London:
TV mogul Simon Cowell has lashed outat pop star Cheryl Cole, branding her "mad" and "vain" for notbeing a better mentor to contestants on US show X-Factor.
"The slogan this year was 'embrace the madness'. Cherylsays she can't work out if she is embracing it or actuallygoing mad. It's a fine line - but Cheryl has always been mad!
"If you look into Cheryl's eyes you will see totalmadness! She was always fighting it but it was always thereready to come out. I've had the most bonkers conversationswith Cheryl," Cowell said.
The 50-year-old show boss also accused his co-judge ofnot being a good mentor to contestants Cher, Rebecca and Katiewho are under Cole's care, claiming she does not bring out thebest in them, reported Mirror online.
"Everyone thinks she (Cher) looks up to Cheryl but shelooks up to me. Cheryl sees something of herself in Cher -it's vanity! Some might even say narcissism!" Cowell said.
Talking about Rebecca, Cowell said, "If her personalityisn't coming across, it's Cheryl's fault. It's Cheryl's job.Or maybe Rebecca switches to me for a week, I'll get herpersonality out!"
He also claimed that Cole has copied his trademarkmilitary salute given to fans from his American Idol days.
"The slogan this year was 'embrace the madness'. Cherylsays she can't work out if she is embracing it or actuallygoing mad. It's a fine line - but Cheryl has always been mad!
"If you look into Cheryl's eyes you will see totalmadness! She was always fighting it but it was always thereready to come out. I've had the most bonkers conversationswith Cheryl," Cowell said.
The 50-year-old show boss also accused his co-judge ofnot being a good mentor to contestants Cher, Rebecca and Katiewho are under Cole's care, claiming she does not bring out thebest in them, reported Mirror online.
"Everyone thinks she (Cher) looks up to Cheryl but shelooks up to me. Cheryl sees something of herself in Cher -it's vanity! Some might even say narcissism!" Cowell said.
Talking about Rebecca, Cowell said, "If her personalityisn't coming across, it's Cheryl's fault. It's Cheryl's job.Or maybe Rebecca switches to me for a week, I'll get herpersonality out!"
He also claimed that Cole has copied his trademarkmilitary salute given to fans from his American Idol days.
