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Richard Simmons is making it clear wherever he stands pinch nan biopic successful nan useful starring Pauly Shore.
"The Pauly Shore biopic does not person my blessing. Some awesome studios are willing pinch maine being progressive successful MY story. Who should play me? Tom Cruise lol," Simmons said successful a statement, confirmed by his publicist to Fox News Digital Friday.
Simmons' comments travel aft Deadline reported Jordan Allen-Dutton was slated to constitute nan book for nan upcoming biopic. According to nan outlet, nan movie doesn't person a title, and fewer specifics person been disclosed.
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Richard Simmons does not o.k. of Pauly Shore playing him successful a characteristic film. (Getty Images)
Simmons besides took to Facebook Wednesday, writing, "I conscionable publication that a man that I don’t cognize is penning my bio pic starring Pauly Shore. I do not o.k. this movie. I americium successful talks pinch awesome studios to create my ain bio pic pinch immoderate help. Wait for this movie."
Shore shared a lengthy connection pinch Fox News Digital and explained he was "up each nighttime crying" aft seeing Simmons' societal media post.
"Richard, really do you not o.k. of this movie? I mean, really, who’s amended to play you successful a movie than me?" Shore said. "Leonardo DiCaprio’s not gonna play you. Brad Pitt’s not gonna play you. I’m perfect. Everyone already thinks I’m you. We’re nan same. Beautiful wrong and out. Helllll yea!
Simmons said he would for illustration Tom Cruise play him successful a biopic. (Don Arnold/WireImage)
"Richard, you haven’t moreover heard nan pitch! Why don’t you simply fto maine travel complete to your house, bring you immoderate lukewarm matzo shot crockery and a pastrami sandwich pinch acheronian mustard from Canters, swipe your feet, and we tin perceive to nan writer, Jordan Allen-Dutton, transportation you our idea?
"I cognize you, Richard. We utilized to bent retired backmost successful nan day. I’d ever spot you astatine The Comedy Store. You’re my aged buddy. Richard, you’re gonna emotion our movie. We’re going to make nan astir beautiful cinematic masterpiece that’s going to grant you successful a measurement that you’ll driblet to your knees and outcry pinch joyousness and happiness."
He echoed Simmons' connection astir reaching retired to studios himself and said, "And I besides heard nan bully news that you’re successful talks pinch studios to do a biopic astir yourself. That’s amazing! The much movies astir you, nan better! You merit it. There should beryllium hundreds made.
Richard Simmons was a famed fittingness coach successful nan 1980s. (Getty Images)
"But arsenic you know, galore biopics are made without nan taxable agreeing to beryllium portion of it, specified arsenic Elvis, Stephen Hawking, Marilyn Monroe, Steve Jobs, and many, galore more. Some of them turned retired good, immoderate of them turned retired bad. Mine is going to move retired amaze-balls. So...let maine cognize erstwhile you want maine to travel complete pinch yummy nutrient from Canters, and Jordan and I will travel transportation you successful your surviving room. I emotion you, Richard, and truthful did my mom.
"Love you always, Your aged friend Pauly Shore."
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In January, it was announced Shore would play Simmons successful nan characteristic film. In September, viral memes circulated online of Pauly and Richard's akin appearance. Shore took to Facebook to denote that he reached retired to Simmons astir portraying him successful a film.
"I’ve noticed each nan reactions to maine playing Richard Simmons successful a caller biopic," Pauly wrote astatine nan time. "So I reached retired to him. I heard he’s surviving heavy successful Big Bear. We’ve been playing telephone tag (yes, he still has a phone).
"I’m trying to make it hap for you guys. Be optimistic. In nan meantime, deed up Hulu, Amazon, Disney, HBO and each nan large producers. I decidedly tin morph into this guy. I’ll spot you astatine nan Academy Awards 2025."
Shortly aft crafting nan societal media post, Shore shared a connection pinch People astir why he believes a Richard Simmons biopic would "unite America."
"He helped truthful galore people. If you publication group talking astir him, they'd ever beryllium like, 'I was 400 pounds and Richard Simmons saved my life!' He was each astir positivity and helping people. And there's truthful overmuch angst and divisiveness successful nan world, truthful I deliberation a dose of that positivity is what group need," he told nan outlet astatine nan time.
Pauly Shore believes a biopic astir Richard Simmons' bequest could "unite America." (Paul Archuleta/WireImage)
"There's besides joyousness we some person and emotion to share, and a flamboyancy. We're some very physical, we're some complete nan apical and silly."
In Simmons' Facebook station connected Wednesday, he announced he wants to beryllium portion of a movie that highlights his life. In March, nan erstwhile fittingness guru announced he had been diagnosed pinch tegument cancer complete a decade aft retreating from nan nationalist eye.
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Richard shared pinch his fans that he was "dying" and elaborate nan infinitesimal he recovered retired astir nan test and nan process he underwent successful effort to region nan crab cells.
"I didn’t get it each out," he wrote successful his post. "He burned my look again. This clip was worse than before... It was deeper. I did not outcry this clip but I did grit my teeth. ‘Come backmost successful different hr and a half.’… .to beryllium continued…"
After creating a operation among fans online, Simmons' rep told Fox News Digital nan "Sweatin' to nan Oldies" coach is "not dying."
Richard Simmons announced he was diagnosed pinch tegument crab successful March. (Bobby Bank/WireImage)
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"I tin corroborate pinch 100% certainty that Richard is not dying," his connection began. "He’s, successful fact, very patient and happy. The sole intent of nan station was meant to beryllium inspirational."
Janelle Ash is an intermezo writer for Fox News Digital.
