SIMON Cowell has been seen in public for the first time since breaking his back in an agonising accident. The Britain's Got Talent judge, 61, looked well on the road to recovery as he hit the shops with his girlfriend Lauren Silverman and their son Eric.
Simon was rushed to hospital in August after tumbling off an electric bike in a crash that nearly paralysed him. He was hospitalised and needed such extensive recovery time he was unable to return to the UK to judge Britain's Got Talent's semis and final as planned.
But yesterday Simon was up on his feet again, going for a walk in Malibu, California - where the crash happened. The X Factor supremo was joined on a gentle family shopping trip by Lauren, 43, and their son Eric, six.
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