Simon Cowell ‘tears up’ walking Lucy Spraggan down the aisle 12 years on from X Factor
June 14 2024 marks a very special day for singer Lucy Spraggan. Over a decade on from her reality TV days, the performer ties the knot with her partner, both becoming Mrs and Mrs Spraggan-Smith. Not only was talent show judge Simon Cowell in attendance at the wedding, but he walked Lucy down the aisle. […]
June 14 2024 marks a very special day for singer Lucy Spraggan. Over a decade on from her reality TV days, the performer ties the knot with her partner, both becoming Mrs and Mrs Spraggan-Smith. Not only was talent show judge Simon Cowell in attendance at the wedding, but he walked Lucy down the aisle.
Simon Cowell, 64, may not have expected to walk anyone down the aisle in his life given that he’s a father of one to his 10-year-old son, Eric. But, this June he was there on Lucy’s big day. The singer, 32, exclusively tells Hello! Magazine how it was “an emotional day for everyone,” adding how Simon “had a tear in his eye.”
Simon Cowell and Lucy connected last year
Although Simon Cowell is synonymous with The X Factor, Lucy Spraggan never met him when she competed on the show.
During series 9, which aired back in 2012, the judging panel was made up of Gary Barlow, Nicole Scherzinger, Tulisa, and Louis Walsh.
Ten years later, the two connected after Lucy released her memoir, Process: Finding My Way Through.
In 2023, Lucy signed to Simon’s label. The two became friends and “Lucy, who is estranged from her father, asked Simon to give her away, during a holiday to Barbados,” writes Hello!.
Speaking of their relationship, Simon said it feels he and Lucy have been “best friends for life.”
Lucy’s day was emotional
Naturally, emotions were running high during Lucy’s wedding day. She and her photographer partner, Emilia Smith, 34, were both in floods of tears.
The usually stone-faced Simon was also emotional, with Lucy saying he had a “tear in his eye.”
As well as Simon’s wife, Lauren Silverman, more celebrities in attendance at the wedding included Love Island‘s Adam Collard, RuPaul’s Drag Race star Bimini Bon Boulash, and Tom Turgoose.
Not only do fans see Simon getting emotional, but he also admits he was “nervous.”
He tells Hello!: “I was very honored to be asked to walk Lucy down the aisle… I considered it a very big deal. As soon as she asked me, I said yes. On the day I was actually quite nervous because l’ve never been asked before. And then very proud and happy and emotional.”
Lucy said Simon is like a father figure to her: “Everything people get from their fathers I get from Simon. He’s a constant support and he and Lauren constantly check in and make sure I’m OK.”