'It could have been a lot worse,' says Cowell
Simon Cowell was inches away from losing his ability to walk.
Speaking toTerri Seymour on Extra, Cowell touched on his ordeal from the e-bike accident in 2020.
“I knew I’d broken my back the minute I landed. It was really, really kind of sudden and it hurt," he began.
After being immediately rushed to the hospital and getting an X-ray, Cowell revealed that he was afraid of not being able to walk again.
“It could have been a lot worse,” he added. “When I saw the X-ray, I really nearly could have smashed my spine to pieces, so I literally wouldn’t have been able to walk,” he revealed.
At the hospital, Cowell thought “I’ve got to get back into the house because I can’t lie there.”
The X Factor boss eventually expressed his gratitude towards girlfriend Lauren Silverman, 43, and son Eric, 7. He could not have survived without their support.
“Both [Silverman] and Eric, they were like my support. I couldn’t have gotten through it without them, so we got closer,” he said.