Simon Cowell dashed to his mother’s hospital bedside after she was struck by a car. The TV star’s mother, Julie Cowell, 80, was left badly injured when the vehicle reversed into her. The former dancer has a suspected broken hip and could face a hip replacement operation following Friday’s accident. Cowell’s mother telephoned him after the incident and he went straight to her hospital bedside. He stayed there the next day, watching X Factor with her before flying to the US to start filming a new series of American Idol. Cowell’s publicist Max Clifford said: "She’s a very sprightly 80-year-old. She still goes to aerobics every week so she’s very fit." Cowell told The Sun newspaper: "When I heard, I was worried to death. But she is as strong as an ox and her attitude was a bit like, ‘What’s all the fuss about?’ "I was obviously relieved she is fine and already planning her 100th birthday party."
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I hope she gets better soon, but sounds like she is a real fighter still doing aerobics at 80.
