Simon Cowell thinks the Muppets are real.The telly tycoon claims when he watches Kermit and Miss Piggy, he believes they are proper talking animals.Simon said: ‘‘With puppets, you have to believe that they are real.‘‘I don’t watch the Muppets thinking someone has got their hand up the frog.
I believe that Kermit is real.”Cowell, 62, speaks about his love for the Muppets on Britain’s Got Talent on Saturday, when two sets of puppeteers audition.The Handersons and Bee And Lotte try their best to impress the panel with their comedy acts.
When fellow judge Amanda Holden, 51, reveals she once “met” puppet Elmo, Simon refuses to listen in case she spills the beans about the character being operated with hands and wires.
Co-judge Alesha Dixon, 43, explains: ‘‘We don’t wanna kill the magic.”Meanwhile, Amanda, 51, tells the panel how she used to be a mini Lord Sugar when she was little.
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