The 'X Factor' mogul recruited Brook as a judge on the panel of reality Tv series 'Britain's Got Talent' in 2009 but dropped her after three days of auditions, reported Contactmusic.
In an extract from her tell-all autobiography 'Close Up', Brook details her experiences on set, writing, "Simon arrived four hours after the other judges and sat next to me with a cigarette in one hand and an air purifier in the other... He also had a huge bag of what looked like vitamin pills and supplements. It screamed neurosis on every level."
"Simon called me a couple of days later and said that he'd been under pressure to push me out and that some people had been jealous... There is an expression that comes to mind - be careful what you wish for. And honestly, what you shouldn't ever wish for is a telephone call from Simon Cowell."
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