Simon Cowell said he was "lucky" that he broke his back as he claimed it meant he avoided catching Covid-19. The talent show judge thinks it was ultimately a “good thing” that he broke his back because it stopped him travelling and thus lowered his risk of catching the deadly virus.
Simon was nearly left paralysed after an accident on an electric bike at his Malibu home last year. Simon said ahead of the news series of America's Got Talent: “I was a millimetre away from just cutting my back in half.
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