Celebrity Kindness: Simon Cowell Secretly Pays for "Britain's Got Talent" Contestant to Have Complex Surgery in U.S.

Ericka Andersen : Aug 10, 2017
Faithwire.com

Dancer Julia Carlile appeared on the show with her dance group, MerseyGirls. During their intro, the group revealed that should they win the competition, they would use the money to pay for a vital surgery Julia needed in America to fix her Scoliosis and allow her to continue dancing...

[Faithwire.com] We always knew Simon Cowell had a heart. Underneath his gruff exterior and critical examinations of contestants on various TV competition shows, Cowell really has a soft spot. It showed up rather clearly just recently, when he decided to cover the cost of surgery for one of his favorite Britain's Got Talent performers. (Photo: MerseyGirls/via Faithwire.com)

Dancer Julia Carlile appeared on the show with her dance group, MerseyGirls. During their intro, the group revealed that should they win the competition, they would use the money to pay for a vital surgery Julia needed in America to fix her Scoliosis and allow her to continue dancing. The surgery, unfortunately, is unavailable in the UK.

The team ultimately did not win the competition, despite getting a golden buzzer to move forward. However, Cowell was so moved by Carlile's story that he opted to foot the bill for her £175k surgery, as well as...

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