Shortly post it was shared that a feature film on the fitness legend was in development, Simmons announced that he was not engaged with the biopic and had not given Shore permission for it.
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00:00Pauly Shore claimed he was up all night crying as a result of Richard Simmons' ongoing public
00:06distancing from a biopic in which Shore would play the fitness expert.
00:11I just read that a man that I don't know is writing my biopic.
00:15Starring Pauly Shore, Simmons published on his verified Facebook account earlier this
00:20week.
00:21I do not approve this movie.
00:22I am in talks with major studios to create my own biopic with some help.
00:26Wait for this movie.
00:29Shortly after it was revealed that a feature film on the fitness legend, supported by Wolper
00:34Organisation, was in development, Simmons had previously stated that he was not engaged
00:39with the biopic and had not given Shore permission for it.
00:43You guys, I was up all night crying regarding Richard Simmons' tweet.
00:48Shore took it to his Instagram on Thursday.
00:50Richard, how do you not approve of this movie?
00:53I mean really, who's better to play you in a movie than me?
00:57Leonardo DiCaprio's not gonna play you, Brad Pitt's not gonna play you, I'm perfect, everybody
01:02already thinks I'm you, we are the same, beautiful inside and out, hell yeah.
01:08He continued, Richard, you haven't even heard the pitch, why don't you simply let me come
01:13over to your house, bring you some warm bad soup ball soup and a pastrami sandwich with
01:18dark mustard from Cantor's, rub your feet and we can listen to the writer, Jordan Allen
01:23Dutton, pitch your idea, Richard, you are going to leave our movie, we are going to
01:28make the most beautiful cinematic masterpiece that's going to honour you in a way that you
01:33drop to your knees and cry with joy and happiness.
01:37Additionally, Simmons recently revealed on social media that he has been in discussions
01:42to work on his own independent biopic about his life with the studios.