Gok Wan 'chatted up Simon Cowell'

Gok Wan has admitted that he once tried to chat up Simon Cowell.

The television presenter added that Cowell had been very nice to him afterwards, Now reports.

"I was introduced to him at a party and I'd had a bit to drink," Wan explained. "I suddenly found myself crouching down saying, 'Hi Simon, how are you?' I'm chatting him up like I'm 18 again in a nightclub!

"He just sat there and smiled at me. He was very accommodating. Not as accommodating as he was in my fantasies, but there you go."

Wan has previously said that he would like to "undress" the X Factor judge.