Simon Cowell is 'lucky to be alive' after second bike crash, and Lorraine Kelly has urged the music mogul to wear a helmet.
The former X Factor judge was rushed to hospital after suffering a suspected concussion, a broken arm and facial cuts according to The Sun.
During a chat with showbiz correspondent Ross King, Lorraine quipped that that Simon should be wearing a helmet to avoid these serious injuries.
“He slipped and went flying over the handlebars into the middle of the road,” an insider told The Sun regarding Simon's most recent accident.
Ross shed light on Simon’s last bike incident in August 2020, where he was nearly left paralysed after losing control of his bike in California.
Lorraine then urged her ITV colleague to start wearing a helmet if he’s going to be riding around London on his electric cycle.
“You’ve got to wear a helmet, Simon!” she said.
“Everyone’s got to wear a helmet, for goodness sake!
“But he’s okay and he’s getting better, which is all good.”
Thankfully his latest accident is reportedly less serious than his last after he underwent a six hour surgery to reconstruct his broken spine as sources said he was just “millimetres away” from never being able to walk again, according to the Mail Online.
“He is building up his strength but the recovery is taking longer than we hoped,” an insider told Mail Online at the time.
“It was a very serious injury and they didn’t fully appreciate that at first.
“There was initial euphoria that he was all right... Then came the pain."
The source continued: “He had about six weeks of agony. By early September 2020, it was obvious that he wasn’t going to be ready to physically travel at all for work.
“He was on high-strength painkillers but he isn’t anymore. He also doesn’t have a live-in nurse anymore.”
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