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Publicist: Simon Cowell not engaged

Simon Cowell, a judge on the "American Idol" television show is pictured in this publicity photo released by Fox television. "Idol" returned for its sixth season in a special two-night, four-hour season premiere Tuesday, January16. Cowell, known for his acerbic insults says he has never bought a Bob Dylan record because he "bores me to tears." EDITORIAL USE ONLY (UPI Photo/Fox/HO)
Simon Cowell, a judge on the "American Idol" television show is pictured in this publicity photo released by Fox television. "Idol" returned for its sixth season in a special two-night, four-hour season premiere Tuesday, January16. Cowell, known for his acerbic insults says he has never bought a Bob Dylan record because he "bores me to tears." EDITORIAL USE ONLY (UPI Photo/Fox/HO) | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Simon Cowell's publicist says the British television personality is not engaged to "American Idol" makeup artist Mezhgan Hussainy, contrary to online reports.

The couple have been dating since last fall. Although media reports this week claimed Cowell had proposed to Hussainy, his longtime publicist Max Clifford told UsMagazine.com it isn't true.

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"I spoke to Simon in London (Wednesday) afternoon, just before he took his flight back to Los Angeles," Clifford said Thursday. "I asked him: 'Look, are you engaged? Is it true?' And he said: 'No! No. I'm not engaged.' ... Yes, they are an item. Yes, they're happy. But they're not engaged. That's straight from Simon's mouth."

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