Simon Cowell's letter to himself

What the 'American Idol' judge revealed in the U.K.'s Daily Mail

Monday, September 28, 2009
Simon Cowell's letter to himself

'American Idol' judge Simon Cowell

(Rune Hellestad/Corbis)

Best opinion: E! Online, Access Hollywood, MTV.com

"Someone needs to pull the pen from Simon Cowell's fingers," said Breanne L. Heldman in E! Online. In anticipation of his 50th birthday next week, the American Idol judge decided to "air his dirty laundry in public" by publishing "an absurdly lengthy diatribe" to himself in the UK's Daily Mail. Cowell's "nearly 3,500 words makes for nothing but a puff (as in puff, the magic ego) piece."

But the letter did "provide insight into the famed judge's personal life," said Access Hollywood. Cowell addressed "the success and failures of his younger years," and also "revealed he has some very dark times" and that "he remains insecure about being on television."

"At times the letter is both self-deprecating and self-aggrandizing," said Jim Cantiello in MTV.com. One moment he's "patting himself on the back for correctly predicting the sales potential in marketing music on television for BMG," the next he's explaining how "his record-label cohorts thought of him as 'a freak.'" But what was probably most surprising was that "Cowell closed the letter by hinting that his TV career might be winding down."

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3 Comments

Posted by Ruby E. Pearman, Monday, September 28, 2009, 7:43 pm That's Sad as he is really a talented guy. Even FUNNY at times. He had to be intelligent to get to where he is today. I hope he see's a councelir gets his thoughts straight. He would be missed.

Posted by ken, Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 2:38 pm really, who cares??

Posted by Simon Cowbell, Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 3:02 pm Simon's former boss at a major record label described him to me as very shy. It must have been another universe where colleagues thought he was a freak.

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