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18:55 EST, 14 April 2012
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UPDATED:
02:42 EST, 15 April 2012
Simon Cowell has revealed that he felt ‘genuine love’ for Dannii Minogue as it emerges that he had a love affair with the singer.
The music mogul, 52, has admitted he felt ‘like a schoolboy’ around the Australian star during her time as a judge on the X Factor.
Details of the affair have been revealed in a book entitled The Intimate Life Of Simon Cowell, written by former BBC journalist Tom Bower.
‘Genuine love’: Simon Cowell has admitted he felt ‘like a schoolboy’ during his alleged affair with Dannii Minogue
In the book, Cowell speaks about the
affair – though Dannii and Simon had both denied it in 2008 when it was
alleged to have taken place – before she got together with Kris Smith.
He
is quoted as saying: ‘I had a crush on her. It was Dannii’s hair, the
sexy clothes and the t**s. I was like a schoolboy. She was foxy. She was
a real man’s girl. Very feminine.’
Although, it’s also claimed in the book
that Simon felt he was not ready for a relationship having split with
long-term girlfriend Terri Seymour before Dannii became his conquest.
The book describes how Dannii became Cowell’s target when he changed the X Factor judging panel in 2007 to include her, allegedly calling her a ‘new toy.’
Affair: Simon Cowell and Dannii Minogue appeared to be holding hands as they left the BBC Studio in White City in 2007
And that same year, he said: ‘Dannii reckons there’s a picture on The X Factor website where I’m staring at her bottom.
‘I probably was… but I think most people would if they were sitting next to her. She was probably sticking it out on purpose.
‘Every guy in the world fancies
Dannii. She’s become a sex symbol since joining the show, and the
contestants love her. She’s got that Sophia Loren, movie-star sex
appeal, I love sitting next to her.’
More than friends? According to a new book Simon Cowell had a short-lived relationship with Dannii Minogue in 2007
However, fans of the ITV talent show will remember that the pair didn’t always sit next to each other.
When Minogue first appeared on the
show back in 2007, she took pride place at the judging panel sitting
next to Cowell while fellow female judge Sharon Osbourne sat next to
Louis Walsh.
This was also around the same time when Minogue was forced to deny that she was close to the X Factor
mogul after the publication of a photo appeared to show the pair apparently holding
hands in the back of a car.
She said: ‘We were not holding hands. But no one believes me. It was the angle of the picture.’
‘New toy’: Cowell made sure that the singer sat right next to him when she joined the X Factor judging panel back in 2007
Out with the old: By the time Cheryl Cole arrived in 2008, Cowell decided it was time for Minogue to swap seats
The following year, when Cheryl Cole
arrived as the new addition to the judging panel, Cowell was quick to shift
Dannii over and let the Girls Aloud star be right next to him – meaning perhaps their romance had fizzled out.
It’s also alleged that Cowell took pleasure in the rift between Minogue and Osbourne during her time on the show.
The book also claims that Cowell attempted to sleep with another
Australian pin-up Natalie Imbruglia as recently as last year.
It says that he invited her aboard his yacht Slipstream, having already had a brief fling with her.
However, they had nothing more than a ‘K & C’ (kiss and a cuddle) according to the book.
Before they met: Dannii Minogue’s fling with Simon Cowell happened before she got together with Kris Smith
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