It probably won’t surprise you to learn that along with Nicole Scherzinger and Steve Jones, Paula Abdul has now been axed from X Factor USA as well.
What will surprise is that Simon didn’t tell Paula she’d been fired himself, he got a lawyer to do it instead.
The former American Idol judge was personally recruited by Simon for the US version of the programme, so we imagine the news came as quite a shock to her.
It’s thought that Cowell has already found replacements for the three outgoing stars. Meanwhile Paula's people are hastily knocking together a press release as we speak...