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"Simon Cowell and Mezhgan Hussainy are as &amp;quot;close as they&amp;#039;ve ever been&amp;quot;, according to Max Clifford. The PR guru, who represents Cowell, discussed claims that the Syco boss had split from his fianc\u00C3\u00A9e and enjoyed dinner dates with a &amp;#039;mystery British brunette&amp;#039;.  Clifford told ITV&amp;#039;s This Morning: &amp;quot;I spoke to Simon yesterday, he&amp;#039;s in LA launching X Factor over there and he said, &amp;#039;Who is the mystery as I haven&amp;#039;t met her and I don&amp;#039;t know her&amp;#039;.  &amp;quot;The same journalist wrote a few weeks ago that he had dinner with Cheryl Cole and he never did. So it&amp;#039;s consistent!&amp;quot; Asked to confirm if Cowell and Hussainy are still engaged and planning their wedding, he responded: &amp;quot;Well I don&amp;#039;t know about planning a wedding - I think you might have to wait 20 years for Simon to plan a wedding but they are as close as they&amp;#039;ve ever been.&amp;quot;  Meanwhile, presenter Phillip Schofield admitted that he thought Cowell looked like &amp;quot;he&amp;#039;s had work done&amp;quot; following an appearance on ITV2&amp;#039;s The Xtra Factor over the weekend.  Clifford quipped: &amp;quot;Yeah, I think it&amp;#039;s more the worry of all the hours he&amp;#039;s spending counting his money, Phillip! I think it&amp;#039;s the strain. He&amp;#039;s getting thinner... I mean, who knows what he&amp;#039;s doing? He&amp;#039;s admitted in the past that he&amp;#039;s had Botox hasn&amp;#039;t he, so you know... &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s why I could never see Simon getting married because he thinks it&amp;#039;s an ageing process - allegedly!&amp;quot; When Schofield jokingly responded, &amp;quot;because you don&amp;#039;t get any older if you stay engaged?&amp;quot;, Clifford said: &amp;quot;Absolutely right!&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Simon Cowell is a serial cheat, says Sinitta &amp;gt; Simon Cowell: &amp;#039;I don&amp;#039;t have patience for children&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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