Interviews
Interview Magazine
An indepth character study on Simon Cowell by Interview Magazine.
"If Lady Gaga had walked into a room 6 years ago with a lobster on her head, she would have been told No"
By Camillla Long
The Observer
"I just felt instinctively that by using television as a vehicle we would have a better chance of selling records"
The Observer
TV's rudest talent show judge is now so famous on both sides of the Atlantic that it's a shock to reflect he's only been in the game a mere six years. Is he really as nasty as he seems?
A selection of the best interviews Simon has done over recent years.
The Independent
This Briton's Got Talent - David Walliams interviews Simon for The Independent Newspaper.
"I didn't have any aspirations other than drinking, smoking and that's all I really cared about."
The Sun
Simon explains how he thinks Britain is set for an amazing year.
"There's a sense of excitement and optimism. I think it's going to be one of our greatest ever years."
Unreality TV
Simon chats to Unreality TV about the new series of Britain's Got Talent and how he still loves the UK.
"I come back here to recharge my British batteries – it’s important."
The Daily Mail
Outrageous. Feisty. And totally unpredictable - all four Britain's Got Talent judges chat to The Mail in an exclusive interview
The Guardian
Simon talks The X Factor USA and his departure from Idol.
GQ Magazine
Simon talks about his health regime, charities and more in this revealing interview by GQ.
"I don't have sohphisticated tastes"
Howard Stern
A no holds barred radio inteview by Howard Stern. September 2011.
Click below to listen.
TV Guide Magazine
Simon Cowell Sounds Off on X Factor and Paula Abdul.
" I thought Cheryl was happier working on the U.K.
show"
The Wall St Journal
Simon talks about his hopes and fears for The X Factor USA.
"This better bloody work or I am in huge trouble"
The Daily Mail
Simon Cowell's little-known sister on why none of his girlfriends could match up to his mother.
The Telegraph
Simon Cowell becomes patron of children's hospice. X Factor judge Simon Cowell shed his Mr Nasty image as he was unveiled as the patron of a children's hospice charity.
"I was very happy to be asked. I take it seriously.''
The Daily Mail
SIMON COWELL: A letter to my shallow, reckless, cocky younger self.
"Dear Simon....."
In his frankest interview ever, Simon Cowell opens up about his lonely single life.
"I am quite odd in some ways. I get very dark moods for no reason."
The Guardian
An interview by Francesca Gallio, aged 11
"If you could kiss anyone in the world, who would it be?"
The Daily Mail
After the Britain's Got Talent backlash, Simon Cowell finally admits: 'Sorry, I did make mistakes.'
"You'd think I locked them up and tortured them to make them go on TV."
“I am a creature of habit, he says,“I hate change, or drawing attention to myself. I get embarrassed because I am in the public eye.”
The Sun
In an exclusive interview with The Sun, the 48-year-old music and TV mogul says:
"I wouldn't stand as an MP but I would like to be PM for one day – with Jeremy Clarkson as my deputy!"
Playboy
Nasty, surly, bitchy, smarmy, loutish, imperious, vain, vicious, loathsome, arrogant, smug, snide, obnoxious, rude and mean. Those are only some of the adjectives that have been applied to Simon Cowell during his reign as executioner on American Idol.
The Daily Mail
Interviewed on Desert Island Discs, Simon chose a mirror as his one luxury to take with him, explaining:
"It's because I'd miss me."
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