![]() ![]() This is not something that I would ever condone.”Īs BGT enters a new era with a new judge, Simon is simultaneously launching a new chapter in his own life where he strikes a better work/leisure balance - even during the gruelling hours of filming BGT. But you know, he owned what he said, he wasn’t proud of what he said. Picture: Amy Sussman/Getty Imagesĭid he tear a strip off the star for his behaviour? Simon says it was close between Bruno Tonioli and Alan Carr for the open role on BGT. “Most of the time David seemed very respectful and emotional about the contestants and was doing everything that a judge should be doing on a show like this.” ![]() “But from where I’m sitting, this wasn’t something I believe was constant. I had not heard them before and, yeah, it was upsetting. said at the time, these comments are completely unacceptable. “Obviously everyone had some input - the network, the producers Fremantle, all of us. “We did say to the two producers, ‘You have to make the final decision’ because, yeah, I am an exec producer, but they’re more hands on. I was on holiday and then the next thing is I’m having conversations about who’s going to take his place. “From what I understand, he decided to take a step back. Simon felt the comments went entirely against the “ethos” of the family show, but he said: “I didn’t really get involved in the decision. This came after it was claimed he had used derogatory and sexually explicit terms to describe contestants - referring to one as a “c***” - during breaks in filming BGT.ĭavid apologised, adding: “These were private conversations and, like most conversations with friends, were never intended to be shared. “Bruno was just a completely natural fit on the show.”īruno got the gig when David Walliams, 51, stepped back from the show last November after ten years on the panel. “I’m sure Alan would have been brilliant and I know Alan, but not as well as Bruno. They said we are going with Bruno and I said fine. I said, ‘Look, you have to take the final decision yourselves’. “He said, ‘I totally understand, that’s show business.’ Either would have worked. “In fact I saw Alan a couple of days after Bruno was announced and, you know, he was really cool about it. Simon said: “I think she was disappointed because they are really good friends. Meanwhile fellow panellist Amanda Holden was said to be backing her mate Alan, though she gets on like a house on fire with Bruno as well. There were rumours that Simon wanted his mate Bruno, who he has known for 40 years. He joined the show following a two-horse race between him and funny-man Alan Carr, 46. The man who really is the new face on the panel - alongside Simon, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden - is former Strictly judge Bruno, 67. “But I don’t google myself so I genuinely don’t have a clue what everyone is saying about me until we do things like BGT.” “Over the years people have said that I’ve had everything done. ![]() “So when I hear about this stuff honestly, it does make me laugh. “I have had a bit of Botox or whatever but kind of nothing drastic. ![]() They joke there is a new face on the panel, which everyone thinks is Bruno Tonioli, but then the cheeky Geordie duo say: “It’s Simon Cowell.”įortunately Simon sees the funny side - but he insists rumours about his many procedures are exaggerated. Holding back the years is something Simon has mastered thanks to a few cosmetic enhancements, which he does not mind admitting to.īGT hosts Ant and Dec even laugh about this in the first episode of the show’s new series. “But I feel better today than I did three years ago when it happened.” “I didn’t realise really how unfit I was until I had to start doing all the exercises. “If I had to go through this all over again I actually would do it, because I think breaking my back was one of the best things that ever happened to me. Simon says being a dad is the best thing to ever happen to him. ![]()
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