Paula Abdul is harbouring a guilty secret about her fellow American Idol judge Simon Cowell – She has a crush on him.

The 44-year old reveals that she subconsciously fancies the British music mogul, dubbed Mr Nasty because of his harsh comments, although admits that his tempremental manner is sometimes he is hard to take.

She says: "Just when you think we're all getting on, Simon turns and we get back into our little quarrels. I suppose it's quite funny to watch, but he's so infuriating.

"Maybe ( I fancy Cowell). Subconsciously. In a really weird, Freudian way. We have a good work balance. We've all had moments where we've walked off because of Simon, but he's even walked off because of himself."
 
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