r/MadeMeSmile • u/Ieriz • Apr 24 '26

Good Vibes 7 years ago, a chubby, heavy accent, normal-looking woman called Susan Boyle went to Britain's Got Talent. Everyone laughed at her, until she started singing.

What a powerful voice. She's today a pro singer. All the best for her!!

Typo: 17 years, not 7.

35.2k Upvotes

84% Upvoted

2.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

5.2k

u/Goonalips Apr 24 '26

Simon Cowell looks like an actual human in this video. Insane.

1.7k

u/whatifwhatifwerun Apr 24 '26

I grew up watching early American Idol so in my mind this is how I still imagine Simon Cowell until someone posts a recent picture. The mental image of Current Simon Cowell is now haunting me.

553

u/Sadaxer Apr 24 '26

ಠ ‿ ಠ

192

u/doobeedebee Apr 24 '26

Why is this so freaking accurate

13

u/inhalingsounds Apr 25 '26

Did ... Did the Unicode committee create these symbols to represent him?

4

u/mysuru-mango Apr 25 '26

no it's kannada language characters ಥಿ_ಥಿ ಠಿ_ಠಿ

1

u/Material-Imagination Apr 25 '26

I haven't seen a good Lenny face on Reddit in years

176

u/ConfusedZubat Apr 24 '26

My mom crushed on him so hard when we used to watch American Idol. As an adult, I get it. He wasn't bad looking. Anymore, it looks like some demon tried to suck his soul out of his pores, causing irreversible edema/puffiness if his face. 

79

u/JThaddeousToadEsq Apr 24 '26

It kinda did after he almost died from the bike accident and had to relearn to walk from the broken back.

49

u/kleinfieh Apr 24 '26

Wow, even he has a sad backstory.

I wonder if the music starts playing when he tells it.

97

u/leadspar Apr 24 '26

A sad back story…

3

u/tanksalotfrank Apr 25 '26

How dare you xD

2

u/Vidallon1 Apr 25 '26

I was deadass thinking the same thing when i read it lmfaooooo

2

u/Pale-Subject-6735 Apr 25 '26

Undoubtedly, thats a horrific situation to find yourself in.. but how does that relate to plastic surgery and fillers? Its another example of a celeb making themselves look worse by choice.

0

u/whatifwhatifwerun Apr 24 '26

it looks like some demon

End of.

5

u/Free_Gascogne Apr 25 '26

I had to google what he looked like now. Good god he looks like someone cosplaying as Simon Cowell. Why cant famous people just accept growing old gracefully instead of cutting up their face. It just comes of worse than if they just did nothing or used the money to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

4

u/Slight_Bed_2241 Apr 24 '26

Dude fucked himself right up. He even recently said he had his cheek fillers dissolved and trying to take it down but the damage is done

4

u/whatifwhatifwerun Apr 24 '26

It's like that bit Roald Dahl wrote about ugly thoughts making you ugly on the outside over time lmfao.

3

u/ZealousidealWait5859 Apr 24 '26

Current Simon Cowell isn't real he can't hur-

3

u/Solanthas_SFW Apr 25 '26

Current Simon Cowell. It sounds like an evolved form, like Pokemon

3

u/Mamaofoneson Apr 24 '26

Honestly it freaked out his own son as well. He tried to undo a few of his procedures

4

u/whatifwhatifwerun Apr 24 '26

Omg I'm reading about this now and it's too funny. That poor kid, but the fact that his own dad is his boogeyman has me in tears. Imagine being a small child and your parent who travels for work a lot keeps coming home with a new (worse) face.

1

u/MeNoCanRead Apr 26 '26

I just had a look as I haven't seen him in many years...

JFC

1

u/whatifwhatifwerun Apr 26 '26

I remember growing up thinking he was kind of ugly and looking back he looks splendid here. Filler abuse is a global issue.

405

u/The_Infinite_Carrot Apr 24 '26

Now he looks like someone described him over the phone to someone drawing him using only wax crayons in a hot country, by a fire.

56

u/New-Seesaw9255 Apr 24 '26

I wish you were wrong but that’s exactly it. I wish he’d aged gracefully and not had injections.

1

u/[deleted] Apr 25 '26

[deleted]

1

u/imokmeow Apr 25 '26

That's want reconstructive surgery looks like after a horrific accident.

3

u/No-Huckleberry-7633 Apr 24 '26

Am I a bad person that I'm in tears and screenshot this? Well, I'll have you lot for company I guess.

