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"Simon Cowell has appeared alongside his ex-girlfriend for their first TV interview since splitting up earlier this month. The X Factor judge joined Terri Seymour on US show Extra, where she works as an entertainment reporter. The pair were reported to have separated after Cowell was reluctant to commit. &amp;quot;Terri decided to dump me... You sent me a text,&amp;quot; Cowell said. During the interview, Seymour insisted that the pair were still &amp;quot;best of friends&amp;quot; and said: &amp;quot;We had a great six years.&amp;quot; Cowell also revealed that they both still rely on each other for support and regularly speak to each other. &amp;quot;I do call Terri, first, when I\u00E2\u20AC\u2122ve got an issue or I\u00E2\u20AC\u2122m moaning about something, or I want to bounce an idea off,&amp;quot; Cowell added. Cowell also firmly refuted claims he had given his ex a $9 million &amp;#039;parting gift&amp;#039;, adding: &amp;quot;That is actually not a true story. If anything I should be getting the money.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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