Simon Cowell and his longtime partner, Lauren Silverman, are getting married, a representative of the judge from “America’s Got Talent” confirmed to Citizen Free Press on Wednesday.
The representative did not elaborate, but The Sun newspaper reported that the couple got engaged during a recent getaway to Barbados.
Cowell, 62, and Silverman, now 44, began their public relationship in 2013, shortly after Silverman’s ex-husband and Cowell’s close friend, Andrew Silverman, filed for divorce in July, claiming the couple was involved in an extramarital affair.
The creator of “The X Factor” and Silverman, a New York socialite, welcomed their first son, Eric, in 2014. Silverman also has a son from a previous marriage.
When asked previously on his “American Idol” co-star Ryan Seacrest’s radio show if he planned to marry Silverman, Cowell said, “Let’s put it like this, I wouldn’t expect her to be a single mom.”
The reality show executive told British magazine OK! in November he and Silverman are “closer than ever”, revealing that the “romance lives on” between them.
“Covid-19 was the real test,” he said.
“Like everyone else, we were locked up for a long time and that’s when you realize if you really enjoy each other’s company or not. And we really, really did. So to answer your question, yeah, the romance lives on!”