Pauly Shore Says He’s Starring in Richard Simmons Biopic ‘Whether He Likes It or Not’: ‘Just Another F—ing Bump in My F—-ing Road’
variety.comJulia MacCary editor Pauly Shore once again addressed his in-development Richard Simmons biopic that has become a hot topic. “I’m also gonna be starring in the Richard Simmons biopic…whether he likes it or not, Richard,” Shore said at his Netflix Is a Joke show at the Comedy Store Friday night in Los Angeles. “Just another fucking bump in my fucking road.” Shore’s hour-and-a-half comedy set spanned his life story with a particular focus on growing up in Los Angeles with parents Sammy Shore and Mitzi Shore who co-founded the Comedy Store.
While the bulk of the set detailed his childhood through to the time he spent on MTV and even at the Playboy Mansion, at the very end he jumped to the present to talk about his current life stage and achievements and to briefly address the ongoing biopic situation.
The comment comes after a string of social media back-and-forths concerning the biopic that is now in development at Warner Bros.
subsidiary the Wolper Organization with writer Jordan Allen-Dutton attached. News of the biopic about the fitness icon broke in January with Shore set to star, and soon after, Simmons wrote in a Facebook post, “You may have heard they may be doing a movie about me with Pauly Shore.
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