{"id":342717,"date":"2011-03-27T19:27:44","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T19:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/27\/nicole-scherzinger-simon-cowell-should-thank-me-for-putting-together-one-direction\/"},"modified":"2011-03-27T19:27:44","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T19:27:44","slug":"nicole-scherzinger-simon-cowell-should-thank-me-for-putting-together-one-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/27\/nicole-scherzinger-simon-cowell-should-thank-me-for-putting-together-one-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Scherzinger: Simon Cowell should thank me for putting together One Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowmagazine.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/520165\/nicole-scherzinger-simon-cowell-should-thank-me-for-putting-together-one-direction\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><br \/>\nNowmagazine<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n Nicole Scherzinger believes she had a strong hand in creating X Factor boy band One Direction and that Simon Cowell ought to be grateful.<\/p>\n<p>The Pussycat Doll appeared as a guest judge on the series last year and saw the potential in solo auditionees Harry Styles, 17, Zain &#8216;Zayn&#8217; Malik, 18, Louis Tomlinson, 19, Liam Payne, 17, and Niall Horan, 17.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Simon has me to thank for putting One Direction together,&#8217; Nicole, 32, tells The Sun.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But I don&#8217;t get any credit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I won&#8217;t be getting a cut of the money they make him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_807-150x90.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/entertainment\/201103\/148254.php\" title=\"Nicole Scherzinger: Simon Cowell should thank me for putting together One Direction\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicole Scherzinger: Simon Cowell should thank me for putting together One Direction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Nowmagazine : \u00a0\u00a0 Nicole Scherzinger believes she had a strong hand in creating X Factor boy band One Direction and that Simon Cowell ought to be grateful. 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