Britain’s Got Talent boss Simon Cowell said he doesn’t have any regrets in his life and that he believes in the power of destiny after the birth of his 11-year-old son Eric
Simon Cowell said he believes it was “destiny” that his son Eric was conceived at a certain time.
The Britain’s Got Talent boss has just launched his new Netflix show The Next Act, which helps him find the next boyband after the success of One Direction. The music mogul is working with his new seven-piece group December 10.
Simon has now spoken about his son Eric, 11, whom he shares with long-time partner and fiancée Lauren Silverman. He told The Rest Is Entertainment podcast that he has no regrets because of the power of destiny.
Hosts Richard Osman and Marina Hyde asked him: “What has been your biggest miss and what did you learn from it?”. He replied: “I do believe in destiny. I always use Eric as an example, which is there were certain things in my life which were bad.
“That’s your destiny and Eric was conceived on a certain day at a certain time, and if things have gone differently, then I don’t believe he would be here. So that therefore you can’t really complain too much about your regrets.”
Simon admitted that experienced the dark side of the industry, adding: ‘I’ve had experiences now where people who you trusted just completely let you down.
“I can be quite naive where I really, really, really put my trust in people. And boy do they let let you down.”
However, he said that any business regrets he has are nowhere near as important to him as family. “My family is everything to me genuinely,” Simon said.
“I mean, when I first found out [about Eric], I’m like, Oh my God, I wasn’t expecting that. And then from the minute I saw his scan, I just fell in love. It was like a game changer. Everything in my life changed.”
Cowell has also hit back at criticism from former X Factor contestants, claiming certain people have just “got it in” for him. He added: “It’s the music business so my job is to make money for you and me and that was the deal. If I saw an opportunity, you jump on it.
“The vast majority of people have made a lot of money and got what they wanted which was fame, so certain people, they’ve just got it in for me.
“There’s nothing I can do about it, they signed up to what they knew the show was about, and if you don’t like that, then I suggest you become an accountant or a gardener or something where no one knows who you are and you won’t have that problem.”
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