Simon Cowell shares ADORABLE pic of his mini-me son Eric
Simon has made a return to social media
Last updated 22nd Mar 2019
Music mogul Simon Cowell has returned to social media by sharing a super cute snap of his five-year-old son, Eric Cowell.
The Britain's Got Talent judge, who became a dad back in 2014, shared the cute photo of his mini-me to his Instagram page, showing Eric reading a book which was illustrated by his friend. He wrote alongside the snap, 'Eric reading his new favourite book 'Come Find Me' and it's illustrated by my friend @terrycrews!' sic
The photo, which was Simon's first Instagram post since June 2017, immediately racked up the likes, with many commenting their shock at how 'grown-up' Eric looks.
One fan wrote, 'He is getting so tall 😊', with another writing, 'Your Mini Me!!❤️❤️❤️'. A third then wrote, 'WOW, he's so grown up!' sic
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Will Smith
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Gary Barlow
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Simon and his partner Lauren Silverman welcomed Eric into the world in 2014, and the cool youngster has since made a number of cute appearances on both The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent over the years.
Meanwhile, Simon will return to the BGT panel alongside David Walliams, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden next month, when the popular talent show returns on Saturday 13th April.
After it was confirmed that Ant McPartlin would be making a return to the show alongside Dec Donnelly, ITV released the official trailer, featuring the popular presenters and all four judges.
The one-minute long advert shows Dec struggling to conduct a music hall, before Ant appears to help out his friend, leading to all four judges to make an appearance.
Sharing the video on their joint Instagram page, Ant and Dec wrote, 'It's almost time!! @bgt is returning to @itv 🤩 #bgt'. sic
Find out everything you need to know about the brand new series of Britain's Got Talent right here.
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