Over the weekend we learned that Simon Cowell and his longtime girlfriend Terri Seymour recently ended their relationship. Now, rumor has it that Simon gave Terri almost $9 million as a goodbye present, five of which was just in cash and the other four towards a Beverly Hills home. While this is more than generous, it might seem as if he is paying her as thanks for all their years together. So, what do you think of Simon's final gift to Terri — sweet or creepy?
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Could it be that he's settling on what they've acquired together? If that's the case then he's saving himself from any legal issues that she might bring forward.
1It seems more like what she might have gotten if they were married, so it seems fair.
2Unless its for what RosaDillia said its creepy. Like paying an escort or prostitute for their good services. Its not like if they were married or had children. I wouldn't be comfortable on living on my ex-boyfriend's generosity.
3I don't get it, they are not even divorced ... 9 million ? Okay he may be thankful to her for their good relation and to separate calmly or i don't know ... But you don't offer money Oo Or is it just in france ? lol
4Maybe she has a tape he doesn't want her to broadcast on internet ... xD
5i say why not? its neither sweet or creepy..but nice i guess
6Yeah I don't think it's either really.
7I think it's hush money. You date a person that long you learn nearly everything about them-good & bad. She might know some freaky, creepy stuff he doesn't want people to find out. Either way, i'd take it all & not think twice.
8I don't really think it's a 'he taking care of her' thing. I'm thinking its a 'he's covering his rear' thing. Dish out the money now... save the legal hassle later. While you think there wouldn't be any legal hassle since they aren't married, this is Hollywood.
9I don't think it is creepy at all; they were together for a long time and he is very rich. He may be very generous or is paying her off in case she has some information he does not want her to share with the rest of us. I hope she spends it wisely...
10I wish my exes gave me departing gifts like that. My student loans would have been paid off.
11wow - that's interesting - i guess she's become accustomed to a certain lifestyle being with him for so long and it's kind of like a divorce settlement if you think about it. at least he's doing the honorable thing.
12What about other???? I do not find it creepy or sweet.
13I think its sweet. For 6 years she was living a comfortable life (financially) because of him. Now that they are no longer together that lifestyle will change with out him, offering THAT amount of money is sweet imo. He wants her to continue living her life-style. You cant break her heart, make her stop her shopping at all the expensive shop (which Im SURE she does) AND kick her out the cool crib. hell-to-nah, good job Simone!
14Amen Shadiyaray. I actually think this is a little creepy, but I would love it if the jerks I dated gave me $$ when they dumped me.
15i thought it was pretty sweet you can tell that he genuinely cares for her.
16I said sweet. It sounds like they broke things off with civility... or like someone else said, she's keeping a huge secret for him. I don't know that I would feel right accepting that much from an ex, though.
17Boy, that sure worked out for her.
18yeah I vote for OTHER! it's not really sweet or creepy. it's just... interesting.
19it has to be hush money.
20i didn't really care about him,but now i'm interested.
what does she know(that's worth so much to him)!!??!!?!?
I think its nice.
Six years is a long time and it sounds like she was ready for a family/kids and he wasn't.
I'll bet there's still a lot of love between them.
21Sweet- I think it shows he really cared for her and wants her to be comfortable and happy
229 mil is a drop in the bucket for him, though.
23It sounds like he cares about her and doesn't want her to worry for things...and she accepted it, so clearly it doesn't bother her. I don't really know if I'd say it's sweet but I couldn't call it creepy.
um i wouldnt turn it down!
24hard to say. normally i'd say creepy but he keeps saying how they are friends and how it ended cause he couldn't give her what she wanted, so maybe it really is just a nice gesture on his part to make sure her life is comfortable and she doesn't want for anything else. who knows. i mean he makes that much money a week practically so its not like he's giving her half his fortune or anything
25Other - selfish! He just wants her to keep quite. I'm sure that dough came mith a "you don't get to talk about me" contract.
26we don't know how it went down, but if they had been married, then she would have gotten more, so he was just probably giving her what he felt she deserved since she stuck by him
27He's so loaded, so that is nothing for him. I don't think it's that big of a deal.
