Cowell tells his harem: Christmas is cancelled!
FOR years, Simon Cowell has celebrated the festive season in style by frolicking on board a luxury yacht with a string of beautiful ex-girlfriends for company.
Photos of him sprawled out on the deck alongside old flames Sinitta, model Jackie St Clair and make-up artist Mezhgan Hussainy have been beamed around the world.
But this year Simon’s ‘harem’ has been dealt a devastating blow after the X Factor tycoon ditched his playboy image and told them: Sorry, Christmas is cancelled.
The exes will be spending the big day without him for he first time in years so that Simon can instead play happy families in the Caribbean with his girlfriend Lauren Silverman, their two-year-old son Eric, and Adam, Lauren’s ten-year-old son from her marriage to property magnate Andrew Silverman.
It’s a significant moment for Cowell, who had been banned from seeing Adam by his father. Andrew was once Simon’s best pal, but unsurprisingly their friendship turned decidedly sour when he learned that Lauren was carrying Simon’s child.
A mole tells me: ‘This Christmas is a real turning point for Simon because he has been allowed to spend it with Adam and he is taking it very seriously by cancelling his usual holiday with the harem. Instead, he is whisking Lauren and the kids off to sail around the Caribbean.’
It is thought that Lauren is particularly pleased that Cowell has decided to ditch his harem. Previously, Cowell has spent Christmas at the exclusive Sandy Lane resort in Barbados – where other regular guests include Topshop boss Sir Philip Green – before hopping aboard a yacht for a trip to the millionaires’ paradise of St Barts.
This year he will fly to Sandy Lane for a charity ball in aid of the Hope Sanctuary animal charity on December 23, and set sail with his family soon after. However, he will be returning in time for Barbados’s famous fireworks display on New Year’s Eve, while Adam will jet to New York to be reunited with his father.