Simon Cowell jets off on month-long break to St Tropez with friends to escape furore of married pregnant lover X-Factor creator to holiday on yacht he was pictured embracing Lauren Silverman on last year Cowell expected to be joined by ex-girlfriends Sinitta and Mezghan Hussainy By Sara Nathan Simon Cowell jetted out of Los Angeles on a private plane last night - leaving all the furore over his married, pregnant lover behind. The X Factor supremo, 53, left California from a private airport and will join friends on board the Slipstream yacht in St Tropez, in the South of France, for what is expected to be a month-long vacation. He will tour Europe and take time to evaluate how exactly to proceed after it was revealed last week that New York socialite Lauren Silverman - married to his friend Andrew - is expecting his baby. Laying low: Simon Cowell leaves his Los Angeles home on Friday night for a month-long trip to Europe Furore: The X Factor star is having a baby with Lauren Silverman, a married New York socialite Members of Cowell's harem including his ex-girlfriend and 80s popstar Sinitta, and even possibly his former fiancee Mezghan Hussainy, are expected to join him. Both are standing by him and have given him their full support. Ironically, it was on board the $458,000-a-week Slipstream that Cowell was pictured sharing a tender embrace with Lauren last August, in images that came to light yesterday. But as Cowell soaks up the sun, his lover is spending the weekend in the Hamptons with her estranged husband as they attempt to come to an 'amicable resolution' over their divorce, according to one source. The couple want to make their seven-year-old son Adam their main priority, the source said. Break: Cowell was spotted leaving Los Angeles on his private jet on Friday night Happy days: Cowell and Silverman vacationing in France last August. He left for St Tropez last night Close: Simon Cowell appearing to kiss Lauren Silverman on a yacht off the coast of St Tropez in August 2012 While her pregnancy is still in early days, Cowell is aware of the strain the situation and publicity could put on his love. The pair are in a relationship, as MailOnline revealed this week, but another friend said: 'At the moment, Lauren and Andrew need to thrash out their divorce - Lauren can't just go running off to be with Simon, as much as she wants to be with him. All sides want the divorce to go through as quickly as can be.