Simon Cowell proved that he’s not afraid to get back on his bike after he suffered a severe accident.
The “America’s Got Talent” judge detailed the tragic moment after he broke his back during a bike crash in 2020.
“It was painful, it wasn’t great,” Cowell, 63, said during an appearance on “Today.”
“However, I was so unfit before the accident. I didn’t know how unfit I was until I had to do all this stuff afterwards,” he noted. “And I’m like, ‘My God.’ Things like that, I believe, happened for a reason.”
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“America’s Got Talent” judge Simon Cowell detailed the tragic moment he broke his back during a bike crash in 2020. (Sami Drasin/NBC via Getty Images)
The former “American Idol” judge continued to say his devastating accident didn’t stop him from continuing to ride his bike.
“I’m still going to stay on my bike,” he asserted. “I’m obsessed with these things.”
Cowell’s comments come after he was involved in a series of bike crashes in the last several years.
Simon Cowell detailed his tragic bike accident during an interview and said the moment was “painful” after he “nearly smashed his spine.”
He broke his back in an electric biking accident in August 2020 and had to undergo an extensive six-hour surgery to repair the damage.
“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” in 2021.
More recently in January 2022, the television personality was hospitalized following a crash on his electric bicycle near his home in London.
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Simon Cowell shows the broken arm he suffered in a bicycle injury, Feb. 2, 2022.
Cowell rode his bike when he “crashed to the ground” and “broke his arm,” a source confirmed with Fox News Digital at the time.
Simon Cowell broken arm
In January 2022, Simon Cowell was hospitalized following a crash on his electric bicycle near his home in London.
He candidly spoke out about his bike accidents during his appearance on “Today” with other “America’s Got Talent” judges.
As Cowell, along with Howie Mandel, Sofia Vergara, Heidi Klum and Terry Crews gear up for season 18, the star-studded group dished on their “family” dynamic on the hit talent competition show.
“When we say we are a family it does actually feel that way because we like each other,” Cowell remarked.
