AMERICAN IDOL - COWELL KEEPS NEW CLASSIC CARS AWAY FROM HIS GIRLFRIEND

AMERICAN IDOL judge and THE X FACTOR boss SIMON COWELL has treated himself to a fleet of classic cars - and he's forbidden his longtime girlfriend TERRI SEYMOUR from driving any of them.

Cowell recently bought himself a brand new ROLLS ROYCE, two BENTLEYS, two MERCEDES and an ASTON MARTIN, and he's determined to keep them all well away from his girlfriend of two years - because she's a terrible driver.

He says, "The most irritating thing that can happen on a car, and this is a guy thing, is someone chips the wheels, and she managed to do three in one day, so she's now banned. It's public transport.

"She is a dreadful driver - the worst driver I have ever come across in my life. She still doesn't realise you have to drive on the opposite side of the road in America."