Simon Cowell’s fiancée Lauren Silverman has admitted they don’t rub shoulders with David and Victoria Beckham in the Cotswolds.
The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 65, his partner, 47, and their 11-year-old son Eric swapped London for a lavish £8 million farmhouse in Oxfordshire in 2021.
The Beckhams, meanwhile, have a £12 million country estate in Chipping Norton that they often retreat to, with the famous clan partying there earlier this month to celebrate David’s 50th birthday.
Silverman revealed that while she and Cowell count the power couple as their “neighbours”, they don’t mix together socially.
She opened up about their wholesome lifestyle in the countryside during an interview with Closer magazine with her close friend, Strictly Come Dancing star Bruno Tonioli.
“We switch off properly. We also watch movies, do yoga and clay pigeon shooting. We walk the dogs together. We cook,” the socialite said.
Discussing the Beckhams, Silverman said, “They are our neighbours!” as Tonioli added: “But they’re busy people.”
Silverman went on: “We kind of keep ourselves to ourselves. We’re just… It’s not like a full compound [of celebs] there.”
Tonioli elaborated: “There's a little group who get together. It's good to keep what you do in your private life separate. Nobody knows what's going on and I like it that way.”
Silverman added that Tonioli is a regular visitor to their Cotswolds home and is known as “Uncle Bruno” to Eric.
Cowell and Silverman - who got engaged in 2021 - moved to the exclusive country enclave following a series of break-ins at their former £45 million home in Holland Park, west London.
The Beckhams bought their Grade-II listed farmhouse for a reported £6.15million in 2016 and have since turned it into a Soho House inspired retreat.
The house is now thought to be worth roughly £12 million thanks to new developments like a sauna, plunge pool, football pitch, gym and swimming pool.
There are many other famous faces who call the Cotswolds home, including Jeremy Clarkson, who has a 1,000 acre farm and pub there.
He recently revealed US comedian Ellen DeGeneres visited his pub, The Farmer’s Dog, having relocated to an Oxfordshire village with her wife, Portia de Rossi in November.
Clarkson, 64, praised the comedian, saying she was “very friendly” and “lovely” to the staff at his pub.
“She lives in the village where our pub is. Absolutely I welcome them all,” the former Top Gear presenter told The Mirror.
Other A-listers who own homes in the Cotswolds include Lily Allen, Kate Moss, Hugh Grant, and David Cameron.
