Terri Seymour has revealed this week that her relationship with Simon Cowell is over, and the X Factor judged is said to be relieved that it is all finally out in the open.

Newspapers have reported that Cowell and Seymour actually spilt months ago, but that Seymour was so upset and fragile, Simon wanted to give her time to get used to the idea before announcing it to the worlds press.

A friend of Simons told the Daily Mail:

‘Simon has basically been waiting for Terri to announce the relationship is over for months.’

‘She has been a weight around his neck for a long time but the problem was that his mother absolutely adored Terri and thought the world of her, so Simon was in a bit of a rut.

‘Now, Terri has moved on and found someone else and Simon is hugely relieved. He said, “Thank God” when he heard Terri had gone public with the split and had met someone else.

‘He’s been waiting for this day for a long time. He just wants to move on with his life. He’s so relieved, I can’t tell you. Terri’s finally found someone else which has enabled her to move on. In the end, she was clinging to Simon and something that didn’t really exist between them any more.

‘She told him in September that she had met someone, and Simon basically said, “Go for it”. I still think there was a bit of Terri that was hoping Simon would say he wanted to marry her.’