“Enough Was Enough,” Simon Cowell Ditched Botox After His Son Got Hysterical Over His Overfilled Face

Simon Cowell has spent decades in front of cameras as a host of numerous talent shows, including The X Factor UK, Britain’s Got Talent, and their American counterparts. So for someone like him, having a presentable look is a question of life and death. We’ve watched him undergo some major physical transformations over the course of his career, but it looks like he’s finally had enough.

He got carried away chasing eternal youth.

In 2018, Cowell started talking honestly about having some work done on his face. It was already suspected that, at the time, he had fillers and Botox, but he admitted that he went even further and had actual cosmetic surgery, saying, “There are lots of things you can do now. You don’t just have to stuff your face with filler and Botox.”

By 2022, the famous judge reflected on that decision and finally saw himself clearly. He said, “There was a stage where I might have gone a bit too far. I saw a picture of me from ‘before’ the other day, and didn’t recognize it as me, first of all.”

Eventually, Cowell got the wake-up call he needed.

Realizing that he’d gone too far and changed his face nearly beyond recognition was only the first step for the famous judge. The final straw for him was his son Eric’s reaction to his new face. As Cowell shared, “[My son] was in hysterics. Enough was enough.”

Cowell decided to leave the time when he relied on Botox and fillers in the past. Today, he’s proudly all-natural: “There is no filler in my face at all now. Zero.”

He’s now trying other methods to stay young.

Cowell’s main focus right now is his health. He revealed that in the past, his diet mostly consisted of pies, so he transformed his nutrition entirely and added fitness. Simon’s favorites are now green smoothies and tomato soup as well as drinking a lot of water. And whatever he’s doing seems to be working well, as the legendary host had lost 60 lb (27 kg) as of 2022.