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"Big life changes are ahead for Simon Cowell! As Us Weekly exclusively reported in July, the 53-year-old X Factor mentor is expecting his first child with girlfriend Lauren Silverman. In a Tuesday, Sept. 23 radio interview with Ryan Seacrest, Cowell opens up about the future plans he has for his family.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;#xA0;genuinely never thought [me being a Dad] was going to happen,&amp;quot; Cowell admitted to Seacrest. &amp;quot;Partly because I was scared of who I was going to have kids with . . . [but] Lauren and I get along really well and once I got used to the idea I thought, &amp;apos;I think this is going to be very good.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nCowell and NYC socialite Silverman, 36, began their relationship while she was still married to Cowell&amp;apos;s friend, Andrew Silverman. The estranged spouses, parents to son Adam, 7, settled their divorce Aug. 14 after 10 years of marriage.\r\nCowell hinted to Seacrest that he will be marrying Silverman. &amp;quot;Let&amp;apos;s put it this way, I wouldn&amp;apos;t expect her to be a single mother,&amp;quot; he said.\r\n\r\nSilverman may, however, be on her own in the delivery room. When Seacrest asked if Cowell would witness his baby&amp;apos;s birth, the music mogul exclaimed, &amp;quot;Are you out of your mind?&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;I know this sounds awful, but it&amp;apos;s like you don&amp;apos;t want to go in to the restaurant while they&amp;apos;re making your dinner,&amp;quot; Cowell said. &amp;quot;I think there are certain things you shouldn&amp;apos;t see and that is one of them. I&amp;apos;ll be very close by, but no [I won&amp;apos;t watch.]&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThough a source confirmed to Us earlier this month that Cowell is having a baby boy, the British star wouldn&amp;apos;t confirm the gender to Seacrest. He did refer to the baby as a boy, however, while sharing a story about how he plans to make sure his child has an English accent. &amp;quot;I said to Lauren, &amp;apos;What if I just play me on tape while the baby is sleeping so the baby can hear me and have a British accent,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; the former American Idol judge recalled. He jokingly added to Seacrest, &amp;quot;And his first words will be, &amp;apos;You&amp;apos;re absolutely useless!&amp;apos;&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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