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Simon Cowell on his grief for mum — and the future of 1D

That experience is probably why One Direction star Louis Tomlinson, 23, turned immediately to his boss and mentor Simon, 55, after finding out he was to become a dad. American Briana Jungwirth, who is not his girlfriend, is having his baby. 

Simon revealed: “I said to him, ‘You man up. You’re fortunate because you’re in a position to be able to look after the baby and not worry too much about that.’

“But I also told him, ‘I’ve received bad calls in my life but this is not one of them. This is your business but I’m here for you’.”

And Simon rejects suggestions the One Conception, revealed by The Sun in a world exclusive on Wednesday, will tarnish the family friendly image of 1D.

He said: “He didn’t kill anyone. He got someone pregnant. It happens every day all over the world. Again, Louis has got great family around him and, look, it’s a plus, not a negative.”

But the news has increased speculation about the future of 1D.

Simon confirmed another Sun exclusive that 1D are planning to take a break next year after releasing their fifth album.

He said: “In terms of the band, they’ve got enough hits now they can take some time off and do some other stuff they want to do. Then I hope they’ll have a little bit of time apart and want to get back together again. It’s a fun job, but it’s absolutely their decision.”

And he praised Louis, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Liam Payne for the support they showed him after Julie’s death.

He said: “God almighty, I’ve got to tell you with what happened with my mum these are the nicest bunch of people.

“You know, that’s when you really get to know someone, when something happens to you, when it’s outside of music and outside of record sales.

“I just went ‘Christ’ after I saw the messages they sent me. They’ve always been really kind, nice people.”

Simon confirmed The Sun’s Bizarre column exclusive on Friday that he had made the decision to axe former band member Zayn Malik from his Syco label.

Explaining the surprise move, he said: “Well, because it was his decision to leave the group and we hadn’t asked him to do it, I felt my main responsibility was to the band. They didn’t ask for it to happen either and I did sign One Direction as a group.

“But luckily within Sony there are a lot of labels who are really good. I had a feeling there was one particular label who would love to have him and they did.

“It enables them to treat him as a priority and us to carry on with what we’re doing with the boys.

“It also means no one has any nerves about whether we’re working harder on them or him.”