How fatherhood changed Simon Cowell from judge with most savage insults to apologetic TV star
11.06.2022 - 10:17
/ ok.co.uk
Simon Cowell was once known as television's most vicious judge, with the music mogul striking fear into the heart of contestants on The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent, and Pop Idol. If there was anything not to his liking you would be hearing about it. His reputation for savage insults, damning criticisms, and blunt comments made so many waves that he was picked to judge American Idol shortly after.
He had comparisons to the meanest people on television in the early noughties – from Judge Judy and The Weakest Link's Anne Robinson, and everyone held their breath when he started a sentence with "I don't mean to be rude, but..." when he was on screen. Simon also was known to look the contestants in the eye and give a shrug after giving his critical comments. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter .
But in recent years, Simon, now 62, is less savage and blunt with his comments, which was highlighted further when he took the time out of Britain's Got Talent's live semi-final to apologise to one of the acts for upsetting them recently. After he was unimpressed by semi-finalist Matrick's Illusion, he was his usual, critical self – not hesitating to describe it as "not magical enough". Underwhelmed by the performance, he hit the buzzer, and said: "I buzzed because I didn't feel it was magical enough.
"There was a lot of chaos, and whereas I like these big magic acts compared to cards, we had a magician on a few days ago who I thought was so much better. "I didn't think this... this lacked, I don't know, star power for me." Like plenty of his comments in the past, the contestants took them to heart – with one young girl in the group being brought to tears by the
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