The real Angelyne is speaking out about Emmy Rossum’s new Peacock series — and she isn’t a fan. The ’80s billboard queen spoke to “Inside Edition” about the series, insisting: “I had a glimpse of it and I refused to watch it. “It doesn’t do me justice.
Would you be flattered if someone played you and misrepresented you?” Angelyne, who is still driving her signature pink Corvette at a reported 71 years old, added.
Despite Angelyne’s comments, Rossum, who underwent a major transformation to play the role, had nothing but positive things to say about meeting the star. READ MORE: Emmy Rossum Got Blisters From The ‘Heavy’ Fake Breasts She Wore While Filming ‘Angelyne’ “The one thing [Angelyne] told me was that she’s a mirror, so whatever I saw in her that’s the story I should tell and therefore it would be my story and not her story.
And I thought that was so empowering,” the actress recently told The Hollywood Reporter. “I hope that she knows that this is a love letter to the fun and fantasy and the hot pink, Corvette-driving enigma that she is.
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