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Simon Cowell recovering from six-hour surgery after scary bike crash

Simon Cowell was in surgery for six hours on Saturday after breaking his back in a horrible bike crash.

Sources told Page Six that the “America’s Got Talent” star, 60, is now in “recovery and asleep.”

“He had to have a big surgery, he’s got a number of breaks and has had to have a metal rod put into his back,” a source told us.

“When he fell off the bike he landed right on his back which broke in a number of places,” noting it “was six-hour surgery overnight on Saturday.”

Cowell was at home in LA with his girlfriend, Lauren Silverman, their 6-year-old son, Eric, and her 14-year-old son, Adam, trying out an electric bike.

The source said Cowell was “outside in the courtyard in Malibu with Eric and Adam trying this new bike” when he fell flat on his back.

“He was in shock and in massive amounts of pain.

“Lauren went with him to the hospital and has been allowed in briefly to see him. He’s doing OK in the circumstances,” the source continued.

Lauren stayed at the hospital for the night, a source noted.

The caustic television personality addressed his accident in a tweet Sunday night.

“Some good advice… If you buy an electric trail bike, read the manual before you ride it for the first time,” Cowell wrote. “I have broken part of my back. Thank you to everyone for your kind messages.”

Cowell has spent lockdown with Lauren and the kids.

He turned to biking after embracing a get-fit regimen that saw him lose 60 pounds over the past few years.

He recently told Extra: “I think I have dropped, since I started this diet a year ago, 60 pounds.”