Call it the second-ever instance of immaculate conception.
When Page Six reached out to Simon Cowell’s camp in late May about his romantic relationship with Lauren Davis Silverman, we were told that Cowell and the married socialite were just close friends and there was no hanky-panky going on.
Then, lo and behold, reports surfaced yesterday that she’s pregnant with Cowell’s baby!
In May, we’d heard from sources close to Lauren that she and husband Andrew were headed for splitsville so she could be closer to Cowell, with whom she had an ongoing relationship.
The response from Team Cowell was a stern denial. “Any implication or statement that my client is engaged in adultery and has allegedly broken up the marriage of Ms. Silverman is not only false but reckless,” Hollywood power attorney Martin Singer, who’s been called “Guard Dog to the Stars,” wrote us.
Page Six heard from sources in May that Cowell had been seeing Lauren on a long-term basis. “It’s been going on for quite a long time,” one said, adding, “It’s pretty serious.”
But, Singer’s letter continued, “Stating my client’s relationship with Lauren Silverman has become more serious such that she is now getting a divorce so that Simon and she can be together . . . is false and defamatory.” In Hollywood, maybe, pregnancy is not all that “serious.”
In fairness, there was no divorce filing at the time — but Andrew did file on July 15. And there certainly seemed to be some adultery. Us Weekly reported yesterday that Cowell’s baby mama is now “around 10 weeks along,” which — if that timeline is correct — would have had Cowell and the socialite having sex right around the time of our inquiry. Perhaps conception even happened on that blessed day.
However, a source close to the situation said that at the time, “Lauren was not pregnant,” and added, “They were not in the process of a divorce.”
A rep for Singer had no comment.