Bye bye street cred! Pharrell Williams bursts into tears on Oprah Winfrey's sofa

JUST when you thought hip hop hunk Pharrell Williams couldn't get any better, he goes and shows his soppy side on national television.
TOTES EMOSH: The Get Lucky singer has a little cry with Oprah Winfrey [YOUTUBE]

The silly hat fan just couldn't contain his emotions when talking with US chat show icon Oprah Winfrey.
He has spent more than two decades carving out a career as a musical mogul, but Pharrell revealed that he is just a big softie at heart.
The singer/producer/fashion designer, who collaborated with Daft Punk for last year's hit Get Lucky, was overcome with gratitude for his followers after the unbelievable success of Happy, his most recent chart-topper.

HAPPY TEARS: Pharrell is overcome by grattitude to his fans [YOUTUBE]

Popularity of the upbeat tune was so strong that hundreds of fan-made versions of the music video were uploaded on to the internet.

“Why am I crying on Oprah?”

Pharrell Williams

Playing a selection of the amateur clips to the former N.E.R.D frontman, Oprah asked how the reception to his single made him feel.
Welling up under the enormous brim of his forest green fedora, Pharrell blubbed: "Why am I crying on Oprah?"
He said: "People were putting up their own version. It was like no longer my song.

WEEPING WILLIAMS: Oprah showed the musician the fan-made videos [YOUTUBE]

GLOBAL SUCCESS: Fans from Taiwan, Portugal and Malawi have made their own version of Happy [YOUTUBE]

"It's overwhelming because I love what I do. I just appreciate the fact that people have believed in me for so long."
Perhaps a healthy sprinkling of tears every now and then are the secret to Mr Williams' age-defying youthful good looks.