Simon Cowell suicidal as a schoolboy

(andPOP) - “American Idol” judge, Simon Cowell, says he considered committing suicide while in school.

“I hated school and I was always bored. I didn't like the rules and I didn't like discipline. So when someone said to me, ‘These are the best days of your life’, I actually thought about jumping off a bridge. I thought, ‘If it gets any worse than this I'm done’ because I hated my life,” New-magazine.co.uk quoted Cowell.

Cowell says that it is important to criticize contestants because experiencing censures in his own life made him strong. “No one gave me any handouts when I started. I had to work my way up. I certainly learnt more when people criticised me than when they lied to me and said what I was doing was right.”

Cowell, who is also known on the hit reality show as “Mr. Nasty,” says that one cannot survive in the music business unless that person knows they have made a mistake. “I would feel guilty about giving people fake hope when I genuinely believe they have no chance.”