Simon Cowell has broken his back while riding an electric bike around his home in California.The X Factor judge and music mogul, 60, was expected to have surgery for the injury on Saturday night, according to a spokesperson.
The spokesperson said: "Simon had a fall from his bike on Saturday afternoon whilst testing his new electric bike in the courtyard at his house in Malibu with his family." She added: "Simon has broken his back and is having surgery this evening.
He’s doing fine, he’s under observation and is in the best possible hands."It is understood the surgery started in the evening Los Angeles time.
Mr Cowell has reportedly spent coronavirus lockdown in Malibu with his partner Lauren Silverman and young son Eric, as well as her.
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