SIMON COWELL has laid into rock legend Paul Weller, claiming the nominee for this year’s Mercury Prize for Wake Up the Nation needs to “put out a good record”.


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“Weller: I haven’t read anything he has said which is interesting,” sneered the X Factor panellist.

“If Paul Weller put out a good record I would put him on the show.

It’s not like Weller would be seen dead on “the show”, but Cowell made his snidey personal comment in response to the former Jam man’s criticism of the X Factor.

Weller had labelled the talent show “very cheap programming and lowest common denominator stuff”.