SIMON COWELL - COWELL: 'I'LL NEVER BE A POP MOGUL PENSIONER'

Image-conscious pop mogul SIMON COWELL will quit hosting AMERICAN IDOL as soon as his five year contract runs out, because he doesn't want to grow old on television.

The outspoken 46-year-old can't bear the thought of his fans seeing him looking anything less than youthful.

He says, "I don't want to be a pensioner with a hearing aid and a walking stick, telling the person, 'Come closer, I can't hear you!'

"That wouldn't be great."