{"id":40090,"date":"2025-12-12T12:18:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=40090"},"modified":"2025-12-12T12:18:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:18:04","slug":"theres-a-real-reason-simon-cowell-always-wears-sunglasses-indoors-on-the-next-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/12\/theres-a-real-reason-simon-cowell-always-wears-sunglasses-indoors-on-the-next-act\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s a real reason Simon Cowell always wears sunglasses indoors on The Next Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simon Cowell: The Next Act<\/a> just released on Netflix, but you might have noticed his habit of constantly wearing sunglasses indoors.<\/p>\n

And as it turns out, there’s an actual real reason for this fashion statement, and one that has more to do with health than turning heads.<\/p>\n

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Via Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the Netflix series he wears both red tinted sunglasses and standard black tinted ones, and has had to wear sunglasses indoors for several years now.<\/p>\n

The reason why is because Simon suffers from photophobia, which is an acute sensitivity to light which can cause debilitating migraines.<\/p>\n

He previously told The Standard<\/a>: “The red glasses are because I have lights in my eyes all day long and it\u2019s like a laser and I get migraines and that\u2019s like a filter. They actually do work.”<\/p>\n

Simon Cowell also addresses his habit for wearing sunglasses indoors before The Next Act, as he’s previously opened up about it on America’s Got Talent.<\/p>\n

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Via Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He previously explained: “‘I just found out according to the internet, I have a ‘mystery illness’. For anyone concerned, I missed two auditions at the end of one day, two weeks ago, because I do get migraines after long days in the filming lights. PS. This is why I wear these glasses!”<\/p>\n

He went into even further detail when America’s Got Talent host Terry Crews explained that the viewers were very curious about why Simon always wear sunglasses indoors.<\/p>\n

Simon clarified: “Two reasons Terry, number one, I get migraines. Number two, I don\u2019t sleep well so I found these. They are so good that I am now making my own brand.”<\/p>\n

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It’s not a fashion statement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":40094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[1438,2172],"class_list":["post-40090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-netflix","tag-simon-cowell-the-next-act"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/12\/theres-a-real-reason-simon-cowell-always-wears-sunglasses-indoors-on-the-next-act\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"There’s a real reason Simon Cowell always wears sunglasses indoors on The Next Act","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/12\/theres-a-real-reason-simon-cowell-always-wears-sunglasses-indoors-on-the-next-act\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/12\/theres-a-real-reason-simon-cowell-always-wears-sunglasses-indoors-on-the-next-act\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-12-10T133126.633-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-12-10T133126.633.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["netflix","simon cowell: the next act"],"dateCreated":"2025-12-12T12:18:04Z","datePublished":"2025-12-12T12:18:04Z","dateModified":"2025-12-12T12:18:04Z"},"rendered":"