TV personality Simon Cowell admits that he started drinking and smoking at the age of eight! - Daily Mail

Simon Cowell has admitted helium had his archetypal portion and smoked his archetypal cigaret astatine conscionable 8 years aged arsenic helium revealed helium was a 'nightmare' child.

The euphony mogul, 62, told however helium got bored of schoolhouse and would rebel against his parents which adjacent pb to him getting arrested. 

Simon revealed that the apprehension took spot aft helium pointed a pea-shooting weapon astatine a terrified autobus operator successful an effort to hijack the bus.

Speaking to The Sun Simon told them astir however atrocious helium was erstwhile helium was his existent lad Eric's age, who is present eight.

'I was truthful atrocious erstwhile I was Eric's age. I was a nightmare.' 

'I was drinking and smoking astatine eight, and I erstwhile astir burned the location down' 

He besides claimed: 'I was trying to beryllium to my member that Father Christmas wasn't real, truthful I recovered the costume and acceptable occurrence to the beard.' 

He went connected to proceed the communicative with however helium acceptable his location connected fire, claiming that helium dropped the beard connected the sofa, and past the full country went up successful flames. 

He besides admitted that during his clip arsenic a kid helium erstwhile stole his dad's car astatine the property of 10 and managed to clang it. 

However, adjacent though Simon crashed his dad's car helium claimed that his begetter was ever much of the 'softer' parent. 

He went connected speech astir however his parent was much of the disciplinary kind, whereas his begetter was the softer 1 retired of the two.

He besides admitted that helium can't retrieve his begetter ever raising his dependable astatine him, adjacent though helium rebelled a batch arsenic a child. 

Simon precocious admitted that since becoming a dad, the footwear is present connected the different foot, and confessed that helium has an overprotective quality towards his lad Eric claiming that it is 'borderline ridiculous.' 

He besides added that his lad is ne'er allowed to permission and that helium volition 'live with him forever'. 

He claims that his protectiveness implicit his lad is lone happening due to the fact that of his ain worries, arsenic helium recalls what helium was similar erstwhile helium was his son's age. 

And it's not conscionable Simon's troublesome past that has travel arsenic a shock, helium besides admitted that helium was unbelievably shy arsenic a child. 

He said 'the comic happening is that, for each the occupation I caused, I was really unbelievably shy arsenic a kid. I was OK arsenic agelong arsenic I was successful my ain location oregon with my friends.' 

'When I went into the euphony industry, I got asked to the Brit Awards and my tummy would beryllium successful knots beforehand, and past it was similar torture. Especially erstwhile you didn't win!' 

'But, weirdly, doing my occupation helps maine connected a societal level. The crystal was broken, arsenic radical knew me' 

And though helium was erstwhile a chaotic shy child, astatine the extremity of the interrogation Simon admitted for the past clip that helium has yet adjusted and is 'happier than ever' with his beingness now.