SIMON Cowell looked like he was tempting fate as he visited a skate park - after breaking his back in a bike accident. The 61-year-old star, who is back in the US ahead of filming on America's Got Talent, wore a pair of large white shorts on a day out.
However, he didn't try skateboarding himself, staying firmly on his feet after a nightmare smash that put him in hospital. The X Factor and BGT supremo and girlfriend Lauren Silverman, 43, were taking son Eric, seven, on a trip.
Simon was seen talking to a skate instructor, and even bumping elbows together, at the City of Malibu skate park in California.
Wearing trainers, black socks, a dark jumper and his face mask, Simon looked like he was giving the man the non-nonsense grillings familiar.
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