Mezhgan Hussainy could 'do better' than Simon Cowell, says Louis Walsh

11 April 2012
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Mezhgan Hussainy is "too nice" for Simon Cowell, fellow TV judge Louis Walsh claimed.

The make-up artist is dating the acerbic X Factor judge, whom she initially met on the set of American Idol, and Walsh, 57, joked she could do better.

"I know his girlfriend, she really is gorgeous. She's much too nice for him, much too nice," he said.

Walsh refused to confirm or deny the reports surrounding their rumoured nuptials, saying: "Simon getting married? Yeah, I heard about this. He didn't tell me at Christmas that he was going to get married.

"If he's getting married, I'll go to the wedding. I wonder who will wear white?"

While he has yet to score an invite, Walsh already has an idea what he would get the couple as a wedding gift.

I'll get him nothing. No, a mirror. He loves mirrors. He loves looking at himself," he added.

The music manager, who stepped in for Cowell on Britain's Got Talent when he was ill, insisted that, despite the on-screen rivalry, they are actually close friends.

"Simon and I are good pals. We're friends except when we walk out on The X Factor, he always has a go at me," he says.

"And I never expect it. We're good friends behind the scenes, we do Westlife together, we are friends."

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