
Simon Cowell has always been a hero of mine. I think my love for himstarted a few years back when he said Beyonce wasn’t a good singer, didn’t have a good body and that he found her fame mystifying. But now Beyonce is performing on December 13th’s episode of X Factor and they are all friendly. Sellout.
But he redeemed himself a bit this week in an Access Hollywood interview. When asked about the addition of the newest American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi:
You know what, it’s like when you’ve had dinner with three friends for years and now someone else joins the table — it’s a bit odd. That’s what it was like at the beginning. I genuinely couldn’t make up my mind whether I liked it or not. And then, when she was doing the Hollywood round she started to grow on me and I think she’s ballsy.
When asked if Kara and Paula were walking on eggshells around one another during Hollywood Week:
A little bit, but you know what it’s like… — when you work with other people you never want the people that you work with to do well. You don’t. It’s just not in your human nature to want that.
Regarding the success of the other American Idol judges:
If I read about their deals, I’m not exactly opening bottles of champagne in joy because something good is happening in their lives. I’m not like that and trust me, they’re not doing the same for me.
On how Simon has made the world a more beautiful place:
She’s looking better and I really mean this — I think I have made her look better, and I’m not kidding here… Physically [she] definitely looks better since she’s been working with me. I think she just got to terms with the way I like people to look and I think she changed her wardrobe, her hair, because she heard me saying, ‘I like this’ and ‘I like that,’ so I definitely had a positive affect on the way that she looks.
Then I realized during the Hollywood round, she’s actually quite funny. I think she knows what she’s talking about, so she’s growing on me… She’s quite hot now actually. But I promise you, you’ll see the difference. She looks better now.
I love how he’s just like “Yeah, I don’t really want others to succeed.” Isn’t he beyond arrogant? Love him. Still.