There’s a lot of four letter words that have been thrown at Simon Cowell throughout the years — many that would probably take this site off the web — but he can officially add another one to his given “titles”: hero.

While hanging out with his girlfriend on his yacht on St. Tropez yesterday, someone on the vessel heard a distress call from another boat: turns out it was from 9 people among a 35-foot boat that was sinking.

Simon has his captain quickly go to their rescue, also managing to plug the hole on their boat as well.

He might be a jerk to many (one of those few 4-letter words we can use), but at least his heart is in the right place.

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