Overview
- Lauren Silverman said discovering her pregnancy with Simon Cowell’s child was “one of the hardest times” of her life and signalled the end of her marriage to Andrew Silverman.
- News of the pregnancy followed reports of an affair that began around 2012, and Andrew Silverman filed for divorce in 2013 citing adultery.
- Their son Eric was born on February 14, 2014, and Lauren and Cowell later became partners and announced an engagement in December 2021.
- On Giovanna Fletcher’s Happy Mum podcast in June 2026, Lauren said she stopped drinking as part of doing personal work, which helped her forgive herself and move forward.
- She described the tabloid coverage as overwhelming, said she and Cowell keep Eric off social media, and urged stronger online protections for children as part of her focus on parenting.