CROCKED Simon Cowell has been forced to pull out of filming for the Britain’s Got Talent Christmas show. The music mogul, 60, who broke his back in August, had hoped to return for the one-off special.
But, with filming starting in a fortnight, LA-based Cowell has conceded he will not be fit enough to sit on the judges’ panel.
Ashley Banjo, 31, who stood in for Cowell on the pre-recorded semi-finals of the ongoing series, will now take his place on the panel.
A dance on the show by his group Diversity this month sparked more than 24,000 complaints after it included a Black Lives Matters routine.
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