Simon Cowell told to forget Botox and ‘get some fresh air’ by Countryfile’s John Craven
SIMON COWELL looked to an unlikely figure for tips on how to stay looking young, but was not given the response he was expecting.
The X Factor mogul cheekily asked Countryfile host John Craven if he’d had any plastic surgery, but the answer was firmly no.
The 68-year-old presenter said he told the talent show judge, 57, to get outside and go for a long walk instead.
John revealed: “Doing Countryfile is great physical and mental exercise and it keeps me young. It’s all the fresh air.”
The former Newsround star continued: “Simon Cowell once said to me, ‘How much work have you had, John, who do you use?’
It’s the good living out in the countryside
“And I said to him, ‘It’s the country air, Simon. It’s the good living out in the countryside’,” during an interview with The Sun.
John went on to address the moment Countryfile beat The X Factor in the ratings, saying he “felt sorry” for anybody also given the show’s 7pm slot.
He added: “I can imagine people coming forward with a great idea for a show, and being told it’s a good slot for it, and people thinking, ‘Not 7 o’clock on a Sunday, please!’.
John Craven wears a very tight fisherman's gansey
“No one knows how long it’s going to go on for. I keep wondering when the bubble is going to burst, but it shows no sign of it. We are as popular as ever.”
It comes after Simon openly admitted he “did a little too much Botox” after co-star Sharon Osbourne made fun of his face.
He previously admitted to the Daily Mirror: “Hopefully I look better now – I probably did have a little too much Botox a couple of years ago, because everyone on TV has it.”