
Everyone’s favourite talent show judge, Simon Cowell, came to the rescue when he invited a member of the Britain’s Got Talent crew to fly on his private jet with the BGT judges after finding out the soundman’s wife had unexpectedly gone into labour.
Sound recordist John Hagenstede was in Edinburgh with Simon and the rest of the talent show’s team for the latest round of auditions. On Saturday evening John received a call from his expectant girlfriend Lisa Stewart saying she had gone into labour back in Surrey – nearly 400 miles away from where John was.
John explained ’We looked up every possible option of getting me home and I was devastated when I realised the only option was waiting and getting a flight in the morning. I knew I would miss the birth of my first child.
‘Simon Cowell came over and shook my hand. He said “congratulations” and “come on, let’s do this”.
John shared the private jet with Simon and other Britain’s Got Talent judges; Alesha Dixon and David Walliams
To top it off, Mr Cowell, also arranged for a Chauffeur driven car to take him straight to the hospital after the private jet landed in Luton. John got to the hospital with moments to spare and his first child, Jude Berkeley Hagenstede, was born at 1.12am yesterday weighing 7lbs 8oz.
Congratulations!