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Simon Cowell launches blistering attack on billionaires as he calls them 'snobby and obnoxious' while making a shock admission about his wealth - who COULD he be talking about?


The music mogul, 65, has amassed his own vast fortune thanks to his string of TV shows, but in a new interview has insisted he has nowhere near the £500 million he is estimated to be worth.

Speaking on the How To Fail podcast, Simon shared that he doesn't feel money is the biggest drive for him, and he's happy with the amount he has, with his fiancée Lauren Silverman and their son Eric at his side. Simon also shared that he doesn't feel money is the biggest drive for him, and he's happy with the amount he has, with his fiancée Lauren Silverman and their son Eric at his side 'Second day, the story got bigger to a point where I actually phoned my partner and I said "I don't like the look of this, I have a horrible feeling it's going to be like that movie Contagion, and I think we need to get all of our shows into production around the world quicker this year".

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