Simon Cowell’s Mother Dishes On ‘Idol’ Son

American Idol judge Simon Cowell’s mother Julie tells Extra TV that her sinister four-year-old son nearly burned down the house. She says, “It was horrendous. He found a Father Christmas outfit that we thought we hid very well. So unbeknown to me, he came downstairs and got some matches and actually set fire to the whiskers. And then in fear he pulled it across the room. I did give him a jolly good hiding, but it was so terrifying what he had done.”