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"Simon Cowell has apologised to those mentioned in the new tell-all book about him.  In the new unauthorised biography The Intimate Life Of Simon Cowell, penned by author Tom Bower, several of Cowell&amp;#039;s past affairs including one with former X Factor judge Dannii Minogue, were revealed.  &amp;gt; Simon Cowell &amp;#039;thinks Britain&amp;#039;s Got Talent&amp;#039;s Alesha Dixon is beautiful&amp;#039; Cowell said at last night&amp;#039;s (April 25) event at the Serpentine Gallery in London: &amp;quot;I wish to publicly apologise to anyone I embarrassed.&amp;quot; The Sun reports that he added: &amp;quot;Ten years ago, if I had read someone would be writing a book about me saying I made loads of money and shagged loads of girls I would have said, &amp;#039;Great!&amp;#039;&amp;quot; Cowell also said that he and Bower are friends despite his own mortification over the revelations in the book.  &amp;quot;I spent the week hiding under a pillow,&amp;quot; he recalled. &amp;quot;I knew it was bad because friends were sending me sweet messages saying, &amp;#039;Are you okay?&amp;#039;&amp;quot; Cheryl Cole, who Bower writes that Cowell was supposedly &amp;quot;mesmerised&amp;quot; by, is said to be planning her own tell-all autobiography in which she will reveal what it was like working on The X Factor.  Cowell is currently gearing up for the second season ofThe X Factor USA, which Britney Spears is reportedly in final negotiations to join.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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