Simon Cowell is looking back at one of Britain has talent Most unforgettable moments with great regret.
Appearing in the debut episode of Celebrity trenches On May 6, the music mogul admitted that he and his fellow judges were “horrible” in the way they reacted to Susan Boyle before her now-iconic 2009 audition.
“I look back and think, ‘Oh my God, we look so horrible, horrible,’” Cowell, 66, said. “Actually, I don’t think we looked bad enough. I think we were even worse than that and they said, ‘You look horrible.'”
Cowell was addressing the visible skepticism shared between him, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan before Boyle stunned the audience with his powerful performance as I dreamed a dream of Les Miserables.
“It was kind of a wake-up call. You can’t judge a book by its cover,” Cowell admitted. “We look disgusting…”
The audition remains one of the most talked about moments in reality TV, catapulting Boyle to global fame almost overnight.
Boyle herself has previously spoken about the painful experience, admitting that she felt deeply judged when she went on stage for the first time. “I felt quite suffocating, almost like I was performing in a freak show, and that hurt me,” he told the newspaper. irish mirror.
Despite the difficult start, Boyle had the last word. She finished runners-up that season and became an international sensation, with a career that has reportedly earned her an estimated £30 million.
