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Simon Cowell Says He Turned Down $150K to Judge Couple's Sex Session | TMZ Live
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5/9/2025
Simon Cowell's known for being a bit nasty to contestants on the TV shows he judges ... but, a couple wanted him to get nasty in the bedroom too -- asking him to judge them while they did the deed.
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Simon Cowell has been an incredible judge on television, right?
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A huge success with American Idol, America's Got Talent, X Factor.
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The man knows judging.
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Honestly, he is probably more recognizable as a judge than the Supreme Court.
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You know what?
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To most of America, I think you were right.
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Absolutely.
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They would recognize him more than they would any of the Supreme Court judges.
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Did you hear, actually, I'm sorry for the aside.
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Chief Justice John Roberts gave a speech, I think, over the weekend.
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And he was talking about how recognizable he is.
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And he said, I am so unrecognizable that somebody came up to me and said, I know you.
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I know you're.
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You're on TV.
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No, he said, you're John Bonner.
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You're Congressman Bonner.
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Yeah.
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Oh, well, you know what?
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He does kind of look like him.
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But it was actually.
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He can't even get.
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He can't even get right.
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He said, Chief Justice.
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Well, Simon Cowell would not have any such problem, which might explain why he got an
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offer to judge something I'm fairly certain he has never judged before.
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But it's a good offer.
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It's a very good offer.
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Six figures.
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And it's a one-time gig, I believe.
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Right.
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Here's what he had to say.
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Most people have to pay for this.
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One time.
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It's a true story.
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I was in a restaurant and this guy comes up to me and he said, you know, I love your
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show.
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Thank you very much.
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Would you take a picture?
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Sure.
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This is my wife.
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Nice to meet you.
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Would you judge us having sex?
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I'm like, are you winding me up?
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They went, no, we'll pay you.
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How much?
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And it was actually was a lot of money.
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I thought, do I?
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No, I just can't do it.
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It was 150 grand.
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It was 150 grand, yeah.
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Here's what I love.
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He asked how much.
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Right.
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He didn't say no.
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He wanted to know how much.
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So he has a price.
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Yeah, I was going to say what the follow-up question should be is what the price is.
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Because, I mean, 150K, that probably isn't much to Simon Cowell, right?
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The guy's worth millions and millions of dollars.
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But also.
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But for most likely a 10-minute gig.
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Right.
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You don't want to see just anyone have sex.
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I also need to know what these people looked like.
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Right?
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Oh, that doesn't matter.
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That's during it as well.
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Okay, okay, right.
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You just act like that's not relevant to you.
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It isn't relevant.
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If you're getting 150, look, all right, what if they offer 200,000?
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150,000.
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Okay, the uglier you are, the more you have to offer.
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Sure.
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All right?
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Yes.
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So what if they offered 300,000?
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I know.
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He's going to have a price at some point, right?
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I mean, he's going to.
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The fact that he asked how much.
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Simon has a price.
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So if you're really good looking to you, just say, look, we'll give you 20 bucks.
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We'll keep going.
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Come on.
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