Hold the rumours; Simon Cowell is very much alive!

One of the most influential people in the music business is Simon Cowell. Undoubtedly, word of his death would spread rapidly. However it appears that the new fad of announcing someone dead is occurring rather frequently. Now, a strange death hoax has made the statement “Simon Cowell is dead” increasingly common online these days.

Simon Cowell’s former girlfriend, singer Sinitta, received a flood of texts alerting her that he had passed away in January 2023. The couple’s 30-year, on-and-off-again relationship began in 1983. Sinitta, though, feared the worst following a nasty Twitter joke.

“There is a terrible joke that Simon Cowell is dead,” she remarked. “Simon is very much alive and well, and he is NOT dead, folks,” she quoted, seeing the rumours spread about his death. Furthermore, she added, “I’m glad I can laugh about it, but you truly worried me. Even though Cowell is well and living, the false rumours have persisted online.”

And according to rumours, Simon was recently discovered in 2023 filming both Britain’s Got Talent season 16 and America’s Got Talent season 18, providing a vivid illustration that he is still very much alive and well.

The death hoax fad has been derided by fans. “Unfortunately, people start these rumours to inflict pain and upset, and it spirals,” one person stated, while another one said, “Nah, but he already died eight times this year.”

Others, who obviously are not fans of the music mogul, continued to denounce the disgusting deception. One acknowledged, “I mean, I hate him too, but I’d never wish for someone’s death. Ever.” Another person succinctly put it all into words in a tweet that read: “I don’t know why y’all press when y’all are doing this tic-tac-toe trend too when death isn’t something to joke about yet y’all do it all the time so hypocritical really.”