Overview
- Lauren Cowell spoke on the Happy Mum podcast in June 2026 and described becoming pregnant with Simon Cowell’s son in 2013 while she was still married as one of the hardest periods of her life.
- She said intense media attention in 2013 prevented her from enjoying the pregnancy and left her feeling stigmatized, saying she was on magazine covers and felt publicly shamed.
- The pregnancy led to the end of her marriage to Andrew Silverman, who filed for divorce after the news broke, and their son Eric was born in February 2014.
- Lauren said she does not regret the outcome, affirmed she chose to be with Simon Cowell, and described having a cordial relationship with her ex and the rest of her family.
- Recent reports note that she legally changed her last name to Cowell but give conflicting years for that change (2024 versus late 2025), a detail that remains unresolved in coverage.