SIMON COWELL might be in danger of losing his friendship with Prince Harry, according to his long-time friend Sinitta Malone. She suggested that the music mogul could possibly reintroduce Piers Morgan to the Britain’s Got Talent panel for the upcoming series.
Simon Cowell, 61, is being “secretive” about his plans for Britain’s Got Talent, according to his friend Sinitta Malone. This comes after the music mogul was seen taking a walk with his former colleague, Piers Morgan, 55. The outspoken journalist had recently stepped down as host of Good Morning Britain after criticizing Meghan Markle’s comments about her mental health during a landmark interview with Oprah Winfrey, which also featured her husband, Prince Harry.
Sinitta shared with Entertainment Daily, “I saw the pictures of him walking with Piers and I did speak to him just before he went back to America.”
“I asked him, ‘Oh, are you bringing Piers back for BGT?’ and he replied, ‘You’ll see, darling, we’ll talk about it.’ He was being a bit secretive.”
However, if Simon does decide to bring Piers back to the talent show, it could create tension between him and his other friend, Prince Harry.
Sinitta added, “I’m not sure what’s going to happen now with the whole scandal involving Harry, Meghan, and Piers.”
Simon Cowell may risk jeopardizing his friendship with Prince Harry (Image: GETTY).
“The thing is, Simon is also good friends with Prince Harry, so I honestly don’t know. I would imagine it would be quite tricky because he’s friends with both of them.”
Piers resigned from GMB last month after refusing to apologize on air for his criticism of Meghan’s interview with Oprah.
However, sources have suggested that since leaving his six-year stint on the ITV show, Piers has been “bombarded” with work offers.
An insider told The Sun that Piers is in discussions to collaborate with Simon on a new TV project.
The source shared: “During their three-hour walk, Piers and Simon talked about the possibility of working together, and there’s hope that Piers will join the team.”
“They feel the format needs a shake-up, and Piers certainly has experience with that.”
Piers was part of the original Britain’s Got Talent judging panel alongside Simon and Amanda Holden when the show launched in 2007.
He previously boasted about the show attracting 20 million viewers before leaving in 2010 to focus on his CNN show, Piers Morgan Live.
Last year, on Good Morning Britain, Piers jokingly teased his return to the talent show with his former co-host Susanna Reid.
Susanna began: “He’s taking over every single ITV programme.”
Piers replied, “Well, I can’t talk about those rumours, which I’ve been fuelling myself.”
Susanna laughed: “No one else has been talking about it, but apparently Piers is ‘this’ close to a return.”
Piers then took the opportunity to boast about his massive ratings during the first four seasons of BGT, saying, “Well, the ratings were 20 million when I was doing it, I’m just putting that out there. I’m just saying the others are still there, I’m the only one who has left.”
Piers also revealed that BGT bosses had asked him to return to the ITV talent competition after Simon Cowell broke his back and was unable to film the semi-finals last year.