BGT champ Jai McDowall addresses heated Simon Cowell feud after secret off-camera chat

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Britain's Got Talent champ Jai McDowall has insisted his past feud with Simon Cowell is "water under the bridge", after the pair had an emotional backstage reunion.The Scottish singer revealed he was fighting back tears when he finally reunited with the music mogul off stage at Britain's Got Talent: The Champions in 2019.Jai won the 2011 series of the ITV talent show, which earned him a £100,000 cash prize and a slot at the Royal Variety Performance.He then signed to Simon's global record label Syco Music and released his debut album Believe before being dropped from the record giant a year later.Simon initially said he had been "disappointed" with Jai's progress and added: "He wasn't one of our best ones."Jai later hit back at the BGT boss by branding him "anti-Scottish" after another Scottish star was ejected from the show.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, Jai revealed he has patched things up with Simon and had to fight back tears when he reunited with the judge in 2019.He buried the hatchet with Simon when he starred on BGT: The Champions in 2019, which saw past champs like Jai dazzle the judges once more after winning the show.He also left fans swooning with his hunky transformation on the legends show, which peaked the interest of his pals.Asked if it was all water under the bridge, Jai said: "Now, thankfully it is.

It was one of those things years ago where I was doing interviews for the Daily Record, I think."The last Scottish person had been put out the competition so there was a lot of things said.

I was asked if he was anti-Scottish and I was like ‘Yeah, sounds like it. Haha.’The Scots singer then defended Simon as he explained how much he'd done for himself and fellow Scottish BGT star Susan Boyle.Jai also.