Simon Cowell gets WHIPPED on his upper thigh during America’s Got Talent auditions

SIMON Cowell has a close call when he gets WHIPPED on America’s Got Talent.

The talent show judge, 62, is seen in side-splitting scenes balancing a straw between his upper thighs as act Jack The Whipper attempts to snap it with his whip during his audition.

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Simon Cowell has a close call when he got WHIPPED on his upper thigh during America’s Got Talent

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Simon appeared terrified in front of giggling panellists Heidi Klum and Sofía Vergara

Dad-of-one Simon appeared terrified in front of giggling panellists model Heidi Klum, 49, and actress Sofía Vergara, 50, and said: “I should not have done that.

“They were laughing so much I nearly had my what’s-its whipped off and they were in hysterical laughter.”

Speaking ahead of the episode being aired in the US on Tuesday (July 19) on NBC whip maestro Jack Lepiarz, 34, from Boston said: “I was terrified at the time too.

“I wasn’t sure what would happen if I hit Simon with a whip.

“I have practiced it hundreds of times and I’ve had one mess-up.

“I was horrified at the thought of that.”

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Jack Lepiarz aka Jack The Whipper said: ‘I was terrified at the time too’Credit: Trae Patton/NBC

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Simon said: ‘I should not have done this’