Simon Cowell’s Son Eric, 8, Is His Mini-Me At ‘America’s Got Talent’ Finale

Simon Cowell, 62, deed the reddish carpet with his mini-me son, Eric, 8, astatine the finale of America’s Got Talent connected Sept. 13! The father-son duo were joined by Simon’s gorgeous fiancée and Eric’s mom, Lauren Silverman, 45, arsenic they posed for a household photo. Simon opted for his staple achromatic t-shirt and jeans, portion Lauren shined successful a maroon one-shoulder gown. Eric was casual similar his dada successful a bluish polo by Lacoste, bluish jeans, and achromatic Nike sneakers.

Simon Cowell, Lauren Silverman, and their son, Eric, astatine the finale of ‘AGT’ connected Sept. 13. (AFF-USA/Shutterstock)

The arrogant begetter is known for his bold personality, but erstwhile helium spoke to American Idol alum, Kelly Clarkson, 40, astir his lad backmost successful May 2021, helium revealed that fatherhood changed him. He told The Kelly Clarkson Show host, “After I mislaid my parents, I genuinely felt, Kelly, I would ne'er consciousness that benignant of emotion for anyone ever again. I thought that was it … until I saw the scan of him for the archetypal time.” He added that helium would telephone Eric “Tad” earlier helium was adjacent calved due to the fact that helium looked similar “a small tadpole.” Simon besides told Kelly that his beingness is present unimaginable without his boy. “Now I conscionable cannot ideate my beingness without him. He’s the astir astonishing happening that ever happened to me. I adore him,” the AGT big said.

Eric and his personage dada are truthful adjacent that they are adjacent moving connected a bid of children publication together! Simon took to Instagram connected February 24, 2020, to reveal their publication deal with Hachette Children’s Group. He captioned the post, “Hello everyone. I wanted to stock thing breathtaking my lad Eric and I person been moving on. I would similar to present to you #WISHFITS. To statesman with, we person announced a 7 publication woody with @hachettekids today.” Their publication bid volition dwell of animals that person “evolved successful a weird and fantastic way, combining 2 antithetic taxon to signifier hybrid animals with precise chiseled characteristics!”

Simon Cowell and his household connected Sept. 13. (MediaPunch/Shutterstock)

The father-and-son publication woody adds different awesome rubric to Simon’s resume, arsenic helium is already the creator of The X Factor and Got Talent TV franchises. The 62-year-old is astir known for being a justice connected the deed TV contention American Idol, which helium appeared connected from 2002 to 2010. After 8 agelong years, Simon decided to depart the amusement and absorption connected his different projects. Back successful 2019, the celebrated TV justice told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY astir his reasoning for leaving the deed TV show. “How tin you say, ‘You can’t beryllium a prima [because of your age],'” Simon said. “And I recovered the connection ‘Idol’ obnoxious to beryllium honorable with you. And wherefore isn’t a 35-year-old arsenic large arsenic an 18-year-old? I conscionable got to the constituent wherever this is not real, which is wherefore I determination connected [to the United States’ mentation of The X Factor and past finally America’s Got Talent].”

Since then, Simon has been engaged connected his show, AGT, and different projects. But helium has besides been focused connected his loving family, which each started erstwhile helium met his fiancée, Lauren, successful 2004. Notably, Simon was friends with Lauren’s ex-husband, Alexander Silverman, anterior to their divorcement successful 2013. Simon and Lauren got engaged successful January of this year, 13 years aft dating. The 45-year-old welcomed her archetypal child with Simon connected February 14, 2014, astir a twelvemonth aft her divided from Alexander. She is besides a parent to a lad named Adam Silverman, 16, who she had with her archetypal husband.