Simon Cowell reported to be dating Carmen Electra

Simon Cowell reported to be dating Carmen Electra
Simon Cowell reported to be dating Carmen Electra (Image credit: UK Press/Press Association Image)

Simon Cowell is rumoured to be dating Carmen Electra. The X Factor supremo and the former Baywatch actress were apparently spotted 'making out' on a dinner date in Los Angeles, sparking speculation that they are an item, reported The Sun. A source said: "They were getting very cosy. They were holding hands and staring into each other's eyes - then they started making out." Photographs of the pair after the meal show Simon, 52, with his arm around the 40-year-old former Playboy model as they left the West Hollywood eatery together. Simon and Carmen have apparently been seeing each other while he has been working on US X Factor and it's reported that they have enjoyed a string of dates. A friend of Carmen's said she is 'getting back in the dating pool' following her split from guitarist Rob Patterson earlier this year, adding: "Simon treats her very well. It's all very laid-back at the moment, but they are both enjoying themselves." However, a source told E! News that Simon and Carmen are 'just friends' and that they were out for dinner with a big group of friends. The insider said: "They are just friends from the UK and the US. They have known each other a while and she guest-judged on Britain's Got Talent." Neither star has commented on the romance rumours. Simon previously dated model and TV presenter Terri Seymour and was recently in a relationship with make-up artist Mezhgan Hussainy. Carmen was previously married to Dave Navarro and Dennis Rodman.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.