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"Simon Cowell has confirmed that he is expecting a son and intends to marry the child&amp;#039;s mother Lauren Silverman. The X Factor boss announced the gender of his unborn baby with the American socialite on Ryan Seacrest&amp;#039;s KIIS-FM show this afternoon (September 24).  Speaking about his approach to parenting, Cowell joked: &amp;quot;The baby has to have an English accent!&amp;quot; The 53-year-old then said of Silverman, who agreed a divorce settlement with millionaire ex-husband Andrew in August: &amp;quot;I wouldn&amp;#039;t expect Lauren to be a single mother.&amp;quot;  Reports that Cowell and Silverman were expecting a boy first emerged at the start of the month. It has been claimed that the Britain&amp;#039;s Got Talent judge will name his child after his late father Eric. Cowell previously branded accusations that Silverman is a &amp;#039;gold digger&amp;#039; as &amp;quot;absolute nonsense&amp;quot;. Meanwhile, Cowell&amp;#039;s close companion Sinitta revealed this week that she aborted a baby she was expecting with Cowell while the pair were dating. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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