Cowell was joking about deep-freeze plan

Cowell was making a tongue-in-cheek remark at a dinner in London

Dan Steinberg / AP file	Simon Cowell says he was just joking about wanting to be frozen after his death.

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updated 7:02 p.m. ET Feb. 24, 2009

LOS ANGELES - A spokeswoman for Simon Cowell says reports that the “American Idol” judge wants to be frozen after death are greatly exaggerated.

Cowell was making a tongue-in-cheek remark at a dinner in London two weeks ago with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other guests, spokeswoman Lisa Dallos said Tuesday.

But the cryogenics comment that Dallos said was meant as a joke was trumpeted in a number of news reports as a serious plan by Cowell, a music industry executive and TV producer (“America’s Got Talent,” Britain’s “The X Factor”).

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