Simon Cowell stocks up on groceries in LA amid the city’s coronavirus lockdown

He’s been enjoying some downtime with his family ever since California was plunged into a lockdown last week due to the coronavirus pandemic.

And Simon Cowell appeared in great spirits as he stocked up on some essential groceries in Los Angeles on Monday afternoon.

The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 60, continued to display his recent weight loss – which saw him shed nearly two stone last year – as he kept comfy in a pale blue sweatshirt, teamed with white cropped bottoms.

Looking effortlessly cool, the music mogul strolled across the car park in a pair of brown loafers during his casual outing. 

The X Factor panelist – who shares son Eric, six, with long-term girlfriend Lauren Silverman – rounded off his off-duty appearance with stylish black shades. 

Simon’s shopping trip came after new legislation in the state warned residents to ‘stay at home’ in a bid to tackle the current COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis that has swept the globe. 

Slimmed down: The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 60, continued to display his recent weight loss – which saw him shed nearly two stone last year – as he kept comfy in a pale blue sweatshirt

Relaxed: Looking effortlessly cool, the music mogul strolled across the car park in a pair of brown loafers during his casual outing

California’s governor on Thursday issued an unprecedented statewide ‘stay at home order’ directing the state’s 40 million residents to hunker down in their homes for the foreseeable future in the face of the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic. 

Governor Gavin Newsom’s directive marks the largest and most sweeping government clampdown yet in the worsening public health crisis brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak, which he predicted could infect more than half the state within eight weeks.

‘We are confident the people of California will abide by it, they will meet this moment,’ Newsom, a Democrat in his first term as governor of the nation’s most populous state, said at a late-afternoon news briefing from the state capital in Sacramento.

Happy shopper: The media personality pushed his purchases along in a green trolley as he headed back to his car

All in the details: The X Factor panelist – who shares son Eric, six, with long-term girlfriend Lauren Silverman – rounded off his off-duty appearance with stylish black shades

‘They’ll step up as they have over the last number of weeks to protect themselves, to protect their families and to protect the broader community in this great state and the world we reside in.’ 

Coronavirus was classed a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this month, leading countries such as Italy, Spain and the UK to implement nationwide lockdowns. 

Social distancing, advised by the World Health Organisation (WHO), involves maintaining at least 1 metre (3 feet) distance between yourself and anyone who coughs or sneezes, as the small liquid droplets sprayed could contain the virus. 

The measure also includes staying at home if you have a cough or fever even if you have not travelled and ‘cocooning’ elderly people suspected of being more vulnerable to the infection.  

The live shows for Simon’s programme Britain’s Got Talent have been postponed following new government guidelines amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

An official statement from ITV read: ‘We have been working with the brilliant production teams at Thames and Syco to find a way of making the live finals work, which were due to be broadcast at the end of May…

‘However, in light of the latest government health guidelines and in line with our priority of safeguarding the wellbeing of everyone involved in our programmes, production of the live shows cannot go ahead as planned…

‘The live finals will therefore be broadcast later in the year.’ 

Up in the air: The live shows for BGT have been postponed following new government guidelines (judges David Walliams, Alesha Dixon, Simon and Amanda Holden pictured)