Simon Cowell in tears over ‘hardest thing that’s ever happened’ to him [Video]

Simon Cowell struggled to hold back tears as he reflected on the devastation of losing both his parents.

The Britain’s Got Talent star and music mogul – who has announced plans to find the next big boy band – lost his dad Eric in 1999, while his mum Julie died 16 years later in 2015, and he has opened up on going through the grief while believing they’re still with him.

‘Having gone through – which was, now question, losing both my parents was the hardest thing that ever happened to me,’ he said.

‘I can sit here honestly – everyone says, when you lose them, in time it’ll get better. You think, “no it won’t”. The truth is, it does, as long as you believe, and you have to believe that their presence is still there with you.

‘And erm, oh gosh… you have to give me a minute.’

He started to tear up during …