Music mogul Simon Cowell has revealed his lifestyle would have been far less expensive if he was a gay man.

He was recently interviewed by ex-girlfriend Terri Seymour when she asked if he had ever feared bankruptcy during his career and he joked that dating high maintenance women has cost him a fortune:

"Yes, particularly when I’ve had girlfriends like you lot! I said to someone the other day that I wish I had been born gay. I would have saved a fortune."

Meanwhile, Cowell is expecting his first child with American socialite Lauren Silverman and hinted that they might tie the knot in the future:

"I’m not ruling anything out in the future. If you asked me a year ago, at my age, am I going to have a baby? I probably would have said “no” so you’ve just got to take each day as it comes now. Whatever feels right you should do."