The 'America's Got Talent' creator is thankful for having son Eric as the mogul claims fatherhood has saved him from depression because of his work obsession.
- Oct 30, 2022
AceShowbiz - Simon Cowell is grateful to his son for saving him from his workaholic lifestyle. Sharing Eric, eight, with Lauren Silverman, the 63-year-old music mogul has credited his son with helping him to overcome his work obsession.
"Before Eric, my life was 99 percent work - I was obsessed with it," shared Simon - who has enjoyed huge success with TV shows such as "The X Factor" and "America's Got Talent".
"I got to that point where everything was about, 'If you're not rating against this then you're a failure' and I stopped enjoying what I was doing and I was miserable the whole time. I was obsessed with beating the competition. I took it to a ridiculous level and I would get really down about that stuff, to the point I was depressed."
Simon admits that his TV ventures used to consume most of his thinking. He told The Sun on Sunday newspaper, "I'm not a wall puncher but I'd tear my hair out, then be sitting there at 4am saying, 'What am I going to do?' - coming up with ridiculous ideas like the six-chair challenge. You add new elements, then change something else, then something else, then the next thing you know, you've got this Frankenstein's monster."
Simon now concedes that Eric has totally transformed his life and his priorities in recent years. The TV star said, "I was really unhappy. But now Eric is around, I don't work through the night anymore. If he hadn't come along, God knows what would have happened. It's sad now to think of me at my age, still working till 4am, obsessed with the TV ratings. The thought of it - I can't deal with that."
