AgenciesSimon Cowell would often work till 4 in the morning. The reason was purely competition and rating wars, the creator of the reality shows Britain’s Got Talent and X-Factor disclosed. But all that changed in 2014.
Eric, 8, his son, changed his life. Simon Cowell’s night-long work stopped; he ignored rating wars and focused on offering quality content to viewers. He started looking at things from a different perspective and realised that he should have ended his popular shows earlier before the audience began ignoring him.
He wondered what would have been Simon's fate without Eric.
The X-factor for Cowell
As the viewership of the jewel in Cowell’s crown, the X-Factor, started dropping, so did Simon Cowell's obsession with work. Other competitive shows like Strictly Come Dancing were eating into Cowell’s committed viewership. The mental pressure and overwork from the urge to stay ahead of completion made him sink into a massive depression. The birth of his son in 2014 came as a new dawn in his life, and it became the real X-factor in his life and ‘changed everything’.Eric, 8, his son, changed his life. Simon Cowell’s night-long work stopped; he ignored rating wars and focused on offering quality content to viewers. He started looking at things from a different perspective and realised that he should have ended his popular shows earlier before the audience began ignoring him.
He wondered what would have been Simon's fate without Eric.
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