Simon Cowell is talking about his upcoming role as a father, saying he can’t quit smoking so he will have a smoking room instead. Cowell is expecting his first child with girlfriend Lauren Silverman, who used to be married to his good friend.
The X Factor mentor, 54, said after filming an episode of the Fox show on Tuesday that he once declared he would quit smoking, but “I lied.”
"There are a lot of boring things that happen when you have a baby," he told reporters, People reports. "[You have to get rid of] sharp edges, cigarettes, alcohol … then there's [baby-proofing] the toilet. But I'll have a smoking room!"
Cowell continued that his girlfriend, Silverman, helps him with his show. "She is really interested [in The X Factor]. We work on some ideas together and it is good," he said.
"She really gets into the song choices. She came up for a very good idea for [one of my acts,]Alex & Sierra, which I think they might do next week."
Showbizspy notes Cowell also talked about One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson’s mom being pregnant. He said she’s “going to have the baby the same time as Lauren. So it’s like, who is going to go first? I think I am going to win.”
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