Kerry Katona has spoken out after Simon Cowell recently admitted he ‘always’ worries about money despite his eye-watering net worth
Kerry Katona has slammed Simon Cowell over his money claims. Simon might not be the first person you’d expect to worry about money, but the music mogul admitted last week that he ‘always’ worries about money, despite his massive success and impressive net worth.
Simon revealed, “I always worry about money, because I think you have too,” whilst speaking on a new episode of the How to Fail podcast.
The Britain’s got Talent judge was estimated to be worth £385 million by The Sunday Times in 2020.
Speaking exclusively to New, Kerry had a few words for Simon after his admission: “If I’m honest, I think that’s pretty rich coming from him – pun intended! He’s a multimillionaire with plenty of mansions and private jets – he’ll be alright!”
“Simon, I love you, but saying that feels out of touch. Next thing you know, he’ll be on OnlyFans selling feet pics.”
Simon admitted that the Covid-19 pandemic left him with financial worries, the Mirror reports. He continued, speaking to tell podcast host Elizabeth Day: “I remember reading it for the first time on a website and I don’t read a lot of stuff on social media, but I’d heard about it.
“So I was curious and the second day, the story got bigger to a point where I actually phoned one of my partners and I said, I don’t like the look of this, I have a horrible feeling it’s gonna be like that movie contagion. I think we need to get all of our shows into production around the world quicker this year.”
He added: “And we did. And when it happened, it was, obviously worse than I could have imagined, but when you think about that, the wars and everything else, the instability, what is safe? I mean, was it gold cash stock? I don’t think anything is safe any longer.”
Simon, who has been in the industry for over 40 years, says he now follows the advice to ‘live in your money’ and enjoy it, but he is also aware of the future being uncertain.
Despite this, it doesn’t mean Simon has been on to scrimp. The star has multiple lavish homes across the world – including an £8M Cotswold mansion – fancy cars and reportedly has a private jet on standby.
Never one to let fame go to his head, Britain’s got Talent creator Simon is quick to label himself ‘obnoxious’. Reflecting on a moment from years ago, he recalled: “I do remember one time I was driving in my Porsche. I had long hair.”
“The top was down and I passed this pub, and I remember someone shouting ‘you w*nker!’ and I went, actually, you are right. I am a w*nker.”
Simon, who is now a devoted dad to ten-year-old son Eric, shared that he feels content with what he has and no longer desires more money or flashy expenditures these days.
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