ROBBIE Williams has struck up a bizarre new friendship – with UFO-loving X Factor reject Johnny Robinson.
The pop star turned up at the show’s studios on Sunday night with the intention of helping Gary Barlow with his remaining act Marcus Collins.
But he ended up spending most of his time discussing extra-terrestrials with camp singer Johnny, 45, backstage.
A show source said: “They got talking about aliens and UFOs and it was suddenly like they were old friends.
“They had a real connection and both believe in the paranormal so everyone else just left them to it.
“They were in their own little world talking about aliens and extraterrestrial things.
“Robbie sometimes goes out UFO ‘spotting’ and he even invited Johnny to go with him in the future. It’s an unlikely friendship that could grow.”
Robbie, 37, took part in this year’s X Factor as a guest judge alongside Gary when he was in LA to pick his final four male singers for the live finals.
But he had not met camp singer Johnny before because he was in the over 25s category.
Robbie did find time for a picture with Scouse singer Marcus, a chat with former contestant Jonjo Kerr and a hug with Kelly Rowland on Sunday night.

Robbie Williams and Kelly Rowland
But he quickly became inseparable from his spacy new mate Johnny, who revealed: “Robbie was a gentleman, really lovely and polite and we had a long chat about UFOs as we are both interested in them.
“We’ve both seen UFOs and I have done a lot of research into it so Robbie was interested in talking about it. I think I like him more than Gary Barlow now – we have more in common.”
In 2008, Robbie spoke of his love of UFOs and aliens, saying: “Seriously, I want to go out and investigate these things.
“I’m stopping being a pop star and being a full-time ufologist.”
Williams also claims he has been visited by aliens on at least three occasions, and witnessed a “big strip of black light” while recording in LA.
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