Tales from the Celebrity Trenches

Simon Cowell is in the Trenches

Tales from the Celebrity Trenches

Show Notes

Simon Cowell welcomes Jamie East into his home to launch 'Tales from the Celebrity Trenches'! It's his most honest, entertaining & revealing interview in years.

Expect all sorts - the inside scoop on what it was *really like* backstage at X-Factor. Including the time Jamie hung out in Simon’s dressing room & Simon couldn’t get YouTube to work on his new laptop - you HOWL when you hear the reason!

What was the deal behind *that* clip of Simon clapping? Does he have someone telling him when he goes viral?!

Simon addresses the rumours about how much he spent on his birthday party & what *exactly* did he tell his mum the suggestive stage set at his party was?!

He's super-honest about his reaction (& the celeb panel’s reaction on BGT) to Subo’s first audition. Does he feel bad about it now?

And what was his gut instinct when he was putting together One Direction? Did he always know they’d be *so* successful?

There’s more than meets the eye to the king of Saturday night TV. Tales from the Celebrity Trenches is brought to you by Sky Vegas.

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Hosts: Jamie East, Alice Brine Producers: Jamie East, Tippi Willard Assistant Producer: Fabio Fitzpatrick. Researchers: Chris Lockery Booker: Hannah Wetton Artwork: Daniel McGarry Editorial Support: Joseph Palmer Social Media: Jack Webb Youtube Manager: Sam Owen Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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