Simon Cowell's home in west London on Thursday when Simon reportedly slammed into the road at 20mph and didn't wear a helmet.
He was rushed to the hospital with a suspected concussion, a broken arm and facial cuts, as sources via The Sun asserted that the 62-year-old “is lucky to be alive”.“He slipped and went flying over the handlebars into the middle of the road,” an insider told the publication.Lorraine has since taken to her ITV show to scold the Britain’s Got Talent judge for failing to protect himself without any safety equipment while riding the Das Spitzing Evolution S-Pedelec electric bike.
During a chat with showbiz correspondent Ross King, the latter updated Lorraine on Simon’s current health status, saying he was doing much better.“Thankfully he’s doing okay, it was only 18 months ago I was coming to you from a hospital outside Santa Monica,” he shared.
Ross shed light on Simon’s last bike incident in August 2020, when he was almost left paralysed after losing control of the bike during a ride in sunny California.Lorraine then urged her ITV colleague to start wearing a helmet if he’s going to be riding around London on his electric cycle. “You’ve got to wear a helmet, Simon!” she said. “Everyone’s got to wear a helmet, for goodness sake!“But he’s okay and he’s getting better, which is all good.”Simon underwent a six-and-a-half-hour surgery to reconstruct his broken spine in August 2020, with sources saying he was just “millimetres away” from never being able to walk again, the Mail Online claimed.
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