'I did feel a sense of betrayal': Sinitta opens up about Simon Cowell's shock baby announcement

Sinitta has admitted feeling a 'sense of betrayal' after her ex-boyfriend Simon Cowell told her that he was expecting a baby with girlfriend Lauren Silverman.

The 49-year-old former singer, who has been a major player in Cowell's harem after remaining friends with the music mogul following their split in the 80s, told Hello! magazine that she was 'stunned' when he broke the news that he was going to become a father.

She said: 'I was completely and utterly stunned. I was in such a daze, to the point where I wondered if I was dreaming it.

Stunned: Sinitta admits that she was shocked when Simon Cowell broke the news that he is to be a father for the first time at the age of 53

'He sounded… odd, calm, strange, which threw me. I don’t mind admitting all sorts of

emotions were running around inside me. He was very concerned about how I would take it, which, on reflection, he didn't need to be. He didn't owe me that consideration.'

Famed for maintaining close relationships with many of his exes, Cowell is regularly spotted in the company of his old flames – among them Jackie St-Clair and former fiancée Mezghan Hussainy. 

Cowell’s growing circle of women saw 36-year-old mother-of-one Lauren – who was married to realtor Andrew Silverman at the time of falling pregnant – join Sinitta, Jackie and Mezghan for regular cruises around the south of France on his luxury yacht.

She said: 'We knew we were all close friends but I didn’t realize he and Lauren were falling in love and, when I found out, I will admit I was taking aback and did feel a sense of betrayal.'

We're expecting: Simon Cowell and Lauren Silverman are expecting their first child together

However, Sinitta acknowledges that despite her reaction, she had no right to feel upset about the baby news.

She said: 'I suppose there has been a certain amount of comfort for me in my not having a child with Simon as he never wanted to have children. That’s who he was. You accepted it.

'Then to discover that he is going to have a child, only with someone else and they’re building this life together… All those crazy things were going through my head and it’s not fair and it’s not pertinent to Simon and Lauren’s situation and I don’t have a right to feel that way. But I’m being honest.'

The former singer had previously alluded to the baby news in a post on her Twitter account.

‘Something has happened… half miracle, half nightmare! Wake me up I want to get off!’ she tweeted on July 29.

Face to face: Lauren Silverman and Simon Cowell (left) holidayed with Sinitta on the music mogul's yacht in August

Telling tweet: Sinitta posted this message on her Twitter account in July, shortly after Cowell told her that he is to be a father for the first time

Referring to that post, she admits it was a knee-jerk reaction made public shortly after Cowell delivered the shocking news.
She said: 'It was the middle of the night, I couldn't get back to sleep and I thought it would be ages before the news came out and that no one would make the link - but yes, that wa sa reaction to what Simon had just told me.'
Sinitta has been a constant feature in Cowell’s life since they dated in the 80s and regularly joined him on the British version of The X Factor prior to his departure from the show in 2010. 

Curve ball: Cowell was previously engaged to make-up artist Mezhgan Hussainy

She once said: ‘I’ve known him since I was 14. I didn’t have a brother or a father when I was younger, so he’s the male figure I’ve had in my life the longest.
‘He’s covered everything, from boyfriend and friend to father figure and boss. He’s just so many things to me.’
But while Cowell adjusts to the prospect of fatherhood, Sinitta has endured a very public struggle to have children of her own.

Day out: Sinitta and Jackie St-Clair join Cowell and pal Piers Morgan at Ascot

After suffering four miscarriages and attempting IVF treatment, she eventually adopted her two children – daughter Magdalena, 8, and 6-year-old Zac.

X Factor boss Cowell is godfather to both, and she admits his behaviour with then is a good indication that he will be a hands-on father.

‘Simon does everything naughty,’ she said last month. ‘I’m trying to promote eating nicely, speaking nicely, not being rude.

‘He shows them food in his mouth when he is eating and gives them toys to bang in the bedroom when I’m trying to sleep. He’s great with kids. He becomes a third child himself.’ 

Close: Sinitta's relationship with Cowell stretches back more than thirty years