British pop star Robbie Williams became friends with Eminem after a chance meeting in a Los Angeles gym.

 The ROCK DJ singer couldn't believe his eyes when he saw Eminem walk into the exercise room and was amazed when the 8 MILE star was equally interested in him.

 Williams recalls, "I saw Eminem at the gym once. It was in LA and I saw a load of bodyguards come in first and thought 'aye, aye, who's this then?' And it was Eminem.

 "He walks past and I say to my bodyguard 'hey, look, Eminem's in' and I turned around and he was saying 'look it's Robbie Williams' and we both said 'Wassup?'

 "He sent me his single once  WITHOUT ME. I suppose when I write one I like, I'll send him one of mine."

29/11/2004  02:42