Simon Cowell solidifies shared passion with son Eric, 10, with new addition to family
Simon Cowell is a talent show judge, record company owner and business mogul, but, at heart, he’s a true family man. The Syco boss is clearly at his happiest when surrounded by his loved ones including his fiancée Lauren Silverman and their ten-year-old son, Eric.
However, Simon is a self-confessed dog lover and considers their furry friends an equal staple of the family too and it’s this passion for animals that the 64-year-old is evidently passing down to his son.
Simon and Lauren are already dog owners of five dogs, Simon’s two Yorkshire terriers, Squiddly and Diddly, as well as his late mother’s dogs, Freddy and Daisy, whom they adopted in Barbados.
More recently at the start of 2024, Simon announced that they had welcomed a new puppy to the family, a German Shepherd named Pebbles.
And in February, the former X Factor boss posted an adorable photo with son Eric and another pooch sitting in between them.
Simon captioned the snap: “The perfect day,” followed by the hashtag #AGT as they were filming episodes for the NBC show.
Eric was giggling in the photo and looked right at home cosying up to the dog who was nestled in between him and his dad. It’s not clear if the dog was Simon’s or a friend’s they were looking after, however, the trio looked elated to be hanging out altogether.
Eric will have been surrounded by dogs his whole life thanks to his dad’s passion for animal welfare. The ten-year-old will have no doubt picked up on his dad’s caring nature, particularly when he took in dogs Freddy and Daisy as his own when his mum sadly passed away.
