Cowell likes Seymour to shout at him

X Factor judge Simon Cowell likes it when his girlfriend Terri Seymour stands up to him.

Terri, who has been dating Cowell since 2002, admitted that she never lets the music mogul walk all over her and often shouts at him if he is being annoying.

"He likes my feistiness. So many people pander to him and I don't. If there's something he does that annoys me or I disagree with, I'll give him what for," Seymour told The Mirror. "And I'll tell him off if I feel he's gone too far with contestants on his shows. He does listen to me - I've even got him to wear colours other than black!"

Seymour is currently working as an entertainment reporter in the US and UK, and has no plans to give up on her career.

"I love working and having my own money," she explained. "My friends think I'm mad when I could be shopping and going for lunch, but that would bore me rigid. I'm independent, which Simon likes, and I think I'm fun and easy-going. He couldn't cope with needy. And his mum Julie loves me!"