Cowell has been in a relationship with socialite Sarah Silverman (45) since 2013. A year later, the two became the proud parents of their son Eric. The talent scout was 55 at the time, Eric is his first child. “Before he was born, 99 percent of my life was work,” Cowell said. “I was obsessed with it. I had gotten to a point where it was all about work. I stopped enjoying other things. I just wanted to beat the competition, I wasn’t doing anything else. At some point it got to a point where I It made me depressed. I was really unhappy. But now that Eric is here, I don’t work nights anymore. If he wasn’t born, I wouldn’t know what happened to me. “
Cowell has been seen for years as a jury member in several countries, including “The X Factor”. Cowell also sat behind the jury table on “America’s Got Talent” and “Britain’s Got Talent”.