 He loves being a dad more than he ever imagined (Image: PA) Without Eric and his fiancée Lauren Silverman, Simon said he might still be trapped in a toxic cycle of misery now. 'I stopped enjoying what I was doing and I was miserable the whole time,' he told The Sun. 'I took it to a ridiculous level and I would get really down about that stuff, to the point I was depressed. If Eric hadn't come along, God knows what would have happened.' Get all the biggest showbiz news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Mirror Showbiz newsletter. Simon says he became obsessed with The X Factor (Image: ITV) In the past few years, the 63-year-old has dramatically overhauled his life to make it fit around his family rather than work. He said he no longer works through the night and is a very different man these days to the workaholic he used to be. After losing his own mum and dad, Simon shared that having Eric 'changed everything' in his life. 'After I lost my mum and dad, you kind of think you're never going to feel that love again – then you have kids," he said. The X Factor mogul says he worked all hours to try to beat the ratings war with Strictly (Image: BBC) 'Though I never thought I would feel that way – it's beyond your love for your parents. It almost hurts how m){kind=link}
Simon Cowell, 63, has revealed he would probably still be working until 4am and have sunk into a deep depression had his eight-year-old son Eric not been born
Simon Cowell has said becoming a father saved him from his âdark’ obsession with work.
The Britain’s Got Talent and X Factor creator, 63, revealed he was so consumed with ratings wars against shows like Strictly Come Dancing that he sank into a depression.
Before eight-year-old Eric was born in 2014, the music mogul would often work through the night until 4am â admitting his life was “99 per cent work”.
The TV legend told how he suffered crippling lows when the smash hit ITV show began to slump before ending in 2018.