Simon Cowell Back in the Saddle: 'X Factor' Mogul, 65, Spotted on E-Bike After Declaring Breaking Bones in Horror Cycling Crash 'Happened For a Reason'
Simon Cowell was back on an e-bike four years after a brutal accident
Oct. 11 2024, Published 6:30 p.m. ET
Simon Cowell has not let a brutal injury stop him from hitting the road again.
RadarOnline.com has learned the legendary TV judge was seen riding an e-bike just four years after he broke his back and underwent surgery following a fall from one.
Simon Cowell was seen riding his e-bike years after his scary fall.
The 65-year-old appeared confident during a ride on his e-bike, estimated to be worth more than $6,500, on the grounds of his mansion.
The former American Idol judge was on the same grounds when he took a terrifying spill off his e-bike, a fall that led to severe injuries including a broken arm and three vertebrae.
The accident led to a six-hour surgery, which left Cowell with a metal rod in his back in order to stabilize it.
He revealed in an 2021 interview: "It could have been a lot worse. When I saw the X-ray, I really nearly smashed my spine to pieces, so I literally wouldn't have been able to walk."
In 2020, Cowell fell off his e-bike, suffering severe injuries.
Despite the fallout, the mogul attempted to see the positive side of things.
He revealed during an interview on Today: "It was painful, it wasn’t great. However, I was so unfit before the accident.
"I didn't know how unfit I was until I had to do all this stuff afterwards. And I'm like, 'My God.' Things like that, I believe happened for a reason."
The mogul suffered a broken arm and three vertebrae.
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Two years following the incident, Cowell would once again fall off an e-bike, but like the first time it did not shake his confidence as he later shared: "I’m still gonna stay on my bike. I’m obsessed with these things.”
However, the America's Got Talent star also understood just how "lucky" he was to be alive after the first fall.
Cowell also suffered a second fall off his e-bike in 2022.
Cowell later said in an interview with OK!: “I didn’t talk about it too much at the time, I kept a lot back. It was a lot worse than people thought. I had a lot of long-term nerve damage as well.
"Just when I thought the bones had healed, I went with [my son] Eric to a fun fair and tried to kick a football and it was agony.”
The 65-year-old has been open about his tough recovery
The famous star's incident forced him off Britain's Got Talent in 2020, but again, Cowell found a reason to be optimistic despite his circumstance.
He explained: "If there was one good thing about lockdown, it was that it gave me the time to heal because I wasn’t working on a TV show. I was able to walk a lot and strengthen my legs."
Cowell added: I know I was lucky to survive my back surgery. I have a lot of people to thank for my recovery.”
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