Simon Cowell on Wedding With Lauren Silverman: 'I Am Planning It All'

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Simon Cowell is calling the shots when it comes to his wedding day. The judge, who got engaged to his longtime love, Lauren Silverman, in January, doesn’t want things to get out of control.“I am planning it all, otherwise I know what will happen -- there will be 600 people and it’ll get out of control, like my 50th birthday party,” Cowell said during an interview with The Sun.

He continued, “No one knows when it’s going to be -- that’ll be a surprise, even for Lauren. But I don’t want to have one of these ghastly wedding planners and all the arguments that happen, and who you do invite and who you don’t invite.

The whole thing just seems like too much hassle.” Cowell, 62, and Silverman, 44, have been dating for over nine years. The pair are parents to 8-year-old Eric.

When it was time to pop the question, the former judge shared there were no nerves — and he didn’t even get down on one knee. “I’m not romantic, obviously,” Cowell said. “I didn’t get down on one knee.