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Forget judging “America’s Got Talent.”
Simon Cowell once bought offered $150K to judge a random couple having intercourse — but the outspoken TV persona turned it down.
Cowell, 65, reminisced about the weird ordeal on Wednesday’s episode of the “How to Fail” podcast while addressing different odd presents he’s been offered with over the years.
“People used to ask me to be rude to them,” the competitors judge mentioned, admitting he’d shut those requests down — but his refusals didn’t stop there.
Simon Cowell revealed the weird offer he was offered with from a random couple. YouTube/@HowToFailPodcast
The “America’s Got Talent” judge claimed the husband and spouse promised to pay him $150K if he judged them having intercourse. YouTube/@HowToFailPodcast
“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,’” Cowell defined, revealing the stranger then launched his spouse and requested the “American Idol” alum if he’d “judge [them] having sex.”
He thought the couple was joking, but he shortly came upon they have been severe.
“I’m, like, ‘Are you winding me up?’ They went, ‘No, we’ll pay you,’” the star recalled.
Simon Cowell mentioned he mulled over the proposal. GC Images
The TV judge shared he finally turned the couple down. AP
That’s not the only odd request he’s obtained from followers. Getty Images
Cowell confessed that he marinated on the thought, particularly when the couple advised him how much they have been prepared to pay.
“[I said], ‘Well, how much?’ It was actually a lot of money. I thought, ‘Do I? No, I just can’t do it,’” he mentioned of the ethical dilemma before revealing they offered him a whopping $150K to watch them get down in the bed room.
“It was just so bizarre,” he shared of their proposal.
He also spoke about his despise for small discuss, revealing his fiancée is the queen of that subject. FOX via Getty Images
Simon Cowell shares one son, Eric, 11, with Lauren Silverman. Getty Images
Cowell defined that despite his imply TV persona, he really enjoys random dialog with strangers — but only typically.
“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,” he acknowledged on the podcast.
His fiancée, Lauren Silverman, however, is the skilled of small discuss, according to Cowell.
The “X Factor UK” judge made headlines late final 12 months when he reunited with One Direction at Liam Payne’s funeral. Getty Images
“Now, Lauren [Silverman, my fiancée] is brilliant in these positions. I’m hopeless. Joan Collins had a birthday party and I said to Lauren, ‘I’ll go, but we have to time it ‘cause there will be a horrible stand-up, pre-drinks [that] I can’t do,” he continued.
Cowell popped the query to Silverman in December 2021 after eight years of relationship.
The couple shares one baby, son Eric, who turned 11 in February on Valentine’s Day.
Cowell mentioned he was “devastated,” “heartbroken,” and “empty” after Payne’s death. Getty Images
Cowell made headlines months in the past when he broke his silence on Liam Payne’s death after the One Direction alum’s deadly fall off his lodge balcony in October.
“The X Factor UK” judge reunited with the boy group he created — including members Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik — at Payne’s funeral.
Following Payne’s surprising death, Cowell launched an emotional assertion.
“You never really know how you feel about someone until a moment like this happens,” he wrote on Instagram. “Liam, I am devastated. Heartbroken. And I feel empty. And I want you to know how much love and respect I have for you. Every tear I have shed is a memory of you.”
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