Loveable Rogues: We’d take an egg for BGT Simon Cowell

Loveable Rogues have joked they are contractually obliged to protect Simon Cowell.

The boys, Eddie Brett, 21, Sonny Jay, 19, and Te Eugene, also 19, revealed they were as shocked as everyone else by violinist Natalie Holt’s egg attack at the BGT final.

‘Thing is, I wanted to dive in front of them. I’d take an egg for [Simon],’ joked Sonny talking to Guilty Pleasures at the Capital Summertime Ball at London’s Wembley Stadium today.

‘It must be in our contract that we have to take an egg,’ added Eddie, revealing the boys were in the audience at Saturday’s final.

‘Everyone thought it was part of the show,’ said Sonny. ‘And she threw about six before anybody did anything’

Revealing how she got the eggs into the venue at the final, Eddie disclosed: ‘She took them out of her violin case’

‘She could have had a gun,’ added Te, sounding genuinely alarmed.

While Sonny revealed his label boss did well to downplay the drama of the night, saying: ‘Simon Cowell handled it so well. He made a yolk of it. I mean a joke of it!’

[Originally published Metro Guilty Pleasures 9 June 2013]