“It could have been a lot worse,” he toldExtraTVin February 2021.
Knowing that he broke his back “the minute I landed,” Cowell was rushed to hospital.
Despite being a “millimeter away” from being paralyzed, Cowell wouldn’t change anything.

“Honestly, if I could rewind, I would have gone through the whole thing again.
Just because I feel better now,” he explained.
“Yeah, even though it hurt like hell at the time.”

“I had to do so much exercise now.
I actually feel better than I did before the accident.”
That’s not to say he didn’t struggle with the injury.

“The pain was off the charts…
But you’ve got to stay positive.”
“I’m a bit of a nutter.
When Eric asked whether Cowell was wearing a helmet, “I went, ‘Of course I was.’
He went, ‘You weren’t, were you?’
Thankfully, it’s a “lesson learned now” for Cowell when it comes to electric bikes.