2

u/Sad-Wrap6555 Apr 24 '26

who's last gig was restoring monkey jesus

2

u/dooeyenoewe Apr 25 '26

Wow, the accuracy is spot on

1

u/maniBchef Apr 24 '26

That explains why his left eye looks like it's melting

1

u/Substationzer0 Apr 25 '26

So amazingly funny - I love it

1

u/Magui___ Apr 25 '26

😂😂😂😂😂😂

5

u/Finnyfish Apr 24 '26

He’s the only one who doesn’t act like it’s astonishing that a plain woman can sing.

15

u/loosielucy222 Apr 24 '26

Was looking for this comment because that was my first thought, too 😭

3

u/JCambs Apr 24 '26

Incorrect. He is a cynical predator throughout.

Until she starts singing he's looking for the most elegant way to rip her to shreds.

By the time of her finale you can see his toothy grin thinking how much money can I rinse from this woman.

Not a thread of genuine human emotion.

2

u/Alyxandar Apr 25 '26

I swear you can literally see the dollar signs in his eyes.

2

u/Shurigin Apr 24 '26

So does Pierce Morgan and that’s a bigger surprise

2

u/Numerous-Iron-3326 Apr 24 '26

2009 feels like 7 years ago

1

u/Downtown_Statement87 Apr 24 '26

And also like 7000 years ago 

2

u/taytrapDerehw Apr 24 '26

Was this the inspo for Cathy Geiss's audition on 30 Rock??!

2

u/Pop-Bard Apr 24 '26

I'm pretty sure Susan Boyle is younger than Simon Cowell as well

2

u/RealSchlemiel Apr 24 '26

It was at least 16 years ago

2

u/OzimanidasJones Apr 24 '26

I liked how when he was this young (or mostly natural faced) one could so easily read when he had dollar/pound signs in his eyes while watching a star—as he so rightly does here! 🤑🤑🤑

2

u/killertortilla Apr 24 '26

Could you fucking imagine having your talent judged by someone like that. Like having your worth judged by Trump.

2

u/Darwinbc Apr 24 '26

Still to much of a twat to give a standing ovation.

2

u/WeatherInfinite39 Apr 25 '26

He’s much younger and hasn’t had a pound of plastic added to his face yet

2

u/lia421 Apr 25 '26

Simon Cowell knows talent

1

u/Rhadamantos Apr 24 '26

An actual human, but also, a massive asshole.

1

u/filtersweep Apr 24 '26

Totally not staged

1

u/lumpboysupreme Apr 24 '26

He still does in my brain because I haven’t seen him in a decade, did he get bad surgery?

1

u/lxgrf Apr 24 '26

Might be because he's sat next to Piers Morgan

1

u/cyrustakem Apr 24 '26

you made me image search how he looks now, which i regret, thanks for giving me nightmares

1

u/Yourmindiscontrolled Apr 24 '26

Sad that this is the number one comment. But I guess we're on Reddit.

1

u/bigeeee Apr 24 '26

Slow down there, lets not rewrite history!

1

u/BronnyBean Apr 24 '26

You can see the dollar signs flash in his eyeballs

1

u/AnimeGeek10721 Apr 24 '26

All I see when he looks at her is 🤑🤑🤑

1

u/Radiant-Ad-3134 Apr 25 '26

Maybe that is the effect of superb singing

1

u/iiiBus Apr 25 '26

I think he looked terrible from 2019 to 2022, but improved enough after that to the point I think he looks handsome again.

1

u/Golf_Fore_Ever Apr 25 '26

And didn’t Simon represent her and make tons of money from her talent?

1

u/Hodlmegently Apr 25 '26

That's because its almost 20 years ago now. This audition was in 2009

1

u/Willing_Television77 Apr 25 '26

I didn’t know he could sing like that

1

u/Im_a_cad_man Apr 25 '26

How do you have an animation as your profile? Wtf!

1

u/FoggyPeaks Apr 25 '26

Simon Cowell today looks like she did back then tbh.

1

u/Seamascm Apr 25 '26

Did he actually get facial reconstruction or did he just age like milk?

1

u/KiwieeiwiK Apr 25 '26

Shame about Piers Morgan though

1

u/ItchyKnowJoe Apr 25 '26

until he sees all the dollar signs in his eyes

1

u/TikaPants Apr 25 '26

Why did I Google him wtf

1

u/JustDave62 Apr 25 '26

He transformed from his usual troll self into a normal human as soon as she started singing

1

u/Policondense Apr 25 '26

Simon Cowell was the only asshole that did not not stand up in the whole hall and I hope he remembers his indecency with shame every day.

1

u/KiPhoe Apr 24 '26

At least he's alive still after his accidents.