Singer and X Factor panelist Gary Barlow has posed for a sexy new photoshoot with GQ magazine that shows him in his pyjamas.

The 41-year-old star also sat down for an interview with the popular publication and spoke about how he balances his presenting work with his band duties:

"All of sudden you’re not a singer. You’re just you, talking, on telly some weeks people love you and some weeks they hate you. I was worried about being myself. I’ve always been criticised, in a way, for being myself. People have always said I’m boring and all the rest of it and that was sort of playing on my mind."

"My view is that actually this is my hobby job. My real job is I’m in Take That and if ITV or whoever decide that I’m not good enough then I’ll go back to my normal job."

Barlow added that despite being a well-loved figure in the public eye he's never considered himself to be cool: "As a kid, as a teenager, as an adult, I have never, ever been cool. I’ve never bought stuff because it’s cool. I’ve never looked at art because it’s cool. I’ve never been interested in it and. I’ve never been fooled by it."

"I think it’s because I’ve got quite a cynical view of the industry. I know how the cool bands spend more time in the dressing room than we do. I know how it works. So when I see someone spouting off, I just think d***head."

Watch him perform 'The Fresh Prince of Bel Air' theme with Will Smith below: