Adore him or abhor him, Simon Cowell is currently one of the most popular men on the planet, and that is some feat. From that alone, even his harshest critics should take note, step outside the box for a moment, and admire him.
A more unlikely ambassador for the UK you couldnt really find (to the rest of the world were the UK nowadays, like it or lump it). In his now world renowned high waist trousers, high heeled shoes, and high held opinion of himself, Id wager hes bought more money into this kingdom of ours than he has turned away.
Pop Idol, American Idol, The X-Factor, Britains Got Talent, the soon to be hugely popular American Inventor, countless music successes through his talent show winners and his publishing house Syco, to name but a few of his incredible entrepreneurial achievements.
Women find him attractive, jealous men call him diminutive. But there is little, excuse the pun, that is diminutive about Simon Cowells c haracter and presence. A not so quiet air of, some say arrogance, but certainly confidence and a certain authority oozes from him at any and every opportunity hes given.
It is perhaps understandable that a certain number of people, under the guise of their often funny but mostly plain awful auditions on his various talent extravaganzas, have bad feeling toward Mr Cowell. One of these people who were turned down at audition, or so it is believed it was one of these people, even went so far a few months ago as to ensure that, if only for a matter of hours, Mr Cowells Wikipedia entry was tampered with to reflect their anger, with comments being added to the effect that Simon was incontinent and infertile.
I for one have no real understanding of why these people react this way. I have had much worse reaction and critique heaped upon some of my writing. As a writer, I expect that, and I know that very harsh critique can be received from some quarters. These people must also realise, unless they are hermits of course, that the popularity of these talent contests relies to a large degree on the failures as well as the successes. I know this, because Im one of the millions that switch off after the audition stages, because by the finals stages, Im pretty bored of the same old faces.
So why do these singers or performers not understand the same? If he told them anything other than what he actually thought, he would be doing them a great disservice. Maybe its because of the seeming inability of his various co-judges to comment genuinely that he receives such bad press. Then again, he and his shows have become so terribly watchable, in a huge part because of his unwavering candidness, and that human nature being what it is, a great deal of us actually enjoy watching other peoples misery at the receiving end of him telling them theyre either not good enough or a complete joke.
Regardless of your opinion on the way he conducts himself, or the way he dishes out his critique, you simply cannot take away the achievements of this man. You cannot deny his entrepreneurial talent, for which I am hugely envious, and of course, you cannot help but be envious of the fact that because of his talent and hard work, he is likely to simply be set for life.
If Mr Cowell wanted to give it all up right this very second, and live off the proceeds for the rest off his days, he could. Now how many of us wouldnt give just about anything for the chance to be able to do that.
Simon Cowell, I for one applaud you.
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