Simon Cowell was hospitalized on Friday morning after taking a bad fall at his home in London, Variety has confirmed.
According to a source, the “X Factor UK” and “America’s Got Talent” judge woke up in the middle of the night feeling dizzy and unwell. He went down the stairs to get a cup of hot milk, and fainted and fell backward as he was walking back up the stairs.
Cowell, 58, was put in a neck brace and laid on a stretcher as he was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. The former “American Idol” judge was in stable condition as he underwent tests in the hospital on Friday afternoon.
“It’s been a scary morning,” a source close to Cowell told The Sun, which first reported the news. “It was very early and Simon was going down his stairs to get some hot milk because he couldn’t sleep.”
It’s unclear whether he’ll appear on Saturday night’s live “X Factor UK” show on ITV.
Simon experienced health problems this summer as well when he was forced to pull out of “X Factor’s” London auditions.