needed to be a creative difference because the biopic genre has got a bit long and a bit tired, so we needed a unique selling point.

“When I heard everyone else in the film would be human and I would be a monkey I thought, ‘Yes! This is an eccentric idea, it’s a huge swing, I can instantly see it, it’s incredible.’

“It was only when I told my wife I realised it might be contentious.”

Talking more about the film and asked if he has burnt lots of bridges by doing it, he said:  “I sent the first script to Gary Barlow and he phoned me up – we have a great relationship now – and said, ‘Rob, I come off worse that Darth Vader in Star Wars,’ so we made amendments.

“When you talk about my past it happens to be contentious, and I was a different person then. The film brings all that up again so it’s super odd and I can understand how it could be hard for Gary. As for the other people I throw under the bus I don’t care!”

Robbie was joined on the NYE show by Oscar-winner Rami Malek, Strictly judge Motsi Mabuse, and comic John Bishop.

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