COWELL ‘NOT ENGAGED’, SAYS REP
SIMON COWELL’s spokesman has dismissed reports the media mogul is engaged= to wed AMERICAN IDOL make-up artist MEZHGAN HUSSAINY.
The American Idol judge sparked speculation he had proposed to Hussainy= after she was snapped sporting a diamond band on her ring finger followi= ng an intimate Valentine’s Day date with Cowell on Sunday (14Feb10).
Louis Walsh, a judge on Cowell’s U.K. talent show The X Factor, proceed= ed to confirm the star’s plans to wed, telling reporters: "I’m very, very= surprised but I’m delighted he’s got engaged." However, the mogul’s longtime publicist and close friend, Max Clifford,= insists the reports have been exaggerated.
Clifford tells UsMagazine.com: "I spoke to Simon in London yesterday (1= 7Feb10) afternoon, just before he took his flight back to L.A. I asked hi= m: ‘Look, are you engaged? Is it true?,’ and he said, ‘No! No. I’m not en= gaged.’ "Yes, they are an item. Yes, they’re happy. But they’re not engaged. Th= at’s straight from Simon’s mouth."
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