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Simon Cowell Says ‘I Doubt’ One Direction Will Reunite, Regrets Not Owning Band Name: ‘Could Have Made an Animation or Whatever’
Simon Cowell revealed his one regret about working with One Direction: not owning the band name.
On Stephen Bartlett’s “The Diary of a CEO” podcast, the television and music mogul discussed what made One Direction special and how he helped them reach success after forming the band on his series “The X Factor” and signing them to a record deal. Because the band members — Harry Styles, Zayn, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson — own the rights to the name One Direction, Cowell would not be able to use it for any sort of spinoff project without their permission. Elsewhere in the interview, Cowell recalled giving the boy band advice early on in their careers: “It’s hard work, you are going to become well-known and you are going to lose a lot of your privacy.
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