Simon Cowell is a British record executive and popular in show business, he has been judging on several entertainment programs.
Cowell and Fuller were once close friends with Cowell working on Fuller Pop Idol in the UK. Their friendship went sour when Simon Cowell embarked on a journey to start his own show the X-Factor.
Simon Fuller sued Simon Cowell over the creation of XFactor, he requested shared credit and fees from the producers of the show.
With the suit settled in 2005, Simon Fuller was given a position as executive producer status on the X-Factor show. However, Simon Cowell is still in charge and has full control over show.
Speaking on their broken friendship on the Ellen DeGeneres show, when Simon Fuller’s name came up in a discussion, Simon Cowell replied that “He’s NOT A friend”, Ellen stressed further “He was your friend “. Simon resorted “This is getting really uncomfortable”.
Ellen then asked “Is that why you need a new Simon in your life? Because you lost a Simon?”
At this moment Simon who couldn’t respond was just laughing, Ellen quizzed about what could have caused the break up “What happened with y’all, Simon who almost got choked on his drink nearly spit the drink out upon hearing this question.