'I had a crush on her. It was her hair, the sexy clothes...she was foxy': Simon Cowell reveals his 'love' for Dannii Minogue

By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 00:55, 15 April 2012 | UPDATED: 10:04, 15 April 2012

Simon Cowell has revealed that he felt 'genuine love' for Dannii Minogue as it emerges that he had a love affair with the singer.
The music mogul, 52, has admitted he felt 'like a schoolboy' around the Australian star during her time as a judge on the X Factor.
Details of the affair have been revealed in a book entitled The Intimate Life Of Simon Cowell, written by former BBC journalist Tom Bower.

In the book, Cowell speaks about the affair - though Dannii and Simon had both denied it in 2008 when it was alleged to have taken place - before she got together with Kris Smith.
He is quoted as saying: 'I had a crush on her. It was Dannii's hair, the sexy clothes and the t**s. I was like a schoolboy. She was foxy. She was a real man's girl. Very feminine.'



Although, it's also claimed in the book that Simon felt he was not ready for a relationship having split with long-term girlfriend Terri Seymour before Dannii became his conquest.
The book describes how Dannii became Cowell's target when he changed the X Factor judging panel in 2007 to include her, allegedly calling her a 'new toy.'


And that same year, he said: 'Dannii reckons there’s a picture on The X Factor website where I’m staring at her bottom.
'I probably was... but I think most people would if they were sitting next to her. She was probably sticking it out on purpose.
'Every guy in the world fancies Dannii. She’s become a sex symbol since joining the show, and the contestants love her. She’s got that Sophia Loren, movie-star sex appeal, I love sitting next to her.'


However, fans of the ITV talent show will remember that the pair didn't always sit next to each other.
When Minogue first appeared on the show back in 2007, she took pride place at the judging panel sitting next to Cowell while fellow female judge Sharon Osbourne sat next to Louis Walsh.
This was also around the same time when Minogue was forced to deny that she was close to the X Factor mogul after the publication of a photo appeared to show the pair apparently holding hands in the back of a car.
She said: 'We were not holding hands. But no one believes me. It was the angle of the picture.'




The following year, when Cheryl Cole arrived as the new addition to the judging panel, Cowell was quick to shift Dannii over and let the Girls Aloud star be right next to him - meaning perhaps their romance had fizzled out.

It's also alleged that Cowell took pleasure in the rift between Minogue and Osbourne during her time on the show.
The book also claims that Cowell attempted to sleep with another Australian pin-up Natalie Imbruglia as recently as last year.
It says that he invited her aboard his yacht Slipstream, having already had a brief fling with her.
However, they had nothing more than a 'K & C' (kiss and a cuddle) according to the book.




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