Simon Cowell was scared he might ‘actually’ die during a terrifying Britain’s Got Talent stunt. The 65-year-old star feared for his life during an audition for the new series of the ITV talent show when a blindfolded man smashed watermelons around him with a mallet.

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Simon Cowell reportedly was the subject of ‘brutal heckles’ at recent Britain’s Got Talent auditions. The judge is said to have been on the receiving end of humorous jabs while filming at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.

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