there’s a new puffy in town…and is name ‘aint Combs…!

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Despite recent reports that X Factor supremo Simon Cowell is struggling with his emotions due to certain goings on in his private life, I can tell you that Simon is as happy as Larry right now.

The U.S version of his popular talent show has just been picked up for a third season and in his own words, the British music and TV mogul is “thrilled.”

But after seeing pictures of Cowell surface looking… well let’s just say a tad bloated, I do wonder if all I hear is true… Or has Simon, who recently hired a personal trainer after confessing to gaining weight, overdone the botox and fillers?

As well as carrying some extra weight around his stomach, Simon this week stepped out with an unsightly double chin. Not to mention his puffy-faced appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno a few nights back.

There to talk up his latest adventures in TV land, the 53-year-old has been quite open in the past about using products to stay young looking, but as he sat chatting to Leno, Simon’s red blotchy mug was visibly fuller than previous on-camera appearances.

This has lead to speculation that he might be recovering from a facelift, and what we were seeing could be “post-op” swelling as his face heals, I’m told.

A leading Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon told me:“Simon may have had a full facelift. It looks to me as if his face is swollen post-op. If so, it will go down few weeks and we’ll see his face get back to normal in no time.”

Nevertheless, amidst all the media brouhaha, I’m told Si’ is “over the moon” right now, so I am sticking with that. This is probably nothing more than just a bad angle, or maybe he should just lay off the sheep placenta for a while…

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