$800 Million Bombshell: Simon Cowell SILENCES “The View” — What He Said Wasn’t in the Script, and That’s Why It’s Terrifying In one of the most explosive on-air showdowns of the year, Simon Cowell didn’t just win an $800 million lawsuit — he accidentally triggered a political landmine live on national television. There was no script. No boundaries. And what he revealed left the entire set of The View in stunned silence.