Robbie Williams defends Kate Moss

Quoted from: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au

'From correspondents in Berlin08oct05
BRITISH pop star Robbie Williams has defended his compatriot Kate Moss over recent allegations that the model took cocaine, saying she "never hurt or harmed anyone" and that "what she does in private should remain private"."She is an absolute icon. She does nothing wrong," Williams said after arriving in Berlin ahead of a concert on Sunday night to promote his new album "Intensive Care".
Williams, who has undergone rehabilitation for drug and alcohol abuse, accused people who denounced Moss for allegedly taking cocaine as hypocrites.
"People I took cocaine with now write that she should not take cocaine. Some want to disavow people's lives," he said.
"The media has a lot to answer for, she never hurt or harmed anyone, she never pretended to be anybody else. What she does in private should remain private."
Williams, whose new single is called "Tripping", said he sympathised with Moss having to go into rehabilitation: "I have been there and it is not fun."
A storm broke over Moss last month when a British newspaper published grainy photographs reportedly showing her taking drugs, prompting several high-profile fashion houses to cancel contracts with her.
The 31-year-old model has since checked into a drugs rehabilitation clinic in Arizona.
Williams said his eighth album took two years to write and the title was a play on words because of the effort he put into it.
"It (is called) Intensive Care, because it took two years to write and record it, I have been taken great care, it is a play on words."
He said the album was nostalgic, celebrating "the 80s and early 90s because of the memories associated with them".
Williams added that he was not worried about his failure to make a breakthrough in the United States despite his great success in Europe.
"I have had no success in the US because I spent two months there to promote seven albums. You cannot break into the US in that time, but Robbie Williams has not been bothered," he said.
"It is not important and it has never been." '