ROBBIE WILLIAMS - ROBBIE'S BATTLING THE BULGE

British pop singer ROBBIE WILLIAMS has battled drug and alcohol problems and now he's fighting a new addiction - chocolate. Williams, who has recently started his Close Encounters tour, is worried about the effect his sweet tooth is having on his waist line. The ANGELS star says, "I'll be honest - I'm doing this mad thing where I'm trying to fool myself into believing I'm not eating chocolate. About five o'clock every morning I wake up with this longing for sugar. "I'll walk all the way down to the kitchen. So there I am in a soporific state pretending I'm not getting through a block of chocolate the size of Sussex (English county)." To hide his weight, the former boy band member admits, "I'm more at home in tracksuit and trainers but there is something about a three-quarter length coat. You're thinking, 'Yeah people are staring, but act like you're ace and maybe they won't see the little fatty you saw back in your dressing room.'"