Randy Jackson reveals how he's teasing Simon Cowell about his emergency spinal surgery

Paul Archuleta/FilmMagicAmerica’s Got Talent judge Simon Cowell needed emergency spinal surgery over the summer after breaking his back in a freak electric scooter accident.  Randy Jackson revealed in a new interview the encouraging-but-teasing words he sent to his former American Idol co-star.

Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Jackson revealed he knew exactly what kind of pain Cowell was going through.

“I also had spine surgery a year and a half or so ago, so it’s funny both he and I are having all these back pains,” he revealed, adding that Cowell is “really doing great.”

Still, how Cowell managed to break his back has become somewhat of a joke between the two, with