Even Simon Cowell's family have trouble speaking to him these days because he is so busy, his sister said. June Cowell, 59, said: "He is surrounded by people and is so incredibly busy that even if I rang him to suggest meeting for a chat, his schedule would make it impossible."
June, who lives in Majorca, added: "It must be wonderful to have Simon's millions but I would not want the sort of life that comes with it. It may look amazing, but I'd find it exhausting." The mum of two also cannot work out why her brother doesn't have children.
She said: "Simon is so fantastic with children. I find it baffling that at 50, he has none of his own." Simon Cowell won a contest of his own - after scooping the Daily Mirror Best British TV Judge voted by readers. The Variety Club Showbiz Awards was given to him by Dermot O'Leary at rehearsals.