Simon Cowell showed up to today’s X Factor London auditions wearing Tom Cruise like high heeled shoes.

The music mogul and reality TV guru didn’t put much effort into the rest of his outfit. His baggy grey t-shirt could have been from Asda and the jeans were pretty unremarkable too, but one area where Simon isn’t prepared to compromise is on his footwear. Measuring approximately five foot seven inches, Mr Cowell obviously feels that he needs a bit of a boost and thankfully he chose not to go for an Alan Sugar style booster seat.

Cowell’s footwear has been a point of discussion between his friends before now. On the 2007 season of American Idol, during a chat with contestant Melinda Doolittle, Ryan Seacrest quipped with Simon:

“Simon, any advice on the high heels?” Never lost for words, Cowell answered, “You should know Ryan.”

And later Cowell’s pal Peter Jones from Dragons’ Den told Closer magazine:

“Simon always wears high heels when he goes out with me. And whenever we take photographs he always makes sure I duck down so it doesn’t look like I’m so much taller than him.”

We do find it a little weird that Simon worries so much about his height and yet goes out with his hair like that! Priorities man!