Simon Cowell has admitted he finally felt ‘happy again’ after finding out fiancée Lauren Silverman was pregnant with their first child.
The TV star, 64, shared a raw and intimate look into his relationship with Lauren during an emotional interview with Steven Bartlett on his Diary of a CEO podcast.
Father-of-one Simon, who shares son Eric, 10, with the Lauren, 46, said ‘everything changed in his life’ the moment he found out he was having a baby.
The socialite was pregnant with son Eric while she was married to real estate mogul Andrew Silverman, a year after they called time on their marriage.
Lauren and ex-husband Andrew, who share 18-year-old son Adam, were very close friends with Simon long before their romance.
Simon Cowell, 64, has admitted he finally felt ‘happy again’ after finding out fiancée Lauren Silverman, 46, was pregnant with their first child
The TV star shared a raw and intimate look into his relationship with Lauren during an emotional interview with Steven Bartlett on his Diary of a CEO podcast (pictured in 2021)
Looking back at the ‘perfect’ day where Lauren told him she was pregnant, Simon said: ‘I got the call from Lauren. Any call which starts with “Are you sitting down”, you know what’s coming next.
‘She was like “Are you sitting down”. I was like “Yes”. And she told me. And it did absolutely change everything in my life. It made me happy again, for me it was perfect.
‘Without question [he saved me] I really really reached a point where nothing happened. Even to the point where I can’t really remember the point from that period. It hit me so hard.
‘The hardest thing also was being on television because I felt like a clown as I was dying inside. I put on a ton of weight, eating just junk, it was like if I had got hit by a bus the following day, I wasn’t worried about that.
‘The whole time was dark, I can absolutely relate to the people reach the lowest levels you possibly can.’
Simon also revealed that he and Lauren underwent couple therapy sessions to make their relationship stronger, while also joking they would make ‘the best reality show on the planet’.
Sharing his love for therapy, he said: ‘Yeah I’ve done that [couples therapy]. My god, ours would make the best reality show on the planet, seriously.
‘I think I met a few people who were in the entertainment business and we spoke a lot about how you deal with this and how you deal with that and two people in particular said we went into therapy and they said “Have you tried it?”
Father-of-one Simon, who shares son Eric, 10, (pictured) with the socialite said ‘everything changed in his life’ the moment he found out he was having a baby
Looking back at the ‘perfect’ day where Lauren told him she was pregnant, Simon said: ‘I got the call from Lauren. Any call which starts with “Are you sitting down”, you know what’s coming next’
‘She was like “Are you sitting down”. I was like “Yes”. And she told me. And it did absolutely change everything in my life. It made me happy again, for me it was perfect’, he added
Lauren pictured when she was pregnant with their son Eric, holding hands with Simon in 2019
Simon also revealed that he and Lauren underwent couple therapy sessions to make their relationship stronger, while also joking they would make ‘the best reality show on the planet’
Sharing his love for therapy, he said: ‘Yeah I’ve done that [couples therapy]. My god, ours would make the best reality show on the planet, seriously’
‘And I said “No”. And they said “Try it once and see how you feel”. And when I went to it, it was very interesting.
‘What you realise is, most of us have actually bottled stuff up somewhere in our bodies and it’s like a release and we all need that release because there is something in our brain which we haven’t spoken about or something that’s bothered you.
‘And you don’t know who to talk about and actually it’s not a weakness, it’s a strength to admit that we do need help and why not take advantage.’
As well as couple’s therapy, Simon often speaks about his fears, troubles and worries with a therapist on his own.
He added: ‘After that injury [breaking his back], I thought it would be actually crazy for me not to go to therapy after everything I’ve gone through and talk to somebody that is an expert, who you can trust, who can advise you and it’s a bit like going to the gym.
‘Because you feel great afterwards and you know, you think initially it’s going to be embarrassing but they are so well trained at what they do, it just made me feel better.
‘Stuff that used to bother me I would talk to them about. You almost get the answer you know it’s going to be but someone needs to tell you other than yourself.’