Simon Cowell has thanked Kelly Clarkson for standing in for him on America’s Got Talent as he recovers after breaking part of his back.
The music mogul underwent six hours of surgery at the weekend following a fall from a new electric bike he was testing at his house in Malibu.
The 60-year-old was taken to hospital where he had an operation on Saturday night, which involved a number of procedures including having a metal rod put in his back.
Clarkson is filling in as a judge on the reality TV talent show in the US while Cowell recovers and joked on Twitter that he should not “hurry back” as she is “getting pretty comfortable in your chair”. “I’m just kidding, get well,” she said.
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