Simon Cowell was hospitalized on Aug. eight following an electrical bike accident in Malibu, California. Whereas taking his bike for a check experience, Cowell fell to the bottom and injured his again, which he later had surgical procedure to deal with.
“Simon had a fall from his bike on Saturday afternoon while testing his new electrical bike within the courtyard at his home in Malibu along with his household,” Cowell’s rep stated in a press release. “He harm his again and was taken to the hospital. He is doing effective, he is beneath statement and is in the absolute best palms.” The rep additionally confirmed that Cowell had “damaged his again” and that the surgical procedure befell the identical night he’d been delivered to the hospital.
Cowell is presently a choose and government producer on America’s Got Talent. The NBC expertise competitors sequence has been on the middle of controversy this 12 months, with former choose Gabrielle Union filing a harassment complaint in opposition to the present’s producers and community again in June. In her criticism, Union alleged that NBC Leisure Chairman Paul Telegdy threatened her about publicly talking out in opposition to racism on set. NBC has known as the accusation “categorically unfaithful.”
Modern Family star Sofia Vergara changed Union as a choose for Season 15, whereas Heidi Klum returned after a one-season hiatus to take over the seat left open by Julianne Hough.