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Cowell is afraid of contestants' mums
Tuesday 14 August 2007
The talent show Mr Nasty also reckons he would have been beaten up by now if it wasn't for his security guard. Cowell told the Radio Times that hopefuls usually take rejection badly.
"Normally, you'll get, 'Thanks for all your support, judges', and the second they're out of earshot they go completely ballistic," he said.
"And there's me sometimes locked in my dressing room, knowing there are some very angry family members in the corridor. It's not a great place to be. I wait until the coast is clear and then I get out of there. Because there's nothing worse than when you've got a mother shouting at you.
"I get collared sometimes as if it's my fault. They're never particularly happy at that point. Or you get the contestants themselves, which is very embarrassing. Sometimes they'll lay into you."
Referring to the 'X Factor' security guard, Cowell added: "Tony's there mainly as a deterrent. But I'm absolutely sure that if Tony hadn't been on the road with us, I would have been punched in the mouth."
The 'X Factor' returns to ITV1 on August 18 with new judge Dannii Minogue - who Cowell described as "a little Rottweiler".
Louis Walsh has also been brought back, months after he was dumped as a judge.
Walsh holds Cowell responsible for his departure, and Cowell admitted: "It was a little bit uncomfortable the first day he walked in, because everyone was staring at me. But I've got fairly thick skin."
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