Simon Cowell has revealed that Harry Styles ‘”randomly called” him amid his “feud” with One Direction members.
Last week, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan unfollowed their ex manager on social media following him expressing his regrets about managing One Direction.
The music mogul formed the band, whose members included Louis, Niall, Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik, back in 2010 on The X Factor.
Earlier this month, the former X Factor judge revealed his biggest regret when managing the band was not owning the name.
Not owning the name means that he couldn’t continue its legacy after they broke up.
During their time together, One Direction released five albums went on four world tours, and starred in their own movie – before they went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016.
According to The Sun, both Louis and Niall have cut ties with the former boss days after he expressed the regrets.
Speaking on the Diary of a CEO podcast, he told host Steven Bartlett: “The one thing I regret is I should have owned the name.”
“They own the name. I could have made an animation or something.”
He continued: “That was me being very naive. Next time I need to own the name.”
“It was obvious as soon as they went on the show that they would be really really successful.”
“They were the perfect group. They made a lot of money.”
Although Louis and Niall were clearly unimpressed with Simon’s comments, the manager revealed that he received a “random call” from Harry “just to say hi.”
Speaking to on Today FM on Thursday morning, Simon said: “It’s a funny story, my son who’s ten, 2 or 3 years ago, because he loves music was like ‘Dad come and listen to this record,’ and he plays a One Direction record.”
“He said ‘What do you think?’ and I said ‘Well yeah that’s great, you know I know them.”
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“He said ‘But how?’ and I said ‘I worked with them,’ and he just looked at me because I don’t think he believed me.”
“It was very funny because Harry Styles just called me the other day just to say hello and last night I was like ‘You know I was talking to Harry Styles earlier?’
“He [Simon’s son] said ‘No you didn’t’ and I said ‘Yes I did, he called me.”
“He said ‘Well why would he call you? and I replied ‘To say hello, people do that.'”
