Affair and pregnancy with a friend's wife, engagement: 'Critic' Simon Cowell couple 12 years later... "He forgave me" "My son saved me"

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Lauren Silverman (48), the fiancée of Simon Cowell (66), a judge famous as a critic on 'American Idol' and 'America's Got Talent', has directly revealed the affair scandal after 12 years. "I thought I deserved the blame. I just endured it," she confessed.

Silverman recently appeared on the podcast 'Happy Mom' and reflected on the 2013 scandal. At the time, she was married to businessman Andrew Silverman and was pregnant with Cowell's child, causing a global uproar. "It was also the end of my marriage, and one of the hardest times in my life," she said, adding, "I wish it had happened differently, but I have no regrets."

Regarding the hurt she caused her ex-husband and son Adam, she said, "If I could go back and erase that pain, I would want to do that." At the time, Andrew Silverman was a long-time friend of Cowell, making the scandal even more shocking.

Silverman, who was the target of intense media scrutiny during the scandal, said, "People's eyes were everywhere I went. Every magazine cover featured me, and every news broadcast was full of my story. It was truly terrible." Yet she also confessed, "I thought people had every right to look at me that way. If it were me, I would have done the same. I thought, 'There's nothing I can do. This is the blame I deserve. I just have to endure it,' and I lived that way for a long time." Now, 12 years later, she said, "I forgave myself. Now I don't care what people say."

Cowell has also confessed that this scandal actually became a turning point. In a 2024 podcast, he said, "My life completely changed when I received a call from Lauren starting with 'Sit down.' My son saved me. Before that, everything was meaningless, and I was falling into the abyss." Eric, the son born to the two, is now 12 years old, and the family has moved past the scandal and continues to maintain a strong bond.

Meanwhile, Cowell and Silverman have been together for more than 10 years since the scandal broke and announced their engagement in 2022. Silverman said, "Cowell made me realize he was the person I wanted to be with. No matter what process we went through, I believed we had to be together."

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