Mel B on Simon Cowell: ‘He secretly loves it when people are mean to him’

Simon Cowell has always been somewhat of an intriguing character – X Factor’s Mr Nasty likes to shout mean comments from behind his desk and shoot down people’s dreams on the show and has a loving group of woman who strangely always seem to follow him around.

But despite his female friends seemingly adoring him, it appears he REALLY loves it when people are cruel to him.

Fellow X Factor judge Mel B has opened up about working with Simon on this year’s show and it appears he has some kind of fetish (well, perhaps it’s not that extreme) for people being harsh towards him.

The former Spice Girl told The Sun: “Everyone wants to pick a little bit on Simon, let’s be honest. I think he likes it, he is surrounded by women constantly, he likes the attention. What guy doesn’t”

Meanwhile, the star attempted to put a stop to any rumours she doesn’t get along with fellow panellist Cheryl Fernandez-Versini.

She added: “Cheryl is not a b**chy person, she is not an insecure person, she is a solid woman who knows who she is and what she is and I love to meet other women like that.”

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