First Time Dad: Simon Cowell Share Pictures Of New Baby

The ruthless, but candid critic took to tweeter to announce the birth of his son, Eric. Now a proud dad, Simon Cowell tweeted, “I never knew how much love and pride I would feel.”

According to the UK Mirror;

He told his 9.5million followers: “Now you can see how very handsome little Eric is” as he was photographed gently holding his hand while touching his face as the baby slept. Another picture, all of which were posted in black and white tonight, showed him cradling his son as exhausted mum Lauren Silverman beamed with delight. Simon wrote: “Mum, Dad and Eric. Now two days old.”

However the most touching image showed the 54-year-old, nicknamed Mr Nasty due to his withering put downs on X Factor, showed holding his son to his chest as he slept. Emotional Simon was said to have wept tears of joy at the birth of his first child on Valentines Day, telling Lauren: “This is the happiest day of my life.”

Within minutes the picture had gone viral, leading to more than 23,000 rewteets worldwide within an hour of it being posted. “I never knew how much love and pride I would feel,” he captioned the photograph.

The pictures also show Eric how has followed in his father’s footsteps already by having a full mop of dark hair. Shortly after the posting the images Simon and girlfriend Lauren, 36, were set to leave the £500-per-night Lenox Hill Hospital in New York to return to their home on Park Avenue. He is expected to stay in Manhattan until the latter part of the week before returning to the UK to rejoin the Britain’s Got Talent auditions.