Simon Cowell silent as baby mama steps out with baby bump

Acid tongued Simon Cowell for once had nothing to say.

In his first public appearance since it was revealed that he knocked up his friend s wife the man known for eviscerating wanna be stars on TV went silent.

Matt Agudo/INFphoto.com Lauren Silverman wore a form fitting black dress as she left her mother's home in the Hamptons Thursday.

Unfortunately for the moment I have to keep this private Cowell said meekly before a phalanx of reporters at Fox s Television Critics Association panel in Los Angeles.

The 53 year old Cowell when faced with a question about the scandal first cracked a joke.

Matt Agudo/INFphoto.com Lauren Silverman didn't shy away from showing off her baby bump.

I haven t read the newspapers. Am I missing something he said.

Ignoring the elephant in the room Cowell went on to answer a flood of questions about the upcoming season of The X Factor.

StClair/Splash News Lauren Silverman shows off a visible baby bump as she steps out with her mother in Bridgehampton N.Y. on Thursday.

Reporters surrounded Cowell after the event ended but he remained uncharacteristically tight lipped.

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StClair/Splash News Lauren Silverman didn't try to hide her burgeoning belly as photographers spotted her one day after news broke of her pregnancy with Simon Cowell's first child.

I ve always had a good relationship with the media he said. When you have a story you write it. When I need promotion you give it. It works both ways. You roll with the punches.

Cowell faced the press hours after his baby mama stepped out for the first time since the scandal broke.

laurensilverman1 via Instagram 'Me and my lil Simey monster simoncowell x' Lauren Silverman captioned her Instagram photo of the two.

Lauren Silverman the 36 year old married mother of Cowell's baby was photographed with a visible baby bump underneath a body hugging black dress as she left her mother's home in Bridgehampton New York.

Earlier in the day Silverman donned a loose white top and hid her long brunette hair under a blue baseball cap walking with her mother Carol Eisenberg to get groceries.

X17online.com Lauren Silverman was photographed with her hands through Simon Cowell's hair as the two relaxed aboard a yacht during a trip to St. Barths in January.

Eisenberg spoke to the Daily News one day after it was revealed that her daughter married to Cowell s real estate buddy was pregnant with the TV star s first child. She slammed critics who have ripped her daughter as a conniving gold digger.

My daughter is a wonderful girl and a wonderful mother Eisenberg said. People like to talk. That s all I have to say.

X17online.com Lauren Silverman's husband can be seen catching his wife getting playful with Simon Cowell.

Multiple sources told The News that Cowell 53 was blindsided by the news and felt tricked by his secret lover.

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X17online.com The two appear cozy without realizing Andrew Silverman is closeby.

He assumed she was using birth control a source close to Cowell said Wednesday.

Simon thought this was a casual relationship friends with benefits. The pregnancy was not planned.

OWEN HOFFMANN/PatrickMcMullan.co Andrew Silverman filed for divorce two weeks ago.

He is feeling tricked added the source.

Another friend called Silverman a gold digger.

XPOSUREPHOTOS.COM/AS01JAI1TD02 The pair pictured in August 2012 vacationed together on several different occasions while Silverman's husband was on board.

She has a thing for rich powerful men said the friend.

She knows having Simon s baby will mean he will always be in her life and he is a very wealthy and generous man.

Butterworth/SplashNews/Butterworth/SplashNews Andrew Silverman leaves his NYC apartment Wednesday amid reports his wife is pregnant with Simon Cowell s first child.

The gorgeous brunette s husband Andrew Silverman 37 filed for divorce two weeks ago.

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Andrew Silverman named Cowell in the court papers a highly unusual move that suggests the cuckolded husband has it out for both his cheating wife and his one time friend.

This could be a knockdown drag out fight famed divorce lawyer Raoul Felder said.

Cowell the creator of The X Factor only found out about the pregnancy around July 10 a source said.

She told him around that time a second source said.

He didn t have a clue before then and it has come as a complete surprise. . . . Simon has repeatedly said he doesn t want kids.

The stunning pregnancy news comes less than a year after Cowell and the Silvermans were pictured together lounging on a yacht in St. Barts.

In one shot Lauren Silverman was caught cuddling up to a shirtless Cowell and running her hands through his hair as her hubby looked on.

Andrew and Lauren Silverman have a 7 year old son and had been living inside a swanky upper East Side apartment valued at more than $6 million.

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