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Simon Cowell's health disaster as he breaks wrist, loses tooth and gets Covid in one week
Simon Cowell, 62, recently suffered a huge scare after he crashed his electric motorbike and broke his wrist.The Britain’s Got Talent judge crashed after taking a corner too fast near his West London home.But the accident could have been much worse as the TV star was not wearing a helmet at the time.Simon has now revealed he had other health woes concerning him that same week.As well as breaking his wrist, the entrepreneur lost a tooth and later tested positive for coronavirus.He told Extra: “In one week, I broke my wrist, tooth fell out because I was eating peanut brittle, [and then] a day after that, I tested positive for Covid.”Speaking about the bike incident, Simon said that he “knocked myself out”.He continued: “There were some people nearby, thank God, so they stopped the traffic.“I was in a bit of a daze… I got back on my bike and drove one-armed back to the house.“That’s how nutty I was.”In an interview earlier this month, Simon clarified that his tyres slipped from under him.He told ITV News about how he could not wait to get back to cycling.Simon also confessed he did not want to get scolded by his seven-year-old son Eric.Simon explained: "I mean actually the one thing - the only thing that scared me genuinely was when I was coming back from the hospital, knowing that Eric, my son, was waiting for me to tell me off.“So, it was kind of like when I was a child, I was afraid of going home when I’d done something wrong.”He continued: “It was literally that and I got the biggest telling off – ‘daddy you didn’t wear a helmet’, blah, blah, blah.“So yeah, lesson learnt.
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Simon Cowell struck down with Covid and forced to miss BGT auditions just after bike crash
Simon Cowell, has been delivered a double dose of disappointment as amid his recovery from a horror bike crash - his second in less than two years - he has now contracted Covid and found himself out of action yet again.The bad news leaves him with no choice but to be absent from Britain's Got Talent 2022 auditions while he gets better.Long-suffering Simon was noticeably missing from the judging panel, although Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams all appeared as usual.A spokesperson for the star revealed the bad news, stating to MailOnline: "Simon was unable to attend filming today as he was isolating at home after testing positive for Covid-19."Until February 24, all those with a positive test are legally obliged to isolate, which leaves his judging seat empty for the time being.It comes within days of a terrifying bike crash which saw Simon being rushed to hospital with a suspected concussion, cuts to his face, and a broken arm.Simon has made promises in the past that he'll curb his obsession with "boy-toy" bikes, but his latest crash is said to have been another wake-up call for him about the risks involved.He had been riding the Das Spitzing Evolution S-Pedelec bike, which comes with a hefty £7,921 price tag, when the accident happened.Friends have reportedly claimed he is ready to give up on the dangerous rides, with one source telling the aforementioned publication: "Simon has vowed not to go on a bike again."It was a horror show but fortunately it looked worse than it actually is."The 62-year-old had previously injured his back after a similar crash in Malibu, USA.After it was reported that locals had seen Simon race around the streets near his home in London at startling speeds, he revealed that he
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