If one finds themselves in a position to frivolously spend approximately $150,000, why not put it toward an admirably optimistic attempt at booking Simon Cowell to judge you and your partner’s respective sexual performances?
That’s exactly what one couple did—allegedly, at least—after approaching the American Idol alum at a restaurant. Cowell, soon to be seen in a new season of America’s Got Talent, looked back on the potentially enticing offer during a recent conversation with Elizabeth Day for How to Fail.
Asked about what he usually hears from people when approached in public, Cowell couldn’t help but mention the ultimately declined sex judging gig.
“People used to ask me to be rude to them,” Cowell said, as seen above. “I mean, literally they would come up and say, particularly in America, ‘Will you be rude to me?’ And I’m like, ‘No.’
And then one time, it’s a true story, I was in a restaurant and this guy comes up to me and he said ‘I love your show.’ I said, ‘Thank you very much.’”
The encounter carried on in the usual manner from there until, per Cowell, the offer of “Would you judge us having sex?” was made.
“I’m like, ‘Are you winding me up?’” Cowell recalled. “They went, ‘No, we’ll pay you.’ I went, ‘How much?’ And it actually was a lot of money. I thought, do I? No, I just can’t do it.”
Cowell said the couple offered $150,000 for the job. More studious Cowell heads will note that he has shared this anecdote in the past, including during a 2022 conversation with Seth Meyers.
