Simon Cowell’s son Eric saved his daddy’s life from his ‘dark obsession with work

Simon Cowell's little munchkin saved his daddy's life from his obsession with work that left him 'depressed, miserable, and unable to sleep.

Cowell's straight-talking appraisals as head judge on The X Factor helped earn him a reputation as TV's Mr. Nasty, but behind the scenes, he admits to working round the clock in a frantic bid to help the show stay one step ahead of the competition.

The music mogul, 63 in his recent interview with The Sun talked about his equation with his son as he was quoted saying, “Before Eric, my life was 99 percent work — I was obsessed with it. I got to that point where everything was about, "If you’re not rating against this then you’re a failure" and I stopped enjoying what I was doing and I was miserable the whole time.”

“I was obsessed with beating the competition. I took it to a ridiculous level and I would get really down about that stuff, to the point I was depressed.” Simon added.

Cowell welcomed son Eric - named after his late father - in New York City on Valentine's Day 2014. To date, he remains the mogul's only child with fiancée Lauren Silverman.