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Privacy NoticeSimon Cowell was visibly moved to tears while appearing on the Diary of a CEO podcast with Dragons Den star Steven Bartlett. The music and TV icon had to pause the interview as he recounted the heart-wrenching moment he learned of his father’s passing. The Britain’s Got Talent judge opened up about the emotional turmoil he faced while celebrating his early career triumphs, only to receive the devastating news. Simon shared: “I think someone told my mum, ‘Don’t tell Simon’ [while he was celebrating]. I phoned back and she told me and I thought, ‘Oh my god, I can’t believe it’. Because I genuinely, at that point in my life, I just believed my parents are gonna live forever. It was bad. It was tough.”
Simon Cowell opened up to Steven Bartlett about his family life
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Despite the pain, Simon spoke about his faith and how he continues to feel his parents’ presence: “However, I do believe in God and I do believe, because the hardest thing when you lose your parents is you can’t even think about them afterwards because it’s too difficult. “Everything is. Then after a while, when I have a question in my mind, I do talk to them in my mind, like ‘What would you do? ‘ And I know what they would say. I really do still believe they’re with me, but that was a very bittersweet moment.” Reflecting on his success and its cost, Simon confessed the depth of his loss: “I would have swapped everything [my success] to have kept my dad around. All the things he taught me over the years… it was the longest trip home from America, that flight. It was bad. He was very wise and he did give me a good steer.” “He only lost his temper with me once. He never hit me, nothing like that, but he raised his voice once at me and that was enough. When he was angry at you, you knew it. I think he would have got a real kick from seeing me on a TV show.”
Steven Bartlett hosts his own podcast ‘Diary of a CEO’
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Simon’s dad died before he got to see his son succeed at TV work, but his mum lived until shortly after the birth of Simon’s son Eric. He shares the tot with fiancée Lauren Silverman. The X Factor head honcho reflected: “It was no question in my mind losing both my parents was the hardest thing that ever happened to me. I can sit here and look you in the eye and say that. Everyone says when you lose them, ‘In time it’ll get better’, and you think, ‘No, it won’t’.” “The truth is it does, as long as you believe and you have to believe that their presence is still there with you. I do genuinely believe that with my mum and dad.”
Simon spoke about the moment his mum met Eric
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However, discussing the emotional subject became overwhelming for Simon, as he paused and said to Steven: “Oh gosh, you’ll have to give me a minute.” Simon then shared a touching detail about his mother: “My mum started to get dementia but fortunately saw Eric she bought him this brown blanket and he still has it. Literally everything is about the brown blanket.” “When he was about two or three, after she passed away, he looked up at the sky one night and said, ‘I’m thinking about grandpa Eric and Julie’, and just the way he said it… That’s when I genuinely started to believe they are still somehow with us.”Story SavedYou can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnDragons DenThe X FactorLauren SilvermanSimon CowellBritain’s Got Talent
