Simon Cowell’s knack for recognizing expertise almost veered into NSFW territory.
The famously sharp-tongued decide first entered our properties through “American Idol,” and regardless of the years — and numerous eye rolls — he’s managed to take care of a following that sticks with him to at the present time.
However with fame comes fan encounters, and for Cowell, not all of them contain heartfelt thank-yous or selfies.
On a Thursday episode of the “How To Fail With Elizabeth Day,” Cowell shared one significantly eyebrow-raising fan interplay that even he discovered exhausting to imagine.
“What do people ask you to say to them when they meet you in the street?” the host requested.
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Cowell confessed that strangers would strategy him and ask him if he may very well be “rude to them.”
“I mean literally, they would come up and say, you know, particularly in America, ‘Will you be rude to me?’” Cowell recalled.
Whereas Cowell says he usually declines these unusual requests, one fan encounter went above and manner past. Whereas eating at a restaurant he was approached by a person who launched his spouse, gushed about Cowell’s work, requested for a photograph, after which casually dropped this little lewd gem: “Would you judge us having sex?”
At first, Cowell presumed it was a joke, however alas, he was unsuitable. The person was lifeless critical. And to sweeten the deal, he even provided to pay Cowell for the glory. He recalled it was “a lot of money” — to the tune of $150,000, in keeping with the competitors decide.
“I thought, ‘Do I? No, I just can’t do it,’” he recalled.
