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"\n\tAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below\n\t\n\n  While I am certain we'd all be way more comfortable thinking that 53-year-old Simon Cowell reproduces asexually, like a snarky English starfish, it seems that he produces his spawn the usual way. Except for the fact that the lady allegedly pregnant with Cowell's first kid is his friend Andrew Silverman's wife, Lauren, according to an exclusive from Us Weekly. \n\n   While New York socialite Silverman, 36, has reportedly been estranged from her real estate mogul husband, a close friend of Cowell's, the two are not yet officially divorced, and the rumors make it sound like the romance between Lauren and Simon happened while the Silvermans were still co-habitating, or at least still making snippy, passive-aggressive conversation over $300 sushi at their solid gold dinner table.  She is now planning to ditch Silverman for good and be with Cowell. An insider says: \"Lauren and Andrew have been unhappy in their marriage for some time, and their divorce has been in the works for a while. As their marriage deteriorated, she and Simon became close.\" Yeah, close like a fox, apparently.   And If you thought \"estranged from her real estate mogul husband\" was the most bougie sentence fragment you will read today, think again: Lauren has been a regular on Cowell's visits to St. Barts.  If anyone happens to run into Andrew Silverman, buy him a tequila shot and some Valium for me. Follow Anna on Twitter. Image via Getty"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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