Simon Cowell Reveals He’s Not Proud Of How He Snatched His Best Friend’s Wife

It’s been an ‘unspoken knowledge’ that Simon Cowell ‘snatched’ his best friend’s wife. The X Factor tycoon who has a reputation for getting what he wants talks candidly for the first time about stealing his best friend’s wife and getting her pregnant– and humbly admits he feels bad about his own behaviour.

According to Daily Mail, in an exclusive interview, Cowell, 56, tells today’s Mail on Sunday Event magazine: ‘I’m not proud of the circumstances, I can’t hold my head up about it.’

Cowell’s affair with his now partner Lauren is believed to date back to 2009 when she was married to millionaire property developer Andrew Silverman. The affair became public – and Cowell’s life changed – at the end of July 2013 when news broke of Lauren’s pregnancy. He vividly recalls the moment he was told that the then Mrs Silverman was pregnant with his son.
He admits it was not planned and reveals that he only found out when an assistant called him out of a meeting saying his girlfriend needed to speak to him urgently.
He says: ‘This was not something I planned. But I remember going to the first scan with Lauren.

‘I called him Tad because he looked like a tadpole. Something just kicked in. I felt unbelievably protective of both of them. I just absolutely wanted him. I just hadn’t known that before.’

In the exclusive, wide-ranging interview Cowell admits that fatherhood has changed him out of all recognition, and provides touching insights into his new family life. Though Lauren, 38, is now divorced, Cowell won’t be drawn on any wedding plans, and the multi-millionaire says he is not a ‘conventional dad’ to 21-month-old Eric, partly because he is ‘not a conventional man’.

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He doesn’t change nappies or prepare feeds but is clearly devoted. He says: ‘I adore my son. We make each other laugh. We play with the dogs. I’ve taught him to share, to say please and thank you. Whatever he has he offers it to me.’