Simon Cowell Says He Turned Down $150K to Judge Couple's Sex Session

Simon Cowell‘s known for being a bit nasty to contestants on the TV shows he judges … but, a couple wanted him to get nasty in the bedroom too — asking him to judge them while they did the deed.

The former “American Idol” judge sat for an interview on the “How to Fail with Elizabeth Day” podcast … and, Day asked him what people say to him most when they stop him in the street.

Cowell says fans — particularly Americans — used to ask him all the time to be rude to them … a request he usually turned down.

However, one couple wanted to take Cowell’s meanness from the streets to the sheets … coming up to ask him if he’d be willing to judge them while they got it on.

The couple offered Cowell $150,000 for his sexpert opinion … and, Cowell admits he thought about it a bit before politely declining.

Cowell rose to fame as a record executive in the 1980s and ’90s … before he became world-renowned as the straight-shooting — sometimes cruel — judge on “American Idol” alongside Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul.

He’s appeared as a judge on multiple TV shows since … like “The X Factor” — where he helped form One Direction — and “America’s Got Talent.”