Simon Cowell’s absence from America’s Got Talent has left fans wondering where the longtime judge is—and Howie Mandel now has an encouraging update on his recovery.
Cowell, 66, recently underwent previously planned back surgery related to injuries he suffered in a 2020 e-bike accident. Mandel said Sept. 3 that he heard the operation was a success and is hoping his fellow judge recovers quickly enough to return to AGT before the season 21 finale.
“As I talk to you, he is just hours out of surgery,” Mandel told E! News. “I heard that it was a success, everything’s okay.”
Mandel added, “I haven’t called him yet,” and joked, “I don’t know that, this close to surgery, if this is the first thing you need to see.” But Mandel said that he “can’t wait to see him and visit him and give him my best wishes.”
View this post on InstagramCowell has been absent from America’s Got Talent for about two weeks, stepping away from the season 21 live quarterfinals to undergo the previously planned back procedure. The operation was related to injuries he sustained in his 2020 electric bike accident, and guest judges, including Kenan Thompson and Heidi Klum, have temporarily filled his seat while he recovers.
Cowell’s latest procedure comes six years after a devastating e-bike accident nearly left him unable to walk. In August 2020, the America’s Got Talent judge fell while testing an electric bike at his Malibu home, breaking his back and requiring a five-hour surgery involving multiple fusions and a metal rod.
“I knew I’d broken my back the minute I landed. It was really, really kind of sudden and it hurt,” Cowell told Extra in 2021. “It could have been a lot worse. When I saw the X-ray, I really nearly could have smashed my spine to pieces, so I literally wouldn’t have been able to walk.”
Cowell later said he was “lucky to survive” the accident and acknowledged that the injuries caused long-term nerve damage.
America’s Got Talent airs on Monday at 8 p.m. on NBC.
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