Robbie Williams has publicly apologised to Elton John for slagging him off in his controversial autobiography.

And he is desperate to meet Elton and attempt to patch up their relationship. The singer came close to tears on Australian TV on October 19, 2004 as he broke down and revealed the extent of his regret.

Robbie admitted he only realised the distress he had caused after reading in Bizarre how much he’d hurt Elton by describing him as “weird” for “kidnapping” him and forcing him into rehab.

Speaking on TV show Rove, Robbie blubbed: “I know Elton said I’m not a well budgie and it didn’t make me happy. But I’ve been thinking about it a lot and perhaps it wasn’t cool that I’ve written about it. Maybe I should be saying sorry to him. But I think it is a really interesting story and I didn’t mean to cause harm by saying what went on.”

Robbie tried to make out he had only ever meant to compliment Elton. He added: “It just shows Elton in a very caring light and he is a very caring man. So if he is upset then ‘hey ho’ but it wasn’t meant to provoke Elton and I want him to know that.”

Robbie crossed Elton in his new autobiography, Feel. But the pair have hardly spoken since 1997 when Elton tried to help Robbie by taking him into rehab. The former Take That star was at rock bottom — bingeing on booze, heroin, cocaine and ecstasy. But according to Robbie’s new version, he was bundled into a limo against his will.

Elton has always maintained he only got involved after Robbie turned up unexpectedly at his Windsor mansion in a terrible state.

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