Simon Cowell broke his back in an electric biking accident in August and had to undergo extensive surgery to repair the damage.
The "America's Got Talent" judge, 61, reflected on the life-changing experience in a new 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," he told "Extra" on Thursday.
Cowell said he knew he broke his immediately after falling. "You’re not supposed to get up, but I made myself kind of get carried into my bedroom, which is right there at the end of the house, and I’m lying there and I’m kind of passing out.
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