Simon Cowell Gay Rumor Won't Go Away
American Idol judge Simon Cowell is denying reports that he is gay after the release of a new biography chronicling the music mogul's life.
Cowell, 52, has been at the center of this persistence rumor several times before, but he is setting the record straight once and for all concerning his sexuality.
"If I was gay, why wouldn't I admit it? It wouldn't harm me, and my mother wouldn't freak out," Cowell told author Tom Bower according to The Sun.
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Cowell's biography "Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell," revealed the talent czar's embarrassment over the publication of the many trysts with several popular celebrities.
"It's not my habit to kiss and tell. I've never done it. I've always tried to keep my private life private, and it is unfortunate. So I was feeling very embarrassed and not gentlemanly at all this week because it's just not my style," Cowell told TMZ.
Cowell's short lived relationship with fellow talent judge Dannii Minogue is also discussed in the book.
"Simon was on his own at the time and she was on her own, too. There was a natural chemistry between them. It's not something he wanted to come out but it has – there is nothing unusual about it at all," according to excerpts from the book.
Also in the book is the allegation that Cowell's former "X-Factor" judge Sharon Osbourne knew that he was also dating two other women during the time he was engaged to Mezhgan Hussainy.
"Sweet Revenge" also hints that the real reason Osbourne left "X-Factor" was due to moral outrage over Cowell and Minogue's affair, but Osbourne told the Daily Mirror why she ultimately left the talent show.
"I'm not Simon's mother – I don't give a toss who he [expletive]," Osbourne said. "I didn't leave the show because Simon and Dannii were [expletive], I left because she became unbearable."
