Simon Cowell’s all-out quest to recreate his past glory could be tearing his personal life apart.
Sources tell RadarOnline.com that the 66-year-old music mogul has become “consumed” by his mission to find the next global boy band — a feverish pursuit that’s now pushing his relationship with fiancée Lauren Silverman to the breaking point.
Cowell’s chaotic comeback is being documented in Netflix’s new six-part series Simon Cowell: The Next Chapter, premiering December 10 — and insiders say viewers will see the TV titan like never before: “stressed, sleepless, and teetering on the edge.”
In one explosive moment caught on camera, a visibly drained Cowell receives vitamins through an IV drip while Silverman pleads with him to stop filming.
“I never complain, I’m just there for you. That’s what you do when you love somebody. Can I be un-mic’d?” she says, fighting back frustration.
Cowell, barely looking up, mutters, “Oh, Lauren.”
According to one insider, “That clip is just a glimpse of what’s really happening behind the scenes. The show makes it look tense — but off camera, things have been way worse.”
Friends say Cowell is “acting like a man possessed,” determined to strike gold again like he did with One Direction, the group he famously formed on The X Factor in 2010.
“Simon’s working around the clock. He’s convinced he’s got one last chance to create another phenomenon, and he’s treating it like life or death,” a source dished. “But that intensity doesn’t stop when the cameras stop rolling — and Lauren’s had enough.”
Another insider added, “Lauren has stood by him through everything — the fame, the surgeries, the scandals — but this project is pushing her to her limit. It’s like she’s living with two Simons: the workaholic and the ghost of the man she fell in love with.”
Cowell admits the stakes couldn’t be higher. “When you’re putting a band together, it’s like mining for diamonds,” he says in the trailer. “If this goes wrong, it’ll be, ‘Simon Cowell has lost it.’ The chances of this working are less than 10 percent.”
Insiders say Cowell’s massive Netflix gamble could either reignite his career — or end it. “Simon knows this is his last big shot,” one insider warned. “But the price might be his relationship — and his sanity.”
After decades ruling pop culture with Pop Idol, The X Factor, and Britain’s Got Talent, Cowell is desperate to prove he still has the magic touch.
“He’s calling this project the ‘last-chance saloon’ for the boy band era,” one source revealed. “He believes music needs another One Direction moment — but what it might really need is for Simon to slow down before he loses everything.”
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