28Dude, if only my ex would give me 9 million parting gift LOL.
29Im thinkin shes being payed to keep mum about a dirty little secret....hm.
30I bet that makes the burn of "I hate you, get out" feel a little better.
31Not sure how long they've been together, but it's a good idea.
32First of all, he's loaded, and secondly their situation might have qualified as common law.
Giving her a heap of cash right away would hopefully avoid a later lawsuit by keeping her in a positive state of mind. Also, it's just a decent thing to do considering.
I think its extremely creepy that he would just give her 9 million bucks just like that. they weren't married so there wouldn't be any legal issues, geez that's the reason they split up she wants all that and he doesn't.
The only thing i would think would be sweet is if he gave the house they lived together in to her and he moved somewhere else, but that's it.
33I heard 4 mil went towards a house for her and 5 just for her to do whatever..it seems kind of crazy to me BUT noone knows what kind of relationship they had except for them so..whatever!
I bet he isnt going to have a hard time getting a gf now tho! especially when ur parting gift could include millions
34I think it is sweet. They were together for a long time and it was like they were married anyways. Besides isn't there any common law agreements?
35creepy and honorable if its true, Terri's not the type to kiss and tell but i think that because they have been together so long and are such good m8s that he still cares for her, i think he knows that when they break up she wont have the same sort of life they have been having together for years so he dosnt want to take that away from her...hes a really generous man and gives alot of money to charities in the uk and im sure the us too so i think its just his way, but seriously 9million quid?!?!
36they were together for many years. had they been married, like she wanted, she probably wouldn't have left empty-handed.
37in any event, isn't the better question why she took it?
creepy and honorable if its true, Terri's not the type to kiss and tell but i think that because they have been together so long and are such good m8s that he still cares for her, i think he knows that when they break up she wont have the same sort of life they have been having together for years so he dosnt want to take that away from her...hes a really generous man and gives alot of money to charities in the uk and im sure the us too so i think its just his way, but seriously 9million quid?!?!
38I think it's sweet. He loves her, but can't give her the married-with-children life she's grown to want... kind of seems like a "wish things were different, but no hard feelings" gesture. Especially since he's sooooooooo loaded. Plus, she spent some her the most prime marrying years with him...
39Maybe if this happened between other celebs who came off creepy already I would say creepy, but I think that Simon is probably a good guy and he was just making sure she wouldn't have to worry about anything. Who really knows, but I'll say sweet.
40She earned it...it's SIMON!
41I hate to use the word "sweet" in connection to anything that Simon Cowell does because he doesn't strike me a sweet person.
However I don't find it creepy either so i had to chose sweet.
I agree with lizzy and Megin, they are separating because he doesn't want to give her the things that she wants: marriage and kids. So he's set her up for life to make sure that whoever she finds those things from, be they rich or poor, she can enjoy her family and have a nice lifestyle and be comfortable. Nothing wrong with that! I'd take it for sure!!
42They weren't married and although I don't know Ca common law marriage laws at all (Maryland doesn't recognize it), I doubt it's related to that.
My guess? some hush hush money.
43I agree with everyone who said it's hush money. I always believed she was a cover up girlfriend anyway.
44Why, because only married people deserve compensation after divorce? Not married people are second class citizens?
45It's sweet!
Its hush money, to cover up the fact that he and ryan were the re couple, lol
46She probably earned every penny of that money knowing him!
47ElenaEv ... no, that's not what I said.
Of course single people are not second class citizens.
The law, however, will not divide property after a break-up unless the people are legally married. The law will not equitably divide property between you and your friend if the two of you decide to buy a house together and then it goes sour (yes, there are breach of contract actions, but there is no equitable divide based on who brought what - monetary and non-monetary - into the relationship).
That said, I agree with tyry ... she earned every penny.
48it's like alimony...they were together a long time.
49who cares....its MONEY...nobody in there right mind would refuse it...lol. they prolly still love each other, but she wants kids, he don't. dealbreaker for them. what a awesome parting gift...take it and run terri!
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