“American Idol” judge and music mogul Simon Cowell made his engagement official last night on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno. Fiance Mezhgan Hussainy joined him on stage.
Leno grilled Cowell, 50, about recent rumors regarding Hussainy, a make-up artist, and the hard-bitten judge proved to be a softie.
“Are rumors you’re engaged true?” Leno asked.
“Are they true?” Cowell replied.
“Well, I do have somebody in my life now, Jay, yes. And I kinda made a decision this year to make somebody happy,” he explained.
As for the ring, “It’s quite a big one, yes.” Cowell replied.
Jay was clearly giving the music mogul some of his own medicine, causing Cowell to protest, “I find this very uncomfortable.”
Finally, Jay popped the big question about kids.
“I’m kind of torn because I’m a bit too old to have kids, but then again I think it would be important to have a lot of ‘me’s’ around in the future.”