British media mogul, Simon Cowell, has proposed to his girlfriend and mother of his child, Lauren Silverman, after dating for 13 years.
The America’s got talent judge popped the question during a vacation in Barbados.
Although, Cowell had previously declared he didn’t believe in marriage, he proposed to Silverman in the presence of their seven-year-old son Eric, and step-son Adam.
A source revealed the engagement happened on Christmas Eve. According to the source,
“Simon and Lauren are ridiculously, nauseatingly in love – incredibly, lockdown brought them closer than ever. Lauren was absolutely stunned and never in a million years expected Simon to pop the question. She burst into tears – happy tears – and obviously said ‘yes’ straight away. It was important to Simon that the kids were there too. As he adores them both and the family they’ve become.”
Cowell and Silverman first met in 2004 at a resort on the Caribbean island. Although, Silverman was still legally married to Simon’s friend and real estate mogul, Andrew Silverman, in July 2013, it was revealed that she was expecting her second child with Cowell. The Silvermans finalized their divorce that following December.
Speaking on how the beginning of this relationship Cowell admitted in a 2014 interview with The Mirror,
“It is not something I am proud of or wanted to happen in terms of hurting anyone. It just happened. You have to deal with it and man up to it. You have to accept the responsibility and the criticism. All I can say is, my advice to you is if it happens to you, you just have to deal with it a day at a time. And own up to your responsibilities.”
