NEWSSimon Cowell Playing Mr. Nice Guy
Jan. 22 2008, Published 5:18 a.m. ET
It seems like Simon Cowell has softened up with the tongue-lashings on this season of American Idol... and that's because he certainly has.
It’s not the age in his years that have reduced the Brit's mean-spirited remarks though; rather, it’s the compassion in his heart for certain contestants, Simon tells Extra.
Yes, he does have a heart — one that showed itself when he had to reject Temptress Brown, a football player who auditioned for her sick mother.
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“To have to turn around to somebody like that and go, ‘Look it's never in a million years going to happen,’ it's difficult. That was difficult,” the 48-year-old says.
And as hard it is for a lot people to believe, Simon adds, “We’re all human, believe it or not… I didn’t want her to go home feeling it was the end of the world.”
For more on Simon, tune in to Extra tonight!
