Simon urges men to open up about their feelings in Men in Mind, a new campaigning Mirror podcast
Sitting in the garden of his London mansion, Simon Cowell is a picture of serenity as a whirlwind of activity unfolds around him.
Son Eric is running about in an Arsenal shirt, fiancée Lauren is showing an estate agent around the house ahead of its impending sale, while a trio of his assistants tap away on laptops. It’s the morning after the Britain’s Got Talent final – a time when Simon would usually be wracked with nerves awaiting news of the overnight ratings.
But as he quietly nurses a cup of tea while his beloved dogs play by his feet, his mind is a million miles away from the day job. In fact, what we see before our eyes is a very different Simon altogether. A change, he ascribes, to discovering therapy for the first time – at the age of 63.
“When I see my friends, the first thing I talk about is how therapy has had this super positive effect on my life,” he says. “I wish I had done this 10 or 20 years ago…it’s like a weight has lifted off my shoulders.” Simon is so passionate about his new weekly therapy sessions that he immediately agreed to be the first guest on the Mirror’s brand-new Men in Mind podcast.