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"Alicia Douvall has claimed that she still has a &amp;quot;soft spot&amp;quot; for Simon Cowell, who she described has &amp;quot;gentlemanly&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;cool&amp;quot;. The model gave a kiss-and-tell story to the tabloids about Cowell earlier this year, claiming that she was upset to have been left out of Tom Bower&amp;#039;s unauthorised biography Sweet \u00ADRevenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell.   Douvall&amp;#039;s tabloid revlations included claims that she once had sex with Cowell 11 times in one night. Speaking to Digital Spy about what attracted her to the Syco boss, she said: &amp;quot;I think he&amp;#039;s got a charisma. He&amp;#039;s cool. He&amp;#039;s in touch with his feminine side. You feel very comfortable around him.  &amp;quot;You feel like you can be his best friend straight away with Simon. He also treats people really well.  &amp;quot;He used to open doors for me and take me to nice restaurants. He&amp;#039;s very gentlemanly. I think every girls goes for guys with that gentlemanly charm.&amp;quot; Commenting on the fall-out from her revelations, she added: &amp;quot;Simon was very unhappy about the stories, but he knows why I did it. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ll always have a soft spot for Simon Cowell. He&amp;#039;ll always have a place in my heart. We&amp;#039;ll always be friends.&amp;quot; Alicia Douvall&amp;#039;s one-off documentary Glamour Model Mum, Baby &amp;amp; Me, which follows Douvall&amp;#039;s life as a single mother with two daughters, is on BBC Three on Tuesday, June 12 at 9pm. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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