Sinitta opened up about her relationship with ex Simon Cowell on Friday's I'm A Celebrity All Stars, candidly sharing the reason why her relationship with Simon Cowell failed. Sinitta first met Simon Cowell in a London nightclub when she was a teenager in the early 1980s. Sinitta and Simon Cowell had a famously on-off romance spanning more than 20 years. Apart from her mother, Simon Cowell was the constant person in Sinitta's life, and the two have remained close friends after their split, with Cowell now serving as godfather to Sinitta's adopted children. Simon Cowell is now engaged to his partner Lauren Silverman, and they have a son Eric, 12.
Sinitta told her campmates that Simon Cowell was a faithful boyfriend. She said she was very possessive, but Simon Cowell kind of likes that. She said women act crazy about Simon Cowell, especially in American Idol. She said she has been burned on the shoulder with a cigarette when dancing in a club because a woman was trying to get to Simon Cowell.
He was a faithful boyfriend. He wouldn't mind me saying it because he knows, and I was very possessive, but he kind of likes that.
Sinitta said she was the right person for Simon Cowell for a time, but he and Lauren Silverman have a whole level that she and Simon didn't have. Sinitta previously admitted her marriage to ex-husband Andy Willner was a 'revenge move' after her split with Simon Cowell. She married her ex-husband Andy Willner in 2002. When news broke of Lauren Silverman's pregnancy, Sinitta appeared to refer to it as 'a nightmare,' though she later insisted she has no grudge towards Lauren Silverman. Sinitta previously claimed things were 'never really over' between her and Simon Cowell until Lauren and Simon welcomed their son Eric.
Sinitta said therapy eventually helped her understand why she had clung to Simon Cowell for so long. She has opened up about her abortion in the past, explaining how both her and Simon Cowell had been left 'heartbroken' by the decision. Sinitta said the abortion was an agonising choice but Simon Cowell helped her cope by buying a puppy.
Women act crazy about Simon, especially in American Idol. I've been burned on the shoulder with a cigarette when we were dancing in the club because some woman, gorgeous, model sort of thing, was trying to get to him.
Sinitta had hits with songs like So Macho and Toy Boy and even appeared alongside Simon Cowell on The X Factor. In the I'm A Celebrity camp, fellow contestant Gemma Collins explained that she's loving not having her phone whilst away and how she now understands why Simon Cowell doesn't have a phone. Gemma Collins said Sinitta tries to call Simon Cowell and she's got to go through two PAs, housekeepers just to get a message to him. Sinitta agreed with Gemma Collins and added that Simon Cowell will call you as and when he fancies.
Simon Cowell's current response or comment on Sinitta's revelations has not been made public, and it remains unclear what prompted Sinitta to open up about her relationship with Cowell at this particular time. The exact duration of their on-off romance—whether precisely 20 years or closer to 40 given their meeting in the early 1980s—also remains unspecified.
I feel like Simon loves me and cares about me, but it's just, I think I romanticise everything.
And then you see him with his partner and his baby, well, he's a big boy now, and it's like, wow, OK, like everyone really does have their proper person.
You know, I was the right person for a time, but they've just got this whole level of... that we, we didn't have.
I think I was just too, probably too needy. I genuinely believed that we were gonna get married.
I'm such a romantic that I think twas gonna be our happier after, and then it wasn't, so that was pretty hard, but then you start growing up quickly.
I was trying to make that relationship it. His narrative was just be patient, and you'll have everything you want.
I assumed everything I wanted meant a normal family life with him. And then he met the love of his life and had a child. Silly me.
The man that I married was actually a lovely person. It was a bit of a revenge move at the time, but it developed into something. But even during that relationship, it was obvious that there was unfinished business [with Simon].
Apart from my mother, he was the constant person in my life. When I'm on tour and becoming famous and all of that, there was still him everywhere or him at the end of the phone. So I think I'd found a sort of security in that person.
Sinitta tries to call him and she's got to go through two PAs, housekeepers just to get a message to him.
And then he'll call you.
As and when he fancies.
It was kind of on and off, on and off, so there was kind of an unspoken understanding that was obviously a misunderstanding on my part, but it's ok.
I was trying to make that relationship. His narrative was just be patient, and you'll have everything you want. I assumed everything I wanted meant a normal family life with him. And then he met the love of his life and had a child. Silly me.
The man that I married was actually a lovely person. It was a bit of a revenge move at the time, but it developed into something. But even during that relationship, it was obvious that there was unfinished business with Simon.
It would be, 'Well, if he's done that, then I'll date Brad Pitt, I'll date this model.' But always intentionally thinking we will be together when we stop being crazy. Because I would have been ready to go at any time, but it was like my pride needed me to go and have a retaliation relationship to show I'm not desperate.