15 things we learned from Simon Cowell’s Radio 1 interview

Sometimes Simon works ‘til 7am.

Squiddly and Diddly are the worst behaved dogs Simon has ever met. Probably because they were $250 instead of the usual price of Yorkshire Terriers, which is $2,500…

Simon and girlfriend Lauren Silverman have the same taste in movies. He particularly likes John Candy films from the ‘80s, like Uncle Buck.

Simon and Lauren got so addicted to House Of Cards that he suggested they get really hammered every time they watch it so that the next day they’ve forgotten what happened and they can watch the episode again. So they’ve watched each episode three or four times.

But Simon thinks only weirdos watch Game Of Thrones.

Simon found the room auditions really hard because he didn’t like people standing 6ft away from him; screaming at him. He also finds it so hard not to laugh he sometimes has to think about something sad – usually kittens drowning. Wow…

He calls the Strictly Come Dancing trophy a “tin cup”. Ouchie…

The dancing stage of The X Factor will never ever be back. Too little, too late for poor Zayn Malik…

He thinks Miley Cyrus went too crazy too quickly.

Simon and his pals wore fake moustaches when they went to watch The Exorcist because they were too young. He also practiced his deep voice.

Simon’s mum tells him to stop showing off in front of his friends. She did it once when he was 15 and brought a girl home for Sunday lunch. So embarrassing…

He hated school so much that he used to put a hot cup of tea on his head in the morning so it seemed like he had a fever.

Simon thinks Beyonce is the ultimate pop star. Duh!

Simon's first pinch-himself moment was when One Direction perfromed at Wembley for the first time.

He wants to find a new TLC.