Simon Cowell is recovering in hospital after he needed six hours of emergency surgery to fix his broken back. The X Factor supremo, 60, had a fall from a new electric bike he was testing at his house in Malibu.
He fell badly onto his back and was taken to hospital where they identified several breaks and rushed him into surgery. A spokesman for Cowell said: “Simon has broken his back in a number of places in a fall from his bike whilst testing a new electric bike in the courtyard of his home in Malibu with his family. “He was taken to hospital where they operated overnight, he’s under observation and is doing fine.” It is understood the surgery started on Saturday evening Los Angeles time.
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