Simon Cowell considered taking $150,000 to judge a couple having sex

Simon Cowell opened up about the indecent proposal on a podcast episode (Picture: ITV)

Simon Cowell admitted to almost accepting $150,000 (£113,000) to judge a couple having sex.

The X Factor judge, 65, recently shared that he still worries about money and rubbished his estimated net worth.

One way he could have raked in extra cash in the past is with this bizarre proposal, which he opened up about on the How To Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast.

Despite how outrageous the request was, the Pop Idol icon said he almost accepted it.

‘One time — this is a true story — I was in a restaurant and this guy comes up to me and he said, “I love your show”, Thank you very much. “Will you take a picture?” Sure. “This is my wife.” Nice to meet you.’

At this point, Simon said the conversation became a lot more intimate with the couple offering him an indecent proposal, asking the infamously cutting judge to assess their sex life in person.

The Britain’s Got Talent judge says he was offered $150,000 to judge a couple having sex (Picture: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images) The X Factor icon said he considered their offer but ultimately didn’t go along with it (Picture: How To Fail with Elizabeth Day0

‘I went, are you winding me up?’ he continued. ‘And they said, “No, we’ll pay you.” Well, how much? And it was actually a lot of money. And I thought, do I? No, I just can’t do it.’

When asked how much the couple offered, he claimed they were set to pay him $150,000.

Elsewhere in the episode, the Britain’s Got Talent judge opened up about his concerns over his earnings over the years.

‘I always worry about money because I think you have to in a way. You think about Covid as an example. No one could have predicted Covid.

‘I remember reading it for the first time on a website, and I don’t read a lot of stuff on social media, but I’d heard about it, so I was curious.

‘Second day, the story got bigger to a point where I actually phoned my partner and I said “I don’t like the look of this, I have a horrible feeling it’s going to be like that movie Contagion, and I think we need to get all of our shows into production around the world quicker this year”. And we did.

It comes as the star opened up on the money worries he has faced throughout his career (Picture: Mike Marsland/WireImage)

‘And when it happened, it was obviously worse than I could have imagined.

‘When you think about that, the wars, and everything else, the instability, what is safe? Is it gold, cash, stocks? I don’t think anything’s safe any longer. I guess your house.

‘Someone did actually say to me once – thank god – “live in your money”. And it was really good advice, i.e, enjoy it, and be happy with it, but understand that the world is precarious.’

When told by Elizabeth that his estimated net worth was around £500 million, he denied this figure and said that in reality, he was ‘not even close’ to that amount.

‘Oh God, it’s not that. I’m not even close to that. I’m being serious. I’m not.

‘I’ve made a lot, I’m not going to lie. I’ve made a bit of money, yes, but not that much, no.’

Though he admitted he thought he was rich, he did say he doesn’t ‘yearn for what he thought he wanted a few years ago.’

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