Despite finding himself confined to a bed for a month as a result of him breaking his back from falling off electronic bicycle, the former 'American Idol' judge jokes he is still 'obsessed' with cycling.
- May 18, 2023
AceShowbiz - Simon Cowell "didn't realize how unfit he was" before he crashed his e-bike. After breaking his back when he fell off his electronic bicycle and was bedbound for a month as a result of the smash in 2020, the 63-year-old music mogul learned to adapt his lifestyle choices as part of the recovery process and joked that he is still "obsessed" with cycling.
When speaking on "TodayShow", the former "American Idol" judge said, "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!" He added, "I'm still going to stay on my bike, I'm obsessed with those things!"
Simon, who has lost more than 40lbs since the incident and has cut down on alcohol, recently admitted that he was "so close" to spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair following the smash. The father of one additionally explained that the accident had actually given him a "positive outlook" on life.
"I was so close to living the rest of my life in a wheelchair, it gives you a completely different outlook on life. In a positive way," he told The Sun newspaper. "It hurt - trust me - when it happened, but good things happened off the back of it."
The "Britain's Got Talent" creator further admitted, "If I had to go through this all over again I actually would do it, because I think breaking my back was one of the best things that ever happened to me. I didn't know really how unfit I was until I had to start doing all the exercises. But I feel better today than I did three years ago when it happened."
