Simon Cowell's Netflix show The Next Act will document his relationship with fiancée Lauren Silverman 'warts and all' after she was 'initially reluctant' to be a part of it
Simon Cowell's relationship with fiancée Lauren Silverman will come under scrutiny in his new Netflix docuseries, The Next Act. The show, which will be released on Wednesday 10 December, will follow the music mogul, 65, as he tries to make a band. Now, insiders have claimed fans can expect tense rows between the pair with the six-part series showing their relationship 'warts and all'. Lauren, 48, was said to be initially reluctant to be a part of the series but 'fans will get to see first-hand just how big a part of Simon’s life she is'. A source told The Sun: 'This will be the making of Lauren. Initially she was reluctant to be a part of it, but the crew were everywhere and in the end it was impossible to avoid.'It was only fair to viewers to show the ‘real’ Lauren and Simon - warts and all. There’s a scene in the show where you see them really bickering and it makes for very tense, uncomfortable viewing. Simon Cowell's relationship with fiancée Lauren Silverman will come under scrutiny in his new Netflix docuseries, The Next Act (pictured with son Eric) Now, insiders have claimed fans can expect tense rows between the pair with the six-part series showing their relationship 'warts and all''Everyone involved wanted the show to be real and authentic, not some hyper-stylised and heavily curated puff piece. People will get to see first-hand just how big a part of Simon’s life she is, and what a brilliantly real couple they actually are.'Daily Mail has contacted Simon's representative for comment. During the show, the pressure of the search for the band appears too much to handle for Lauren, who in one tense exchange demands for her microphone to be removed.The socialite walks out on Simon while he is sat slumped in a chair and hooked up to an IV drip administering vitamins.‘I never complain,’ she says. ‘I'm just there for you because that's what you do when you love somebody.’As she leaves, Simon is heard saying: ‘Oh Lauren.’The couple first met in Barbados in 2004 but didn’t start dating until around 2012. They welcomed their son Eric in 2014 and got engaged in 2021.Despite previously insisting that he 'didn't believe' in marriage, the father-of-one reassessed his views after falling in love with Lauren - who was left 'stunned' by the shock proposal. The pressure of his latest attempt to find Britain’s next big boy band has proved difficult for Simon who was left hooked up to a drip in a first look at his Netflix show, The Next Act The six-episode docuseries will follow Cowell, 65, as he searches for Britain’s next big boy band, from raw open casting calls to the release of the group’s debut single During the show, the pressure of the search for the band appears too much to handle for Lauren, who in one tense exchange demands for her microphone to be removed Simon met Lauren when she was still married to millionaire property developer Andrew Silverman. Their affair became public – and Simon's life changed – at the end of July 2013 when news broke of Lauren's pregnancy. In 2015, Simon told Mail on Sunday Event magazine: 'I'm not proud of the circumstances, I can't hold my head up about it.'And of the pregnancy, he admitted: 'This was not something I planned. But I remember going to the first scan with Lauren.'I called him Tad because he looked like a tadpole. Something just kicked in. I felt unbelievably protective of both of them. I just absolutely wanted him. I just hadn't known that before.'Simon had previously stated that he 'didn't believe in marriage' and worried about what would happen to his fortune if he tied the knot. The X Factor creator - who has a net worth of approximately $600million - said in 2008: 'I don't believe in marriage, certainly not in this business.'The truth is that you get married and in a year or two they clean you out! It's just not going to work.'The father-of-one has previously enjoyed high profile relationships with the likes of Sinitta, Jackie St. Clair and Terri Seymour. He was rumoured to have been secretly engaged to Page Three girl Louise Payne, after she split from husband and Right Said Fred star Fred Fairbrass, yet never confirmed the reports. The pair met at a function in London in 1995 yet split three years later.
