SIMON Cowell had an accident which forced him to cancel his first two days of judging on Britain’s Got Talent.
The show’s head judge sustained a bump to the head which left him in so much pain he couldn’t attend the first round of auditions on Thursday, and they were cancelled.
The head judge shared a clip which revealed a painful looking red mark[/caption]
It was hoped he’d be recovered by Friday, but instead Stacey Solomon, whom he first discovered on X Factor, was called in to fill his space on the BGT panel and the auditions went ahead without him.
He was back judging at the auditions in Birmingham on Saturday, but had a notable red mark on his forehead as he arrived at the city’s Hippodrome theatre.
A source said: “Simon had a terrible headache and migraine – caused by an accidental bump on the head. He’s fighting fit now though – and was revelling being in Birmingham and back in his judge seat.”
Posting a Instagram message on Instagram from inside the Hippodrome he seemed in good spirits but didn’t reveal any details as to how and when he had the accident.
But Simon now has a home in the Cotswolds, and has fellow panelist and head judge stand-in Amanda Holden as a neighbour, and it is just miles away from this week’s auditions in Britain’s second city.
He simply said in the Instagram message: “It’s Simon, I’m alive and I’m in Birmingham, I just want to say thank you for all your get well messages.” and he pulled the camera close to the graze on his forehead before smiling.
The accident, although apparently minor, is the latest to have befallen the BGT head judge. In 2020 Simon, who’s engaged to Lauren Silverman and has a 11-year-old son Eric, broke his back falling off an electric bike at his home in Los Angeles and have to have an operation and took months to recover.
In 2017, he fell down the stairs at his London home and also seriously banged his head.
He said at the time: “Sometimes we get a reminder that we’re not invincible and this was certainly mine. It was a huge shock.
“They think I fainted because I had low blood pressure and so I have got to really take good care of myself to sort that out.
“After all I am a dad and have more responsibility than ever.”
Simon has previously discussed how prone he is to getting migraines and explained he increasingly wears red shades as it helps to combat their effect under studio and stage lights.
It is believed he will be fit and well enough to continue the next round of BGT auditions in Blackpool next week.
Simon revealed he is now back on the panel after the accident[/caption]
Stacey Solomon stepped in to temporarily fill his space on the panel[/caption]
