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Pauly Shore Reacts to Death of Richard Simmons After Biopic Controversy


Pauly Shore is paying tribute to Richard Simmons, whom he’s set to play in an upcoming biopic

Simmons rose to fame pioneering his “Sweatin’ to the Oldies” aerobics workouts, leading him to launch his own fitness studio Slimmons until its 2016 closure. After Slimmons closed up shop for good, the weight loss guru resigned from the limelight, prompting rampant conspiracy theories about […] Shore alleged that Simmons hadn’t “even heard the pitch.” He added, “Why don’t you simply let me come over to your house, bring you some warm matzo ball soup and a pastrami sandwich with dark mustard from Canters, rub your feet, and we can listen to the writer, Jordan Allen-Dutton, pitch you our idea?”

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