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"The hold-nothing-back TV talent judge apparently passed along his X and Y factors to a woman who&amp;#039;s married to his close friend, real estate mogul, Andrew Silverman. According to Us Weekly (who first broke the story), Simon Cowell, 53, fathered a child with New York socialite Lauren Silverman, 36, who&amp;#039;s 10 weeks pregnant. A source close to the outspoken dad-to-be said, &amp;quot;Lauren and Andrew have been unhappy in their marriage for some time, and their divorce has been in the works for a while.&amp;quot; Cowell reportedly has been comforting Silverman as her relationship fell apart. So what does this mean for the Silvermans? Divorce. A muddy one, too. Two weeks ago, Andrew filed papers in the Manhattan Supreme Court, citing adultery as the reason for the marriage&amp;#039;s end and naming Cowell as a co-respondent. According to popular divorce lawyer Vanessa Lloyd Platt, it was &amp;quot;very unusual&amp;quot; for Andrew to name Cowell in the documents since they &amp;quot;are all supposed to be friends.&amp;quot; While Cowell and his team haven&amp;#039;t issued an official response to the baby reports, a friend of Cowell said he will definitely be a supportive father. &amp;quot;Simon has given all his exes houses so of course he&amp;#039;s going to be generous to his own child,&amp;quot; the source said. &amp;quot;He has not even considered not looking after this baby.&amp;quot; In 2009, Cowell said he didn&amp;#039;t want to be a father. &amp;quot;God, no. I couldn&amp;#039;t have children. If I had them here drawing on the walls, I&amp;#039;d go nuts,&amp;quot; he said. However, in March 2012, the TV personality seemed to soften, saying, &amp;quot;I do really, really like kids, because I can talk to them and listen to them,&amp;quot; though Cowell felt his work life would interfere with parenting. &amp;quot;The problem has always been how much time you need to devote to bringing up kids. I&amp;#039;ve always dedicated all my life to work, and at 52, I&amp;#039;ve probably missed the opportunity.&amp;quot; What do you think of Simon Cowell impregnating a married woman? Share your thoughts in the comments below. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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