“America’s Got Talent” judge Simon Cowell said his 10-year-old son saved him from the depths of depression. Cowell noted that after losing both his parents, everything in his life changed for the worse. “I think particularly when I lost my mum, I was on a downward spiral at that point,” he told host Steve Bartlett in the emotional June 10 episode of podcast.
“I was desperately unhappy, I wasn’t particularly enjoying my work and I just thought, ‘You know what? I’m just going to become a vampire then,’ and I would work through until 7:00 or 8:00 in the morning. I would wake up at 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon and I actually got addicted to that kind of lifestyle. I just loved the intensity.
It was almost like because of the loss I’d had, I’ve got to find something else to fill it.” The famous went on to explain the pain he felt at the time. “I lost everyone, you know, I’ve lost my parents.
It’s finality now.” “What I said about the material things I’ve got, everything just meant nothing at that point,” he said on the podcast. No matter what he did, the void of losing both his parents just wasn’t being filled.
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 13: (L-R) Lauren Silverman, Eric Cowell and Simon Cowell attend a “America’s Got Talent” Season 17 Live Show at Sheraton Pasadena Hotel on September 13, 2022 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images) “And it was I’m just going to be a ridiculous workaholic, and I .