It's a Boy for Simon Cowell & girlfriend!

 

British TV and music mogul Simon Cowell, who had long said fatherhood was not in his plans, welcomed a son on Friday, his representative AnnMarie Thomson said.

The former "American Idol" judge's girlfriend, Lauren Silverman, gave birth to the 6 pound, 7 ounce (2.9 kilograms) boy in New York. It is her second child and Cowell's first.

Cowell, 54, who gained fame as an acid-tongued judge on television singing contests in the United States and his native Britain, has never married.

"I'm not brilliant with babies," Cowell told U.S. magazine Parade last October. "I never know what to do. But (once he's older) I think I'll be a good dad in terms of advice."

Silverman's pregnancy first came to light last year when her ex-husband filed for divorce in New York and naming Cowell as a co-respondent.

A source told MailOnline: 'Lauren's mother and sister were in the delivery room with them when she gave birth. Simon's mother, Julie, is looking forward to meeting the baby in the UK.'

Simon revealed on Twitter hours after the birth that he had named the child after his own deceased father Eric Cowell.

In 2011 Simon spoke about the devastating impact of his father's death, admitting it was the worst day of his life.
Speaking to Piers Morgan on his Tonight Show on CNN, the mogul spoke in detail about the day 12 years ago that Eric died.
The former EMI executive succumbed to a heart attack in 1999 aged 81, while he was at home with Cowell's mother Julie.

'I can't lie, it was the worst day of my life,' Cowell said, 'a horrible horrible time.'
He also credited his father with giving him a unique ability to use his charms to be able to reach out and connect with anybody regardless of their background.
'He said to me - because he was successful, my dad, when he ran his company - he said, 'everybody around you has an invisible sign on their head which says 'make me important', Cowell revealed.
'What I understood from that is that you've got to recognise that everyone around you wants to be recognised, wants to be appreciated.
'What I try and remember is that when I make a show, everyone has played a part in it. The show is created, truthfully, by 500 people every week.'

Congrats Simon!