Simon Cowell awfully cagey when asked about wedding plans to fiancée Lauren Silverman as he gushes over fatherhood-Rachael O'Connor-Entertainment – Metro

Simon Cowell isn’t letting too much slip when asked about his planned wedding to Lauren Silverman (Picture: Getty Images Europe)

Simon Cowell did his best to dodge a question about his marriage plans with fiancée Lauren Silverman in a new interview.

The music mogul, 63, proposed to long-time girlfriend Lauren, 45, last Christmas while on holiday in Barbados, where they first met years earlier, when Lauren was married to Simon’s former friend.

Now the pair share eight-year-old son Eric together and have spent the last year planning their wedding, with Lauren said to have been shocked by the proposal as Simon had previously said he never had any interest in getting married.

(The X Factor star had also said he had no interest in ever having children, but now says Eric is the best thing to ever happen to him – more on that later.)

Rumours had abounded that Lauren and Simon were set to tie the knot last summer, with the entertainment world waiting with baited breath for an announcement or photos of the ceremony to appear, however they never did.

Now Simon has appeared on ITV’s Loose Women alongside former X Factor star Lucy Spraggan, who has just released new single Balance – and was of course asked about the planned nuptials.

Simon spoke candidly from a sunkissed house as he appeared on Loose Women via video link (Picture: ITV)

The engaged couple have an eight-year-old son, with Simon joking he was late to the party when it came to fatherhood (Picture: FilmMagic)

However the media expert wasn’t ready to give too much away, and when asked straight out by Jane Moore: ‘How is the wedding planning going?’ he at first only laughed.

Then, speaking via video link from somewhere sunny, he said simply: ‘Still planning.’

While Simon didn’t seem willing to speak too much about getting hitched, he was more than happy to gush about fatherhood, having welcomed Eric eight years ago.

He said he was very happy with where his life is, musing: ‘My career, being a dad… I was late to the party, so it was the best thing that ever happened to me.’

Jane pointed out that she had interviewed Simon many times over the years and said he was always ‘adamant’ he was never going to have children, to which Simon laughed and said he remembered.

Speaking about his son, he joked he has a ‘good idea’ about what Eric will work at when he’s older as he is ‘non-stop’ giving his opinion on things.

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‘He’s got his own opinion and he’s his own man – he’s a sweetheart,’ Simon said proudly.

Loose Women airs weekdays from 12.30pm on ITV

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