SIMON Cowell has broken his silence on his ‘feud’ with Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh – and has vowed to call them.
The trio worked very closely on/off between 2004 and 2018 while on ITV’s singing competition The X Factor.
Sharon, 71, and Louis, also 71, both left the show in 2017, a year before it wrapped up forever, after a number of stints on the judging panel.
During her stint on ITV’s Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year, Sharon revealed to Louis that Simon and her have had a bitter fall out after she claimed she missed out on being part of The Masked Singer US because of Simon.
Now Simon has spoken out about their fall out for the first time.
SIMON’S SAY
Speaking with The Mirror, Simon said: “If you put Sharon and Louis in the house, that’s what you pay them for, they’re going to be controversial.
“I still consider Sharon and Louis really good friends, we could pick up the phone to each other tomorrow.
“I think that’s probably one of the things they’re upset about, because they can never get hold of me.”
Earlier this month Simon’s Britain’s Got Talent co-star Amanda Holden branded Sharon and Louis “bitter and pathetic” for attacking Simon on Celebrity Big Brother.
Simon continued: “Amanda is a great friend, but I really do believe Sharon and Louis are great friends as well.
“I don’t have a phone but from what I heard, what they said about me was actually quite funny.
“And I probably will phone them both in the next week or so, because I haven’t spoken to them for a while and it sounds like I should do.
“What would I like to say to them? ‘How are you?’
“Whenever I meet them, see them, speak to them, it’s like we’ve spoken yesterday.
“My honest opinion is I think we miss each other.”
SHARON’S CLAIMS
Prior to her stint in the house, Sharon also told The Sun she no longer had a relationship with the music mogul and branded him “weird”.
But during CBB Sharon claimed that she turned down a job on The Masked Singer US panel because she thought she was going to be on The X Factor again.
But was then dumped at the last minute.
She also claimed that her and Louis were axed from the singing competition because of “ageism”.
During the conversation, Sharon raged: “That’s Simon, he cuts you off, cuts you off, cuts you off. He doesn’t know how to keep friends.
“Why do you think I am so f****g mad with Simon because remember that year you and I were contracted to do X Factor?
“And it was the first year of The Masked Singer in America and they asked me to do it and I said I can’t because of X Factor with Simon.
“So then they cast it and then when Simon, well he didn’t call, but they called and said ‘No you’re not doing it [X Factor]’ I missed a huge gig. So I was furious.”
“Do you remember everything that year in the press? They’re old, young blood. I went mad.
“And then he called me. He was trying to sweet talk me. He would always say change, change, change. You’re the one that needs changing mate.”
She added: “Someone who dresses the same for three decades, they don’t see that it’s not right.
“No one’s gonna tell him but everything, the same, the same, the same.”
Louis admitted he no longer speaks to the music mogul, saying: “I haven’t talked to him at all, nothing. Zero.”
Sharon was a judge on The X Factor from 2004 to 2007.
She rejoined the show in 2013, then again for one year in 2016.
Meanwhile Louis was Simon’s co-star for 10 years from series one. He then rejoined between 2016 and 2017.
