Is $10 Million Too Much?
About a month ago I posted something about how Terri Seymour was given a Beverly Hills house by Simon Cowell which was valued at about $5M. Turns out that is not all she got in their split. Simon also gave her $5M in cash as well. So, ten million bucks for several years with Simon Cowell. Is it worth it? Would you do it? I am wondering if she had to sign some kind of confidentiality agreement. I would imagine she did, although Simon's rep basically confirmed all the payments to Terri.
"This isn’t the kind of thing he usually comments about." Well, does he usually pass out checks for $10M to women? I mean there is not a big frame of reference here for whether he usually comments on these things. "Yeah, he comments about them when they get to $20M, but if it is just $10M it is another day in the office."
I think Simon would probably be a pain in the ass to deal with, but I am too and I'm not handing out $10M checks. I think they genuinely loved each other and she just wanted more and he didn't. So, she split and he thanked her by giving her $10M.
"This isn’t the kind of thing he usually comments about." Well, does he usually pass out checks for $10M to women? I mean there is not a big frame of reference here for whether he usually comments on these things. "Yeah, he comments about them when they get to $20M, but if it is just $10M it is another day in the office."
I think Simon would probably be a pain in the ass to deal with, but I am too and I'm not handing out $10M checks. I think they genuinely loved each other and she just wanted more and he didn't. So, she split and he thanked her by giving her $10M.
Most Def, there was a confidentiality agreement. No signie, no money!
ReplyDeletei think she wanted a baby and he didn't......she threatened to leave...he said ok go....and she had to go to save face.
ReplyDeleteGEE....that was an easy 10 MILLION....
ReplyDeleteNEXT !
gotta be hush money...i wonder what all she knows...
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting...
ReplyDeleteI wonder how much longer she's going to be a "special correspondent" for Extra or Access Hollywood or whatever tabloid show she is on. She won't likely want to hang around the Idol set anymore...and she may not be wanted around there anyway.
she wanted kids, he didn't. i think it was guilt money.
ReplyDeleteNo, there wasn't. Simon is such a great guy. I used to wait on him and all the AI crew. See the thing is, I don't watch TV. It's not that I am better person, I just sit down and then 4 hours are gone. Ok yes I know there's a show, duh, but well you get the point. Such a good guy, so polite and kind, generous, love him to bits. Seriously. So I happend to see the show in some Drs office or something, holy shitski, who the hell is that! And Ryan Seacrest looking like a pussycat doll reject, what is going on here?!? So I see him that night and ask him. He laughs and tells me its a show. I say no you are a TOTALLY different person. He smirks and tells me that he is very good at his job. Yes, he is. I have stories to tell about the rest of that crew, but I wait until Ent posts something to tell them. Believe me when I say he is really, really a great guy.
ReplyDeleteAnd my point, and I am guessing, she wanted to have children. He doesn't period end story. So to move on with dignity, he gave her cash and a beautiful house. I am sure that they are still thick as thieves, he is close to his ex-girlfriends. Watch and see, he will pick up with one of them.
ReplyDeleteI read the pat answer was that she wanted kids and "that's just not Simon."
ReplyDeleteyeahhhhh, riiiigggghhhtttt....
Oh, but it sounds like you got the goods, rare avis, so I retract.
ReplyDeleteI think he did the right thing and I admire him for it. He has always said "no kids, no marriage" and like alot of women maybe Terri thought she could change her man? He supposedly has a bazillion dollars, so what's wrong with helping out the person who stood by him for a number of years now? In a way it's kind of like a divorce and at least she didn't ask for palimony or half of whatever he has.
ReplyDeleteGood for him.
"Is it worth it"?
ReplyDeleteJesus Key-rist, when did we start evaluating the worth of our relationships and the time spent there, by how profitable it was to us? So freaking sad. I don't care if you're a celebrity or not, the thing you should be most be concerned that you walk away with is your dignity, your heart intact, and a whole lot more common sense and wisdom then you did before.
rare avis - I believe you. I used to see him and Terri all the time when I worked at Saks.
ReplyDeletefuck it i could buy a baby with $5M AND have a pimping house to raise it in!
ReplyDeletei kid...ya ya...you can't buy love yadda yadda.
rare, spill already. my cousin ran into him a couple of times and he even remembered her. she said he couldn't have been nicer.
ReplyDeletecalifblondy, i have a friend who went into it not thinking she could change her man, but thinking it wouldn't matter to her if she didn't have kids. but the older she got the more important starting a family became to her. i wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't the same scenario.
These two have been together several years, and Simon has made a fortune in that time. Terri could have taken care of his homelife and supported Simon so he could do all those shows. It's reasonable that he should help Terri set up a new home - she could have sued for a lot more.
ReplyDeleteI hate this 'kerching!' attitude to relationships. The way some of you talk, Terri should have been charging by the hour, and I doubt Simon would have fallen for a golddigger.
Thanks for the behind-the-scenes rare avis!
Wonder why he is against having kids?
ReplyDeletesylvia,
ReplyDeletesome people don't want to "raise" children. no harm, no foul. i applaud anyone who thinks long and hard about being a parent.
What about all the rumours that he plays for the other team? Any validity?
ReplyDeletems, i've never heard that about simon.
ReplyDeletesylvia, in interviews he's talked about how he was an only child and the world revolved around him. i think he's still that child the world revolves around.
and i really don't think certain people should be parents - so i'm grateful when someone recognizes that about himself (or herself).
Yeah, that's what I meant earlier, too, Ms.
ReplyDeleteI've also read a lot of what sounded like thinly-veiled hints at Simon being gay.
Good point, Molly--our newspaper just had a "Dear Abby" letter from a new Mom who gets bored with her baby/toddler and doesn't like playing with him even after thinking the kid would make life all kinds of better.
Good for them that they worked it out amicably--of course less dirt for us t enjoy, but they can both move on.
ReplyDeleteThanks QS and Molly.
ReplyDeleteI don't have kids but I do have nieces and nephews those are enough for me LOL.
sylvia, i hear you. sometimes even my nephews are too much and i have kids.
ReplyDeleteselena, i hope she gets her head screwed on straight. some people are too immature and selfish to be good parents, but they have kids. it's stupid.
BlindGossip - When a couple split after several years together, the official parting is usually slow and painful and messy. So you really have to question why the breakup of this couple is going to be swift and painless and clean. It turns out that one half of the couple has incredible leverage in harboring some very deep and very nasty secrets about the other half and their sexual proclivities. The mildest of these secrets is the typical inclusion of a surprising third party, as well as one person’s penchant for wearing clothing of the opposite sex. Several jaw-dropping parting gifts are in the works to effectively buy the ex’s silence.
ReplyDeleteOh I dunno, Eddie Izzard is hot, I would hit that.
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