Simon Cowell reveals followers ‘weird’ request
Simon Cowell has at all times been identified for his brutally sincere critiques, however even he wasn’t ready for one fan’s eyebrow-raising request—full with a hefty price ticket.
The America’s Obtained Expertise choose bought candid on the Could 7 episode of the The right way to Fail podcast, sharing a number of the extra uncommon encounters he is had with followers over time.
“People used to ask me to be rude to them,” Cowell mentioned with fun.
“Then, one time, I was in a restaurant and this guy comes up to me and he said, ‘I love your show. Would you take a picture?’ [I say], ‘Sure.’”
To this point, fairly normal. However issues shortly took a wild flip. In accordance with Cowell, the person then launched his spouse and requested whether or not the TV persona would “judge [them] having s*x.”
“I’m, like, ‘Are you winding me up?’ They went, ‘No, we’ll pay you,’” Cowell recalled. “[I said], ‘Well, how much?’ It was actually a lot of money. I thought, ‘Do I? No, I just can’t do it.’”
For these questioning simply how a lot “a lot” actually is: $150,000.
That’s how a lot Cowell says the couple provided him to critique their most intimate moments.
“It was just so bizarre,” he admitted.
However whereas Cowell may come throughout because the king of confidence on display, he admitted he’s not precisely the lifetime of the social gathering in actual life.
“That’s something I really have enjoyed, though, weirdly. I am very shy, like, I can’t go to a pre-party. It’s my worst thing in the world, making small talk with someone I don’t know. If we have a common subject, I’m pretty good, but years ago, if I had to go to a party … and had to talk to people, it [was] torture.”
Fame, it appears, provided him a little bit of a social buffer.
“So, instantly, they know you and you’re talking about something I like, which is the shows or the artists,” Cowell mentioned.
As for judging followers’ bed room adventures? That’s nonetheless a tough no—even for $150K.
