Simon Cowell Interview & Lap - BBC

now my guest tonight is a very busy man so busy in fact that the only hole we could find in his diary was two weeks ago so we interviewed him then and then we thought we'd slide it into tonight's program and nobody would be any the wiser I've had my hair cut to match I'm wearing roughly the same clothes were in the same building it was all very ambitious but as is so often the way with top gear I'm afraid it hasn't quite worked because if you watch very carefully this poppy is about to magically disappear ladies and gentlemen from the past Simon Cowell have a seat my first visit of course isn't this I was here was it four years ago four years yeah when we had the Suzuki Liana great carved on now oh you've really moved up in the world absolutely and so of you because then it was Pop Idol isn't it yeah second Pop Idol or something pop idol and since the American inventor British inventor American Idol American Idol x-factor tell me what opportunities are there for you to get a lot of money from phone lines where people vote on things we only do the phone lines so that the audience can vote so we're sort of giving something back to the audience you could do an illegal immigrant one a what where people competes through a British passport are you seriously pitching me this idea no I'm thinking I might do it actually it's such a good idea the fantastic it's yours I just have ideas all the time okay well there's very good what an x-factor is why they coffee now it's come on this is your audience if you tell that could only be a judge on x-factor shall I tell you why you couldn't why because I am aging quite well and or not and I thought about you the other day I was really one of your reviews about a Jaguar about how Jaguars have to update themselves over the years and you are the equivalent of a Jaguar who needs help in other words you know how you do a facelift on the new Jaguar do a know you do you need Botox you need a facelift just have half an eye done because learning I look in a mirror don't you looking am I just going up no I'm falling to pieces on the don't know I don't think that you think you care I think I look good you do look good don't I know I do we're the same age well I don't care maybe you must have should I care should I care about it and that's why you couldn't come on my show and the other reason is I just sit going no no no yeah the second is you'd be funnier than me how's America is it going well I like it there you know I mean I've been there five years it's fun you know they're a little they live there for half the year now so you got to split your cars America and yes oh yes so come on then why in England I have an Audi the new Audi r8 right that is brilliant innit well it's very interesting I was driving the car the other day and and I was thinking about what you said on the show about it being better than a Porsche and I was kind of thinking why is it better than a Porsche well I think the reason it's better than a Porsche is that people like you in it mm-hmm I promise you at that split second someone overtook me put their hand out the window where's tosser exactly that moment it properly knees put your seatbelt on that's all what it was though huh um no but it's a good car and then on your recommendation I bought a Lamborghini gay or whatever you call it spider spider hmm which is completely pointless because a little white when you're driving around the track here it's fantastic driver in London it's impossible why you can't do more than 10 miles an hour in this car it's like Naomi Campbell phoning you are going out for dinner ending up in the hotel room and she then telling you that she's a lesbian it's it's it's sort of I wouldn't line there bring a friend let's be another actually uh it's kind of pointless you know yeah because you can't drive these things but what can you drive in London you do raiven join that's my point nothing you've still got the Rolls Royces yes one there one here thanks to fifth gear who recommended it alright Westlife it's one of the Luise in it huh no what am i - maybe Irish once again oh no he manages them okay and then signed to my record label okay yeah who isn't designed to your record label Spice Girls I like them I want to hear about my lap really yeah alright then are you a competitive man yes because the last time you came here and one went to the top absolutely and then you were knocked off by Jimmy Carr wasn't it who I saw like weeks after who was horribly patronizing about the whole thing you know so today is the day you've come back to see if you can get to the top yes of the board that's why I'm here how did it go I don't think it went as well as last time you'd like to see it play the tape okay here we go what do you think of the car terrible we didn't like seriously the worst Cup everything that's good and aggressive through there as I put a little wheel spin through there and into the Hammerhead nicely done so far that's pretty good is that good yeah very good right now flat from now on flat yeah and still flat through the time that's how you do it Jeremy I know I Drive around here all the time I know I've still never time myself look at this casual relaxed coming up to the second-to-last corner into Gambon now and here we go and across the line whatever it is where do you reckon as long as I'm higher than Hugh Grant Hugh Grant's 147 seven yeah now you're faster than that well just tell me know do you think you're beat Gordon Ramsay who was seriously quick what did he do he did a one 46.3 close you reckon close yeah you were actually very close because you did it in 1 minute 45 daddy ramsley has just committed suicide well to be fair to Gordon Ramsay he's fat that's worth at least two seconds alright that is amazing no that was actually you really do have a knack for it the Stig said you have definitely got a knack the cameraman said they've never seen consistency like it in the practice slot the thing is is that you should never listen to what you're being told because it's like trying to ride a bicycle you know someone tells you how to do it you start thinking about too many things hmm you just got to get yourself round but I'm genuinely thrilled I'm glad I came I'm very glad you I am so getting bored with having a Scot not only in number 10 but also at the top of our leaderboard ladies and gentlemen Simon Cowell you you

Channel: Top Gear

Views: 3,027,572

Rating: 4.8874345 out of 5

Keywords: BBC, BBC Worldwide, Top Gear, Car, Auto, Challenge, Motor Review, Simon Cowell, Cars, Awesome, Free, Hot, Vehicle, Video, Clip

Id: AIuhLCGZR0Q

Length: 8min 34sec (514 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 19 2008

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Here's the link to Jimmy Carr beating Simon Cowell's old time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C9gNNlYJUA