Lauren Silverman has broken her silence on filming a Netflix show with her husband Simon Cowell, describing it as ‘terrifying’.
The socialite, 48, has been with music mogul Simon since 2013 and recently changed her Instagram handle to Simon Cowell, 65, in a hint the pair have married.
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.
Now Lauren has spoken about her nerves surrounding the release of Simon’s upcoming Netflix show – in which notoriously private Lauren makes regular features.
The recent trailer showed an array of scenes featuring Lauren, where she expressed concern over her husband’s health and even at one point walks out of filming after a tense exchange.
Sharing the trailer on social media on Tuesday, Lauren said: ‘My first Instagram post! Everyone who knows me, knows how private I am, so the past two years on this project has been such a new experience.
Lauren Silverman broke her silence on doing a Netflix show with her husband Simon Cowell on Instagram on Tuesday, describing it as ‘terrifying’
The socialite, 48, has been with music mogul Simon since 2013 and recently changed her Instagram handle to Simon Cowell, 65, in a hint the pair have married
‘This is something we have been working on as a family every day, and I am SO proud of Simon and the whole team.’
She added: ‘It’s terrifying but so exciting at the same time, and I really hope you all love the series when it drops on @netflix December 10! Lauren X.’
Simon’s latest attempt to find Britain’s next big boy band has proved difficult for the music mogul, who was left hooked up to a drip in a first look at Simon Cowell: The Next Act.
He has been on the hunt for breakthrough talent in the UK for the six-episode docuseries which will follow the candidates from the raw open casting calls to the release of the group’s debut single.
It’s an ‘all-access’ pass for viewers to catch every moment of ‘Cowell’s next chapter’, claims the streaming giant’s website.
‘As much as I love my job on TV, I miss where I started signing artists and working with bands,’ Simon says in the trailer. ‘There is a massive opportunity. I am going to find a new boyband.’
But the pressure is on for TV’s former Mr Nasty who reveals the chance of success is ‘less than 10 per cent’ as he opens up about the ‘chaos’ of the search.
The pressure appears too much to handle for Lauren, who in one tense exchange demands for her microphone to be removed before walking out on Simon while he is sat slumped in a chair and hooked up to an IV drip administering vitamins.
Now Lauren has spoken about her nerves surrounding the release of Simon’s upcoming Netflix show – in which notoriously private Lauren makes regular features
Sharing the trailer on social media on Tuesday, Lauren said: ‘My first Instagram post! Everyone who knows me, knows how private I am, so the past two years on this project has been such a new experience’
‘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.’
Clearly worried about his health, another private moment in the back of a car sees Lauren expressing her concerns.
‘Work for Simon is not just work, it’s his life,’ she says before reaching across to him and adding: ‘You’re very tense.’
Lauren’s concerns are more than justified having been by his side through a number of terrifying health battles in recent years.
In August 2020 Simon broke his back while testing an E-bike at his home in Malibu. He required a six-hour surgery to place a metal rod and screws in his spine.
Two years later he broke his arm and was hospitalised when he crashed an E-bike in London.
The music manager, who is worth an estimated £475 million, also suffers from migraines, which were believed to be behind his recent absence from Britain’s Got Talent. He was briefly replaced by Stacey Solomon before returning to the panel.
The six-episode docuseries will follow Simon as he searches for Britain’s next big boy band, from raw open casting calls to the release of the group’s debut single
Simon and Lauren have been together since around 2012 (pictured in 2022)
Simon is no stranger to scouting new talent and since 2001 has appeared as a judge on several music reality competition series including Pop Idol, American Idol, Britain’s Got Talent, America’s Got Talent and The X Factor.
During its 14-year run, The X Factor changed the face of the British music industry, discovering some of the biggest names including One Direction, Leona Lewis, Little Mix, JLS and Olly Murs.
But amid dwindling viewing figures and allegations of mistreatment from past contestants, ITV announced in 2021 that there were no plans for a new series.
Clearly not finished with finding the next big thing, Simon signed a huge deal with Netflix last year and has since claimed record labels are not signing enough new stars, who face too much competition online.
