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He was known as Mr Nasty for good reason but there's a really good reason Simon Cowell now wants to be Mr Nice

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Music mogul Simon Cowell has ditched his hyper-critical reality TV persona for a softer, kinder version of himself. (PHOTO: Gallo Images / Getty Images)
Music mogul Simon Cowell has ditched his hyper-critical reality TV persona for a softer, kinder version of himself. (PHOTO: Gallo Images / Getty Images)

His comments were cutting enough to reduce the toughest contestants to tears.

“I don’t know what cats being squashed sound like in Lithuania but I now have a pretty good idea,” he told one.

“I’m tempted to ask if you sang that the night before your wife left you,” he barked at another. “Do you have a singing teacher?” he snapped at yet another. “Get a lawyer and sue her.”

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