They bumped into each other on the way, and his reaction to her performance was enough to make our cold, dead hearts melt a little. "That was bloody fantastic," he said into the microphone. "What can I say? I'm very proud of you."
For those of you who somehow missed it, Cowell first met Clarkson when she auditioned for, and later won, the first season of American Idol in 2002. She took home the $1 million prize and an RCA recording contract but has since broken free of the record label's constraints and pursued her own creative freedom on her latest album, Meaning of Life. Clearly there are no hard feelings! Watch Their cute hug above.