'I'll probably drop dead doing what I'm doing': Simon Cowell insists he'll never retire as he nears his 65th birthday - and reveals the touching reason why

After 4 decades successful nan euphony industry, Simon Cowell is showing nary signs of slowing down. 

And up of his 65th day later this year, nan talent scout has insisted that he will ne'er discontinue from nan manufacture - and revealed nan rubbing logic why. 

In an question and reply pinch Hello! magazine, Simon, 64, recalled nan sadness surrounding his precocious begetter Eric's status arsenic he had 'no choice' successful his stopping working.

Simon - who is astir to group retired connected a caller hunt for nan adjacent deed boyband - has confirmed that he won't fto nan aforesaid point hap to him. 

Asked if he was looking to retire, he said: 'Oh deity no, I'll astir apt driblet dormant doing what I'm doing.

'As agelong arsenic I deliberation there's a request aliases a intent and it's thing I tin do well, I'm up for it.'

Simon recalled that Eric - who passed distant successful 1999 from a bosom onslaught - had 'no choice' but to extremity moving arsenic he was employed by a large company.

The X Factor judge said that watching what his begetter went done was difficult.

'His encephalon was still astonishing and he could person done that occupation for different 20 years,' Simon said. 

Sharing nan words of proposal he received from him, Simon said his begetter urged him to effort and activity for himself if he was ever successful a position to. 

Simon's fiance Lauren Silverman, who he shares his boy Eric, 10, with - has besides travel to position pinch nan truth that her partner won't beryllium slowing down.

Lauren, 46, said that a relationship is astir accepting a personification for her who they are.

She said Simon 'marches to nan hit of his ain drum' and alternatively of trying to alteration him, she is happy to locomotion alongside. 

In a motion that his profession is obscurity adjacent its end, Simon signed a immense woody pinch Netflix for his caller talent show. 

He said precocious that he thought location had not been a set arsenic successful arsenic One Direction since, and group astir connected a quest to replicate their fame.

It was past revealed that he signed a woody pinch Netflix for nan show and - intelligibly not acrophobic to outcry astir his talent scouting prowess - called it Simon Cowell: Midas Touch.

A root revealed to The Sun that Simon is successful nan extremity stages of finalising nan woody pinch nan streamer.

They said: 'Netflix is nan cleanable spot for his caller show and Box To Box, who are producing nan series, person worked pinch them before.

'Simon and his squad person been moving truthful difficult connected getting nan show disconnected nan crushed and a last woody is truthful adjacent now.'

The sanction of nan show has amused group down nan scenes, it has been said. 

The root added: 'Simon knows he is nan champion astatine what he does and calling his show Midas Touch gives a caller meaning to blowing your ain trumpet.' 

Simon's hunt will dwell of X Factor footwear campy style auditions starting connected July 4 and 5 successful Newcastle, earlier he moves connected to Liverpool, Dublin and London.