I'd like to find a girlfriend: Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell is looking for love with a British woman after splitting with Hollywood beauty Carmen Electra.

Speaking exclusively to the Sunday People, The X Factor boss said that he would like to find a girlfriend.The 53-year-old dated Baywatch star Carmen, 40, after meeting her when she was a judge on last year's Britain's Got Talent.Now he says they are just good friends.

"I'm now a single man. We spent time together and she is so much fun. But I'd like to find a girlfriend," the Mirror quoted him as saying. "I do particularly like British women but I haven't got my eye on anyone."

Simon also admitted his workaholic character gets in the way of finding the right partner.