SIMON COWELL - COWELL'S LADY EYED BY FREEMAN

SIMON COWELL's TV presenter girlfriend TERRI SEYMOUR has captured the eye of another celebrity - actor MORGAN FREEMAN.

British beauty Seymour was interviewing Freeman for American TV show EXTRA! at a 10-year reunion party for his movie THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION on Thursday evening (23SEP04), when he took a liking to her.

As cameras rolled, the 67-year-old actor asked her, "What are you doing later on?"

Seymour enquired, "Are you asking me on a date, Morgan?" prompting Freeman to shoot back, "Why not?"

Brunette Seymour and AMERICAN IDOL judge Cowell currently live together.