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'Simon Cowell has taught his son to be cheeky already' says friend Terri Seymour

Music mogul Simon Cowell is already encouraging his baby son, Eric (pictured left), to be cheeky according to his former lover and friend Terri Seymour. 

She explained that Cowell recently taught his son to poke out his tongue, so she thinks the baby will have a naughty side to him: "Simon taught him how to stick his tongue out at two months. It's hysterical--Simon sticks his tongue out and Eric copies, he's so cute!"

Seymour went on to add that Cowell has fallen into the role of being a father very well and that it really suits him, telling Us Weekly: "He's great actually. I mean he hasn't changed his lifestyle because Simon wouldn't. But he's very good. He'd never even held a baby before, so he was like, 'How do you hold a baby?'"

"You have to remind him every now and then about the head... But he's really good and he loves it. Everybody was like, 'Oh my God, this is going to be so strange' but it's all been very natural."

Cowell recently spoke out about becoming a first-time father and confessed that the minute his son was born he felt a protective instinct kick in: "The second he was born I felt this really protective instinct towards him to make sure he was safe and looked after. I've always had that nature though. With friends and family and with animals. It's something I have."

Watch Cowell having knives thrown at him on 'Britain's Got Talent' here: