{"id":40783,"date":"2025-12-19T10:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=40783"},"modified":"2025-12-22T11:53:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T11:53:37","slug":"simon-cowell-shares-deleted-scene-from-the-next-act-and-i-can-see-why-it-was-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/19\/simon-cowell-shares-deleted-scene-from-the-next-act-and-i-can-see-why-it-was-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Cowell shares deleted scene from The Next Act and I can see why it was removed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/18\/heres-where-joe-from-simon-cowell-the-next-act-is-after-not-getting-into-the-boyband\/\">Simon Cowell<\/a> has just shared a deleted scene from <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/17\/lauren-silverman-has-another-kid-who-didnt-appear-on-the-next-act-so-who-are-they\/\">The Next Act<\/a>, and I&#8217;m not surprised it was removed from the main cut. He&#8217;s doing the one thing he&#8217;s spent his entire career judging other people for, during a clip with his son, Eric, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/15\/okay-so-who-actually-is-simon-cowells-fiancee-lauren-silverman-on-the-next-act\/\">fianc\u00e9e Lauren Silverman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out there were several clips that didn&#8217;t make it into the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/15\/simon-cowell-is-back-with-the-next-act-on-netflix-but-what-happened-to-the-x-factor\/\">Netflix<\/a> show, but luckily, Simon is exposing himself. He actually starts singing in one scene that was edited out, when he sings The Jungle Book song, recalling the &#8220;best day of his life&#8221; spent with his family.<\/p>\n<p>He said, while on a boat with son Eric and fiancee Lauren, &#8220;I remember when we were watching The Jungle Book, and I remember thinking, &#8216;This is the best day of my life.&#8217; Watching him watching Jungle Book and I love the song.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DSXeRkzjgIF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DSXeRkzjgIF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Simon Cowell (@simoncowell)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script> He then erupts into song, singing the track we all know and love: The Bare Necessities by Bruce Reitherman and Phil Harris. Even his son says, &#8220;This is just embarrassing now,&#8221; before the clip comes to an immediate cut. Thank you, production team!<\/p>\n<div class=\"r2VLS\">\n<div data-ias=\"false\">\n<div class=\"y1yadf\">\n<div class=\"CcNe6e v4Zpbe\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">Obviously, Simon has become known for being pretty savage to singers, especially if they&#8217;re not the best. But he&#8217;s always super kind to his son, and clearly adores The Jungle Book, because he sung along to another track from the film, during an audition on <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2024\/06\/26\/simon-cowell-tears-up-walking-lucy-spraggan-down-the-aisle-12-years-on-from-x-factor\/\">The X Factor<\/a> once.<\/div>\n<div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">When 25-year-old Russell Jones sang the film&#8217;s I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song), he added his own lyrics in, and Simon couldn&#8217;t help but sing along. After leaving school at age 16, Simon was hired to work in the mail room at EMI Music Publishing, but never sang.<\/div>\n<div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">He was eventually given the chance, in 1979, to discover performers to sing newly published songs, and as we all know, is now the former manager of huge groups like Little Mix and One Direction. In 1985, he and a partner formed Fanfare Records, and the rest is history!<\/div>\n<div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"CcNe6e v4Zpbe\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like <\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" 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