Simon Cowell’s son Eric is helping the music mogul quit smoking AGAIN with clever trick, says Celebs Go Dating’s Sinitta

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SIMON Cowell's son Eric is helping the music mogul quit smoking AGAIN with a very clever trick. Popstar and godmother to eight-year-old Eric, Sinitta has revealed that the youngster is trying to help the Britain's Got Talent boss, 63, pack in the habit for good.

The So Macho singer - who has already given up smoking but is supporting the Stoptober campaign this year encouraging others to give up too - said that Simon's "mini-me" has become the "cigarette police", only allowing his dad one puff per cigarette.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Sinitta said: "Eric is basically a miniature Simon but he’s much sweeter and even funnier - he has his dad's sense of humour. " It’s lovely being godmother and lovely seeing them together and being able to witness that. "Simon is such a great father, Eric is little Simon. "He follows him around, with the smoking thing, he only allows Simon to have one puff of a cigarette, he always says ‘how many puffs, how many puffs’, Eric’s like a little cigarette police and keeps him on his toes.

It’s very sweet." READ MORE ON SIMON COWELL PEAKY PRESENT Amanda Holden says BGT co-star gave her very cheeky donation for 3 peaks feat'i do less now' Simon Cowell makes worrying confession and rips up work schedule The 58-year-old pop legend said: "The problem is with Simon he actually enjoys smoking; I don’t even know if he’s addicted – I suspect there might be a slight addiction, but he doesn’t see himself addicted because he says that he can cut down whenever he wants. "He probably smokes one cigarette maybe two a day. "But what he does is light one cigarette and has one puff and puts it out – but he does that multiple times during the day. " To me that sounds like an addiction.