‘The Bold Type’ Producers Tease a ‘Rollercoaster’ Final Season and a Big ‘What If’ Episode

variety.com:

Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“The Bold Type,” which airs its fifth and final season premiere Wednesday night, might not have ever happened if it weren’t for Katy Perry.

Former Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles recalls the genesis of the series, inspired by her life at the top of the masthead, as stemming from a cover shoot with the pop singer years ago.“The one thing we asked her not to do was to Instagram anything from the shoot, because the pictures wouldn’t be out for another six weeks on the cover of Cosmo,” Coles recalls. “She promised she wouldn’t, and we all left feeling very high after the shoot.

Within 20 minutes, she had posted the exact picture that we were going to use on the cover. I was beside myself. We couldn’t use.