They formed an unlikely friendship in 2010, when Simon Cowell became patron of Katie Piper’s charity, The Katie Piper Foundation. And the pair are such good pals that Simon’s 17-month-old-son, Eric, and Katie’s daughter, Belle, 16 months, have even shared their first “date.”
Katie, 31, says: “Our children were born a month apart, so it’s quite sweet. I’ve met Simon’s girlfriend, Lauren, and Eric a few times – and Eric and Belle have had a play date. They were quite young, so they lay there gurgling together. When she’s older, I’ll have to tell her she went on a ‘date’ with him!”
Despite her celeb connections, Katie prefers a low-key life with her carpenter fiancé James Sutton, who she met in 2012.
She says: “We do lots as a family.…