direct to your inboxSimon Cowell has spoken out about the horror injury he suffered after falling off an electric bike last summer.The Britain's Got Talent star, 61, broke his back in the accident at his house in Malibu in August.Simon quickly underwent six hours of surgery – which involved having a metal rod put in his back – and missed working on both BGT and America's Got Talent.But the music mogual seemed to have had a lucky escape as he could have 'smashed spine to pieces' and never walked again.
Speaking on Extra TV to Terri Seymour, Simon recalled: "It could have been a lot worse. When I saw the X-ray, I really nearly could have smashed my spine to pieces, so I literally wouldn't have been able to walk. "'I knew I'd broken my back.
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