Simon Cowell reveals he and fiance Lauren Silverman shocked therapists with revelations at couples’ therapy and says he wishes he had counselling 25 years ago amid depression battle

Simon Cowell has revealed he and fiance Lauren Silverman shocked therapists with their revelations during couples’ therapy.

The X Factor judge and his now fiancé have been together for just over 10 years and last week, the TV and music mogul, 63, told how his mental health plummeted during the global pandemic revealing he and Lauren attended therapy together for the health of their relationship.

Simon sat down for an interview with his ex-girlfriend, Extra’s Terri Seymour, who he dated between 2002 to 2008, at his Malibu home where he opened up about how therapy helped change his and his partner’s life.

Speaking about if it has made his relationship with current girlfriend Lauren better, he said: ‘It has been good for both of us.

‘In fact, we did do this thing where both of us go in… There was one point when we were together and I looked at the two therapists and their faces were like… and when we got out, we both cracked up and said, ‘God, what must they be thinking?

‘Then I spoke to my therapist afterward and he said, ‘Honestly, Simon, that was nothing,’ but it is healthy to go somewhere and let it all out.’

Lauren and Simon have been friends since 2004, however they only began dating in 2012, when Lauren was still married to her husband Andrew Silverman.

The couple’s affair was revealed in July 2013 when it hit the headlines that Lauren was expecting a baby with Simon and Andrew filed for divorce.

The pair have been together ever since and share son Eric, nine. In 2022 they got engaged when Simon popped the question while on holiday in Barbados after the star reassessed his views on marriage and realised he’d fallen in love.

He confessed: ‘I should have done it years ago, I think 20/25 years ago. If you have a family and working, everyone gets stressed. The idea you bottle everything up, you really have to talk about it.’

Speaking about the positive feedback he’s had since opening up about his mental health, Simon tole the Mirror: ‘I did it because I think there’s a lot of people like myself who I certainly used to be this way embarrassed about saying, I need to see a therapist, or I’m feeling vulnerable, or I’m feeling this and that.

‘And because I felt that way, and then I decided to go and see a therapist, and I felt the difference afterwards, I thought, well, if it helped me so much, then I want to say to a lot of people, don’t be afraid of it.

‘It is nothing to be embarrassed about. It’s not a weakness, it’s just go with it. And if you could do the same for me as it would to others, then that’s what it was all about. But yeah, I have a lot of people who say, like you said, you’re surprised you did it, but at the same time it was a good thing to do. And I’m going to do more of that, by the way. ‘