It worried me when Britney snogged Madonna. It looked a bit fake. It screamed 'We're in this for the money.

Personal life
In the early 1980s Simon was engaged to his then longtime girlfriend model-turned-actress Claire Stansfield. Le Bon injured his vocal cords and was unable to finish his 2011 summer tour. He worked as a theatre porter at Northwick Park Hospital Accident and Casualty and also auditioned for a punk band at Harrow College.