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Simon Cowell was smoking and joking on his yacht yesterday with a bunch of bikini-clad babes who helped him shrug off his baby mama drama.
The star-maker is on a monthlong holiday on the French Riviera, where he’s been cruising, jet-skiing and sunbathing with a harem of bombshell beauties (pictured).
They include his former gal pal Sinitta Malone, Kelly Bergantz, a producer who works for Cowell, and Bergantz’s sister.
Cowell’s married lover and mother of his unborn child, Lauren Silverman, was nowhere to be seen on the $73 million vessel.
The 53-year-old “X Factor” judge is caught in the middle of a nasty divorce between the pregnant socialite and her New York real estate mogul husband, Andrew Silverman.
Sources told The Post’s Page Six it was hoped the Silvermans would reach a settlement this week. But wrangling over their son Adam, 7, and money has slowed down talks.
Andrew Silverman is adamant Adam won’t live in Los Angeles if Lauren moves there to be with Cowell, the source said.
A source close to Cowell told People magazine that the former “American Idol” judge has been in touch with Lauren Silverman since her divorce turned messy. “[But he] won’t see Lauren in person until things calm down,” the source said.
Additional reporting by David K. Li